Good for cultural exposure not for academics Past Review
By A student (Middlebury College) - abroad from 01/05/2016 to 03/29/2016 with
Middlebury Schools Abroad: Middlebury in Paris
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
It was mostly about staying in a different culture and improving language skill rather than learning something serious in an academic area.
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
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* Host Country Program Administration
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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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) |
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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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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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A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | That the internship requires 16 hours of work per week on top of 4 courses, and a final report of 25 plus pages and a presentation. I would not choose to do the internship if I knew. |
Individual Course Reviews
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Spacial Analysis |
| Course Department: | Geography |
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| Instruction Language: | French |
| Comments: | A lot of the assignments and exams are based on knowledge of French geography. |
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