Dream come true!!!!!!!!!!! Past Review

By (University of Texas - San Antonio) - abroad from 05/14/2012 to 06/01/2012 with

University of Texas - San Antonio: Architecture Dialogues in Urban Planning: Paris

What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
I learn so much from culture to how to move through out a huge big city and was all worth it

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Personal Information

How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? 6 months+

Review Your Program

* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

Great! full with all the resourses needed

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

* Housing:

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

* Food:

Amazing!!

* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

* Health Care:

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

* Safety:

If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? Yes

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)

food is expensive and also if you try to cook at home you have to buy a whole bunch of products to cook food and you cant live off of pasta and rice forever

* 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? about $350
Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? scholarships and more scholarships to start lookign and appyling for those as soon as possible even before they start applying for the study abroad `program and save a lot before

Language

* Did your program have a foreign language component? No

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

Select all that apply

  • Dorm
* Who did you live with?

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  • Americans
* Who did you take classes with?

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  • Americans
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?
  • the amazing food and all the people who help me
* What could be improved?
  • nothing
* What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? that everything was very expensive