Czech it Out Past Review
By Caleb B (History, University of Nebraska - Kearney) for
Palacky University: Olomouc - Direct Enrollment & Exchange
It was sweet, tried new things, visited places I've always wanted to see, met new people.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 2 weeks - 1 month |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Do the classes really need to start at 8:30 if we are done by 11? The last paper on top of our independent study was a complete surprise and quite frankly a joke. There wasn't really a good point to it since we were already doing weekly journals. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Martin and Jan were sweet. Seemed to know absolutely everything about the sites we visited. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
It was a pretty standard dorm. Not great but it worked. Only one ethernet jack in the room but I wasn't really expecting Silicon Valley. |
| * Food: |
I loved the foreign food. Czech food isn't crazily different than NE food so no GI problems, getting to experience new types was cool. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
The social scene is on a whole different level, and by different I mean bigger and better. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
We used common sense and never felt like we were going to be harmed or our stuff stolen. |
| 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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| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | I spend about $3000 over the $6500 for the program, and I was one of the more frugal ones. Might want to make this more clear. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
I enjoyed our Czech class, it encouraged diversity but they knew we were their to learn from experience and not lectures, which was awesome. |
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? |
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Other Program Information
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A Look Back
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Will be the time of your life. Do it, do it NOW. |
