A Dane at Heart Past Review
By Anna Blankenship (The University of Texas at Austin) - abroad from 09/10/2016 to 12/17/2016 with
University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen - Direct Enrollment & Exchange
Learning how to become independent while still knowing when it's okay to ask for help. How to live more with less. Completely worthwhile!
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
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* Host Country Program Administration
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
The housing foundation for students is not good at all. They are late to respond and I felt ripped off. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
I never needed to go the doctor or hospital but I knew I would have access with my CPR. |
| * Safety: |
Never felt dangerous or in a bad situation. |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
I really enjoyed doing the exchange because I didn't want to be abroad and then be with the same group of American students everyday. I wanted to be in classrooms with local and international students. |
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) |
Grocers are very expensive in Copenhagen but you just really need to learn what you really will eat and what food you will just sit in your fridge. |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | $50-$150 |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Make lists of things you need weekly Fund student discounts |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you live with?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? | 10+ |
A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Look out for student discounts early on, when you see something you want to do, don't put it off but do it sooner than later. There are things I wanted to do around Copenhagen that I never got to do because I thought I could do them later. |
Reasons For Studying Abroad
| To help future students find programs attended by like-minded individuals, please choose the profile that most closely represents you. |
The Outright UrbaniteA social butterfly, you're happiest in bustling cities with hip people, and took advantage of all it had to offer. You enjoyed the nightlife, and had fun going out dancing, and socializing with friends. Fun-loving and dressed to the nines, you enjoyed discovering new restaurants, shops, cafes, and bars in your host country. |
Individual Course Reviews
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Culture communication and learning |
| Course Department: | Psychology |
| Instructor: | Kyoko Murakami |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | I enjoyed this class very much. It was not harder than any class I have taken at UT. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No. I would just make sure that your professor knows from the very start of the semester that you will need a letter grade for the course. |
