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Breathtakingly Beautiful! Past Review

By (Elementary Education, University of Tampa) for

CIEE: Cape Town - Summer Community Development and Social Justice: Theory + Practice

What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
Friendship, self-awareness, appreciation, and patience.

Personal Information

If you took classes at multiple universities, list those universities here: University of Cape Town
How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? 0-2 weeks

Review Your Program

* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

Best professor! The professor was very accommodating to the students disiors and interests. Easy work load and learned a lot. The school to beautiful!

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

Love the student house workers. They really showed us around and made us feel at home I'm their country.

* Housing:

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

We lived in a house with the other american students and two students that are from Cape Town. We didn't need to buy anything, except when we ran out of toliet paper we all chipped in and bought more.

* Food:

Amazing food! Lots of options, really healthy, and inexpensive.

* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

We saw many events that exposed us to the wonderful south africa culture.

* Health Care:

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

* Safety:

safe area, and the RAs explained to us the safety precautions to take.

If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? Yes

Finances

* 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)

Language

If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition?

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

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  • Other
* Who did you live with?

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  • Other

A Look Back

* What did you like most about the program?
  • The living situation
  • The activities
* What could be improved?
  • nothing
* What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? choose this program because it's a perfect amount of time not to feel home sick and super rewarding. The country is beautiful and the food is better then Italy!