Past Review
By student123 (Economics, Environmental Engineering, Rice University) for
CIEE: Beijing - Advanced Chinese Studies
Personal Information
| The term and year this program took place: | Spring 2008 |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Learned a lot, challenging, got to know my professors well |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Tried hard to make everything accessible or fix any problems that came up |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Very moden compared to local students, comfortable living <br /><br /> Safe, on-campus living, lived with other students in the program, everyone in surrounding buildings were other foreign students |
| * Food: |
Hard to accomodate dietary restrictions, make sure food is safe- sometimes might not be sanitary, really encourage eating in cafeterias to get authentic food with local students (and cheap prices) |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
Safety standards are the same as any big city |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
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Finances
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
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| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | There are ATMs and bank accounts available but it might be easier to just hold cash. |
Language
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | Advanced |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
Learned higher-level language, improved colloquial speech |
Other Program Information
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