a great time in a great city Past Review
By Alev Cansever (Brandeis University) - abroad from 01/25/2017 to 05/14/2017 with
CIEE: Prague - Central European Studies
A lot about my self and independence and how to adapt
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 6 months+ |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
not extremely rigorous but i learned a lot of interesting and valuable stuff |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
too many people from the same collage like an entire penn state frat was in my housing very annoying |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
Czech people are very cold so kinda hard to get use to at first |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
never used |
| * Safety: |
very safe city |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
pretty big and in the most beautiful location. Housing assignment weren't too bad either. |
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) |
its a pretty cheap city |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | probably around 100-300 $ |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
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How much did the program encourage you to use the language?
0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language |
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| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Beginner |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | none |
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Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you live with?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | prague is a very cold city |
