More culture with locals than if I went with my school's program Past Review
By Nieve Louise Ferguson (Emerson College) - abroad from 09/13/2018 to 12/22/2018 with
CISabroad (Center for International Studies): Summer in London - University of Westminster
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
I learned to rely on myself and be alone. It was so worthwhile just to explore and immerse myself in my family's culture
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Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
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* Overall educational experience
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
I loved the people I was with and the team that led me. I suggested the same program to my sorority sister who also went with CIS and loved it! |
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? | Get a job before you go so you have spending money. Don't spend money on flights to big places -- go on smaller adventures with less money for flights and you get to see non-capital cities and get a more authentic experience. I never spent more than 80 quid on flights round trip. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
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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 maybe gone with a friend so I could have planned trips in advance, or had saved up more spending money. I spent a bit of time being lonely and wanting to go out more but I worried about class and grades when it turned out I didn't have to. I could have been out every night and I would have passed -- I thought I was getting a number grade. Whoops. |
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