Learning Opportunity in Copenhagen May 11, 2025
By A student (Business, Brandeis University) - abroad from 01/11/2025 to 05/09/2025 with
DIS Copenhagen: Semester
I learned how to live in another place, new culture and make new connections.
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. |
Classes were engages but not overly challenging. The classes were more about understanding the world around than textbook material. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Helpful for all issues |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Housingwas nice, easy to get to class and pair roommates up well. |
| * Food: |
Food in Copenhagen is some of the best in the world. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
The Wednesday field studies helped me to feel like a local Dane since I had the opportunity to meet danish students and practitioners. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
Easy to use and navigate |
| * Safety: |
No safety concerns in Denmark |
| 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) |
Copenhagen is expensive but it was easy to fit the budget into the semester. |
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 |
It was a fun and educational class |
| 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? | HISP 32A |
| How many hours per day did you use the language? | |
| Do you have any tips/advice on the best ways to practice the language for future study abroad participants? | Understand it is a learning process |
Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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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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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | How life changing it would be. |
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 Outright UrbaniteA social butterfly, you're happiest in bustling cities with hip people, and took advantage of all it had to offer. You enjoyed the nightlife, and had fun going out dancing, and socializing with friends. Fun-loving and dressed to the nines, you enjoyed discovering new restaurants, shops, cafes, and bars in your host country. |
