Past Review
By Nicole R (Finance and Financial Management Services., Indiana University of Pennsylvania) for
University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg: Nuremberg - Direct Enrollment & Exchange
It's impacted my cultural awareness but has not change my academic interest and future plans I also feel my expirance was a lot more personalized that the other international students that were at my school because i got to know my distant German ancestors and dated a native.
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
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Teching methods were lectors from power points and there was no work load since the only grade was the final at the end. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
The host country's international office held my hand through the whole process i was there |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
I lucked out and was placed in the newest student residence in the city. I had my own room with a little bath room and kitchen with a stove. The host schools university had kitchen ware and bedding available for us to rent. Area was very safe. |
| * Food: |
There is a cafeteria at the school for lunch but mostly i would go into the main section of the city for food or the grocery store. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
too many |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
the school set me up with german health insurance, which i used, and it worked just fine, no issues. |
| 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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Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? |
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| Language acquisition improvement? |
The people I interacted with the most spoke English as second language and i didn't learn to much of the native language |
Other Program Information
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* Who did you live with?
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A Look Back
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Nurnberg is perfect and the school there is much more assistant than any other colleges the students were at. |
