Truly amazing, once in a lifetime experience! Past Review
By A student (Special Education and Teaching., SUNY - College at Geneseo) - abroad from 06/01/2012 to 07/07/2012 with
SUNY Geneseo: Traveling - Mediterranean Roots Summer Program
completely worth while, I learned more about different cultures present and past, it is a real growing experience
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 0-2 weeks |
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
It was very interesting to travel to the places we were learning about. It made it easier for me to understand and appreciate what we were learning. The course was rigorous but rewarding. It was really a dream trip |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
I loved all of the places we stayed except for the Centro in Rome, it was to hot to do any work there and it was not near any of the locations that we were traveling. Buses took almost an hour a lot of the time to get to the center of Rome and that delayed our busy schedules, I would recommend not going there again. Everything else was great! |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
It was really nice to be integrated into European culture, there was so much I learned. |
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We did not have any problems with saftey. Dr. Savellos was very good about making us aware of what was going on around us and keeping us in safe areas. |
| 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) |
It was hard, I definitely had to budget a lot. I spent a little over a thousand dollars. We were lucky to have more meals included, but it would be nice for future trips if more could be included, or have more accomodations where you could cook |
| * Was housing included in your program cost? | Yes |
| * Was food included in your program cost? | No |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | $75 |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
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? | nothign |
