Food and Family made Italy Amazing Past Review
By Devin D (ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS., Carleton College) for
Siena School for Liberal Arts: Siena - Semester & Summer Programs
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
Definitely!
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:
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 * Health Care:
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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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| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | There were a lot of costs for the school that we were not informed of before arriving. | 
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes | 
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | Intermediate | 
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | 395 | 
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? | 
 
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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
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Laid-back and interested in art. | 
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: | 
Book Art | 
| Course Department: | na | 
| Instructor: | Jennifer Storey | 
| Instruction Language: | English | 
| Comments: | This course is fantastic and if you go on this program, you have to take it or the program isn't worthwhile. | 
| Credit Transfer Issues: | no | 
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