should come if you are from a LAC/or smaller school May 11, 2023
By A student (Brandeis University) - abroad from 01/08/2023 to 04/24/2023 with
National University of Singapore: Singapore - Direct Enrollment & Exchange
skills, friendships, and personal confidence. very eye-opening and met a lot of friends
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. |
super rigorous! THEY HAVE A BELL CURVE WHICH I DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY KNOW. make sure to take classes that don't require as much testing, it could take up about 50% of the overall grade. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
extremely tight! |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
utown is wonderful |
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feels like home! |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
i went to a lot of events so that integrated me really well, but in order to really get to know the locals you had to be super outgoing |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
really professional, they ran it like a business though |
| * Safety: |
never any danger really, singapore is too safe lol |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
extremely rigorous wonderful classes and material feels like a BootCamp, only in southeast asia |
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) |
doable! food is very very cheap |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
Other Program Information
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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? |
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? | THE GRADE IS BELL CURVE. PLEASE NOTE SO DON'T TAKE ANYTHING SUPER HARD AND COMPETE WITH EVERYONE (YOUR HOME GPA WILL SINK) |
