Awesome program!! July 15, 2024
By A student (Public Health, Brandeis University) - abroad from 02/21/2024 to 06/04/2024 with
SIT Study Abroad: Argentina - Public Health in Urban Environments
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
This is an excellent program if you are passionate about public health topics and are looking to improve your Spanish. It is language intensive and can be intimidating at first, the academics are intense, especially if you are not confident with your Spanish skills, but the professors are patient and understanding and will accommodate your levels to help you learn and grow. We traveled almost every other weekend, and while it is a program that focuses on urban environments there are many opportunities to explore and visit lots of the beautiful natural sites across Argentina!!! I highly recommend taking trips to the amazing Patagonia, El Calafate and Bariloche! This is not a Europe-like clubbing and partying study abroad experience and can be challenging at times, but rewarding at large. Argentinians are extremely loving and warm people and this program will allow you to make connections and meet many interesting people. I am studying public health and looking to pursue a career in health care and have felt that this program helped me an incredible amount not only with improving my Spanish and understanding another country's public health system, but also with understanding the importance of how the social determinants of health shape not only the individual's, but community's experiences with health.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 6 months+ |
Review Your Program
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
It was awesome, but I would like to see other parts of Latin America and travel!!! Will be returning visiting my incredible host mother one day!!! |
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) |
Unstable economy, but the prices were still significantly less than what it costs to live in the U.S. |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | 10 |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Utilize the program-granted stipend for meals!! |
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 |
Best way to learn a language is live in the country where it is spoken!!! |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | Beginner |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Advanced |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | Spanish 105 in college (low level) |
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| Do you have any tips/advice on the best ways to practice the language for future study abroad participants? | Watch lots of Spanish tv, listen to music, talk with friends to practice if you can!! Read the news in Spanish :) |
Other Program Information
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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? | How much traveling would be done with the group and the intensity of the classes! |
Reasons For Studying Abroad
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The Nearly Native or Trail BlazerCraving the most authentic experience possible, perhaps you lived with a host family or really got in good with the locals. You may have felt confined by your program requirements and group excursions. Instead, you'd have preferred to plan your own trips, even skipping class to conduct your own 'field work.' |
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