Sevilla: Some good, some bad but mostly good Past Review
By Jennifer R (Finance, Trinity University) for
CIEE: Seville - Business + Society
Yes, I travelled to more countries than I thought possible.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Depended on professor but the teaching was not great. Very difficult to follow and only sometimes (even when translated to English) did their ideas make sense. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
No English allowed. Threrefore, if I had a problem, I had to humliate myself to get a point across, which was more frustrating. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Very poor home stay selection. Almost like the only question was "Do you want to host an American and get paid?" For lack of a better word, the lady I lived with was a bitch. She was hardly ever there so i made it through the majority of the time but couldnt handle it after a while and moved out. |
| * Food: |
Quality was terrible. Spanish cooking is nasty and plain. Olive oil is not a seasoning |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
Morrocco-- awesome |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
Health was not addressed much except for emergeency situations. Safety was hit hard being craz, American students |
| 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? | Give yourself some crazy, impulse-buy spending money. Go on a crazy trip to Italy of France and indulge in as much food and wine as possible. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
Tutors were available. |
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? |
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Other Program Information
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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 could be improved? |
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