Abroad101: Study Abroad Reviews

UCL: an independent experience- no handholding Past Review

By (Philosophy/Art History, Middlebury College) - abroad from 09/22/2014 to 12/12/2015 with

University College London (UCL): London - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
independence, so much traveling, absolutely worthwhile, would choose london again just not UCL

Personal Information

How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? 1 month - 6 months

Review Your Program

* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

there was little to no structure, guidance, or administration for abroad students

* Housing:

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

i did not use facilities which the college provided but found my own

* Food:

very expensive

* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

* Health Care:

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

i did not have any health issues and am not sure how well they would have been addressed but being so centrally located in a city i would not be too worried

* Safety:

extremely safe campus located in a very safe city with police, etc. everywhere

If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? No

Finances

* 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)

London is extremely extremely expensive

Language

* Did your program have a foreign language component? No

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

Select all that apply

  • Other
* Who did you live with?

Select all that apply

  • Americans
  • Host Family
* Who did you take classes with?

Select all that apply

  • Local Students
  • Americans
  • International Students
About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with?

A Look Back

* What did you like most about the program?
  • professors
  • London
  • traveling
* What could be improved?
  • should not be a program for half a year students, geared only towards full year
  • administration
  • advisors at UCL who know how to help students only there half a year
* What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? UCL program is made for full year students not half year students

Individual Course Reviews

Course Name/Rating:

Knowledge and Reality
Course Department: Philosophy
Instructor: Rory Madden
Instruction Language: English
Comments: Amazing professor! Great structure to course! Even though huge class such an engaged lecturer
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Art/Event
Course Department: History of Art
Instructor: Cadence Kinsey
Instruction Language: English
Comments: assumed much too much information was previously known to candidates
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Course Name/Rating:

Publics of Contemporary Art
Course Department: History of Art
Instructor: T.J. Demos
Instruction Language: English
Comments: Professor was amazing! Take any course he teaches!!
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Course Name/Rating:

Early Modern Anatomy: Gateway Course
Course Department: History of Art
Instructor:
Instruction Language: English
Comments: Hard to believe this course was offered by the art history department was much more geared to science/history until very last 2 weeks
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