London! Past Review

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

The Elon in London program is fantastic. I had an internship that was set up for me in my field of interest on Mondays and Wednesdays and two classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which left Fridays for exploring the city or traveling. One of the classes I took was a theater class. We attended a play in London nearly every week. It was absolutely amazing. One of my professors was an Elon professor and the other was British, both were fantastic. I highly recommend the theater class to all you go on the program!

On-site administration of your program

Because the program is "Elon in London," it was an Elon faculty member who led our trip. She was extremely accessible, friendly and willing to help with whatever we needed.

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

The flats are great. Elon owns flats in a beautiful area of London (Maide Valle). The rooms are small but totally bearable. The flats each have a living room and kitchen. Plus you get to pick your roommates and all Elon students are in the same couple of apartment buildings right next to each other, which is great!

I had heard bad things about the food in London but never had a bad experience. London really has everything kind of food imaginable, I don't think anyone would have a problem finding food that he or she enjoys. It is, however, very expensive.

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

London has an endless about of cultural events and attractions. My only problem was not having enough time to visit all of the places in the city that I wanted to see! There is something for everyone and anyone in this city. I would definitely recommend visiting Oxford and Bath if you take any field trips outside of London. I would skip Stonehenge, no one that I was traveling with found it all that exciting and it is a long way outside of the city.

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

Elon really does everything necessary to make you feel safe. We only had a couple scares will we were abroad. One was an attempted burglary at our flats and the school had cameras installed the very next day.

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

As the program was in London, of course, everyone speaks English. We found that in nearly all the countries we traveled to outside of England as well we didn't have a problem finding someone who spoke English.

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