Could have went on my own, and learned and saw more for less Past Review
By A student (Utah Valley University) - abroad from 05/01/2012 to 05/23/2012 with
Utah Valley University: Traveling - Business Marketing
The old country is incredible. Not worthwhile in a group that size. Would have been better to do on my own with friends and family.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 2 weeks - 1 month |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
This was very dissapointing from an educational standpoint. I am not sure what I was supposed to have learned from this trip still. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Poor, very un-organized |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
London, very old need Internet access. Paris was better. Except shower was not very good. |
| * Food: |
London, very dissapointing. A basket of bread is not breakfast. Paris, was better nice to only have to buy lunches. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
I feel like we did not do enough with the locals. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
Did not use |
| * Safety: |
Felt safe the entire trip |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
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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) |
This was very difficult, I wish that more food was included in trip. This was very expensive! I brought $1200 and it was not enough, and I really did not buy any souvingers |
| * Was housing included in your program cost? | Yes |
| * Was food included in your program cost? | Yes |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | I was spending about $30 a day on food. |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | I think that it would have been better to rent a big house with a kitchen and laundry. This would allowed for us to use the markets and really get inragrateted into the culture. This would also be a great relationship builder to those on the trip. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
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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 |
Nobody could speak french |
| 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? | None |
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? |
A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What could be improved? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | What the appointments were really going to be, not with CEOs but with sales force. Included food quality. |
