Fun-filled days with new encounters and a time of growing into myself! July 23, 2025
By A student (Computer Science, Brandeis University) - abroad from 02/23/2025 to 06/23/2025 with
CIEE: Seoul - Arts + Sciences (Yonsei University)
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
I learned what it was like to live in a society and culture so different from my own and what I had always known. It was worthwhile to gain new perspectives and prove to myself that I could live so independently.
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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
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* Host Country Program Administration
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* Housing:
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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* Health Care:
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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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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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | 300 |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Firstly consider what your money-spending priorities are whether food, shopping, or other things and research on how much that might take on a weekly/monthly bases and plan for that in addition to your necessities budget so you are able to spend more freely. |
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? | Intermediate |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Intermediate |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | Korean 40A |
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| Do you have any tips/advice on the best ways to practice the language for future study abroad participants? | Find and go to language exchanges because they can be a lot of fun and try your best to make friends that speak it so you can practice it in a more casual environment. |
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
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | I wish I had better planned my travels and expeditions, though 4 months felt like a lot of time at first, the program flew by at the end. There is so much to see and do, and though you can't do everything, you can be sure to make the best of our time! |
Reasons For Studying Abroad
| To help future students find programs attended by like-minded individuals, please choose the profile that most closely represents you. |
The Nearly Native or Trail BlazerCraving the most authentic experience possible, perhaps you lived with a host family or really got in good with the locals. You may have felt confined by your program requirements and group excursions. Instead, you'd have preferred to plan your own trips, even skipping class to conduct your own 'field work.' |
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