Be ready for some alone time, but enjoy the scenery Past Review
By A student (Middlebury College) - abroad from 09/24/2017 to 02/09/2018 with
Middlebury Schools Abroad: Middlebury in Mainz
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
yeah, learned how to liveon my own mostly
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 6 months+ |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
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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? |
No
Would have preferred berlin I think |
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? | 100 |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | eat in |
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? | Advanced |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Advanced |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | 300 |
| 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? | join sports teams |
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
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | n/a |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
Entstehung und Ausbreitung des Neolithikums |
| Course Department: | Arkäologie |
| Instructor: | Detlef Gronenborn |
| Instruction Language: | German |
| Comments: | Hard to understand, and the lecture was quite dry. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | don't know yet |
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Science Fiction Filme |
| Course Department: | Film |
| Instructor: | Bernd Kiefer |
| Instruction Language: | German |
| Comments: | Just the right level of challenging to enojy, very itneresting subject matter, good professor |
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Die Welt in Serien |
| Course Department: | Kulturanthropologie |
| Instructor: | Mirko Uhlig |
| Instruction Language: | German |
| Comments: | Amazingly nice professor, very interested in incorporating Americans into the class, very interesting at times |
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