Lonely and financially unstable September 24, 2023
By A student (Neurobiology, Neurosciences, Middlebury College) - abroad from 02/24/2023 to 06/24/2023 with
Middlebury Schools Abroad: Middlebury in Montevideo
That I am very financially unstable and I should be in contact with Student Financial Services
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. |
Facultad de Ciencias is a good university overall, however I did not receive the academic support I needed at all. No assignments, no midterms, no extra practice, just a final exam that I did not feel prepared for |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
There definitely needs to me more on site staff |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Very expensive housing, it would have probably been cheaper if I had found housing that was not through Middlebury |
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Food had limited options, very little vegetable options, and very expensive to buy. I was very malnourished everyday |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
Not at all. Middlebury does not do a good job in integrating us into the culture beside telling us to make friends in our classes. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
I went to school in a dangerous area |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
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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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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? | Fluent |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Fluent |
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 could be improved? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | To not do it |
Individual Course Reviews
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| Comments: | Very boring course, and no academic support whatsoever. No assignments, no midterms, and my entire grade depended on the final exam. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | Yes, the host institution would not give me or the onsite coordinators my final grade. |
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Ethology |
| Course Department: | Biology |
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| Instruction Language: | Spanish |
| Comments: | The course was very challenging, but interesting. However, my entire grade depended on the final exam, and I did not receive any academic support during the entire semester |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | Yes I am still having trouble due to failing the final exam, and the host institution withholding my final grade |
