Great if you are ok leaving Midd for a year. Past Review
By A student (Middlebury College) - abroad from 09/25/2017 to 06/03/2018 with
Middlebury - Dartmouth Engineering Dual Degree: Domestic Exchange in New Hampshire
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
Good academics, good culture, cool to experience something different.
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. |
Some professors at Thayer Engineering School are pretty bad and are clearly focused on their research--especially compared to that of Middlebury. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
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* Housing:
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
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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) |
n/a |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | as much as i spend at middlebury |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | spend like you're at middlebury |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
Direct Enrollment/Exchange
| * Did you study abroad through an exchange program or did you directly enroll in the foreign university? | Direct Enrollment |
Other Program Information
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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? |
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 guidance regarding how many/what courses to take. |
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 Academic or LinguistYou went abroad with specific academic goals in mind; the program credentials and rigor of your coursework abroad were very important to you. You had a great time abroad, but never lost sight of your studies and (if applicable) were diligent with your foreign language study. Good for you! |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
ENGS022: Systems |
| Course Department: | Thayer |
| Instructor: | Farid |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Challenging with new professor--who had never taught before. Put in the time though and it's not bad. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No experience with this yet. |
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ENGS021: Intro to ENGS |
| Course Department: | Thayer |
| Instructor: | Vicki May |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Not challenging--waste of time to take it in the Spring. Take this in the Fall to get a good intro to the engineering school. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | N/A |
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ENGS093: Stats in Engineering |
| Course Department: | Thayer |
| Instructor: | Vikrant Vaze |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Challenging stats course, needs to be restructured |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | N/A |
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ENGS030: Biological Physics |
| Course Department: | Thayer |
| Instructor: | Jane Hill |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | HORRIBle professor--never have had worse. Potential to be such a cool course given a completely restructured class and different professor. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | N/A |
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ENGS033: Solid Mechanics |
| Course Department: | Thayer |
| Instructor: | Vicki May |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Great class! Good prof. Cool topics, cool project. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | N/A |
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ENGS023: Distributed Systems and Fields |
| Course Department: | Thayer |
| Instructor: | Osterberg |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | CHALLENGING COURSE--but put in the time and it pays off b/c the material is so cool. Again, course needs to be completely re-structured. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | N/A |
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