Great times and many memories February 18, 2023
By A student (Economics, Middlebury College) - abroad from 09/11/2022 to 12/17/2022 with
UPCES - Study Abroad in Prague (CERGE-EI, Charles University)
I gained planning skills, much more international perspective (and on America), and how to make the most of any situation. It was very worthwhile. Had a ton of fun and explored a lot.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 0-2 weeks |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Fairly easy and very reasonable, but can still learn a lot if you put in some effort. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Great proximity to everything |
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On your own for food |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
Somewhat challenging |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
extremely safe |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
Yes, because it was a super cool place and great spot to live for 3 months. Also great education/time balance. Prague is a good city if you want to see more of central Europe. |
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) |
You can live quite cheap if you cook a lot and don't travel too much |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | 175 |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Plan ahead and book flights early |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
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How much did the program encourage you to use the language?
0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language |
Decent encouragement, but most Czechs who know english don't love to speak czech to non-native speakers |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Beginner |
Other Program Information
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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? | 0 |
A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | nothing |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
Environmental Economics |
| Course Department: | Economics |
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| Comments: | Good class, learned some stuff but a bit challenging to gain a ton from 3 hours 1 time a week lectures. |
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Psychoanalysis and Cultural Studies |
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| Instructor: | Erik Rorabek |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Great class and professor. To get the most out of it you need to want to be there and engage with the material |
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CEE Economic Development |
| Course Department: | Economics |
| Instructor: | Nikoloz |
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| Comments: | Somewhat challenging class, but learned a lot. Really great professor who makes 3 hour classes fly by and be very engaging |
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Intro to Czech |
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| Instructor: | Silve Prevralitova |
| Instruction Language: | Czech |
| Comments: | Great Teacher, tough language and time slot (8:20 mondays and Wednesdays) but good overall to learn some basic czech and appropriate level of difficulty |
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Behavorial Finance |
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| Comments: | More of a Behavorial Economics class (or game theory for that matter) than finance. Somewhat interesting material, not too challenging, and nice professor |
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