Copenhagen is a city like no other Past Review
By A student (Middlebury College) - abroad from 01/14/2019 to 05/18/2019 with
DIS Copenhagen: Semester
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
learned to be self-sufficient, learned to budget, to be in unfamiiar locaiton
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | None |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
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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? |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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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? | $200 |
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? | N/A |
| How many hours per day did you use the language? |
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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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? | 0 |
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? | more candid conversation about culture |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
Globalization and European Economies |
| Course Department: | Economics |
| Instructor: | Adrian Mongon |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Yes, participated equally and was assessed by papers |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No |
| Course Name/Rating: |
Holocaust and Genocide |
| Course Department: | History |
| Instructor: | Torben Jorgenson |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | It was challenging and I participated the same as at Middlebury. Was assessed through one final paper |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No |
| Course Name/Rating: |
Danish |
| Course Department: | Language |
| Instructor: | Bianca |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | It was challenging, I participated more than at Middlebury, evaluated thru oral exams, written exams and papers |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No |
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Leadership Across Cultures |
| Course Department: | |
| Instructor: | Morten |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Sufficiently challenging, evaluated through papers, useful because particular class not offered at Middlebury |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No |
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Environmental Economics |
| Course Department: | Economics |
| Instructor: | David Possen |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | was challenging, teacher was passionate, assesed with papers and exams |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No |
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