Go To Cape Town!! Past Review
By Evelyn M (Political Science and Government., Austin College) for
SIT Study Abroad: South Africa - Multiculturalism and Human Rights
Definitely. I absolutely loved it. It made me more interested in conducting field research.
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
I definitely learned alot, but the course load was alot easier than at my college. BUt I loved the way they taught because it was based in experiential learning. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Strengths was probably the academic director, and the excursions/homestays. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
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| * Food: |
We were served alot of food in our homestays. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
It was all amazing but the most memorable excursion was probably Robben Island |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
You just have to use your common sense like you would at home |
| 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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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | They give you a stipend. I ended up spending hardly any of my own money. I spent maybe $400 of my own money and most of that was for gifts. |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | It depends on what your spending habits are like at home. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
Everyone who spoke that language/two of my home stay families. I needed to use it in one of my homestays. I did use it almost every day but if i didn't know it I probably would have been fine. However, it did help. |
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Other Program Information
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* Who did you take classes with?
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A Look Back
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