Mount Holyoke College

August 15, 2025

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Below you will find study abroad reviews from students at Mount Holyoke College. We hope you will find these helpful in your search for options in education abroad. If you are a Mount Holyoke College student, please check with the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives for guidelines on enrolling in a study abroad program and receiving credit for your study abroad experience. If your university has listed recommended programs below, please consider them first and contact any of the program providers referenced in the reviews listed below for more information

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Past Review Alliance For Global Education, Thank You! IFSA/Alliance: Shanghai - International Business in China

"I learned how to be independent and adapt to any situation that is thrown my way. I am more confident in myself as a person now, and it is definitely due to my amazing experience."

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Past Review Shanghai 2014 IFSA/Alliance: Shanghai - International Business in China

"It was very worthwhile, I learned a lot about myself and a completely different culture. It taught me I can overcome anything I set my mind to"

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Past Review Spring In Shanghai, The Best 4 Months Of My Life! IFSA/Alliance: Shanghai - International Business in China

"I gained so much knowledge about the world because I saw so many new places and things. I tried new food and activities. I gained new friends. I met people from all over the world. I got to have an internship over the summer in Shanghai because I studied abroad there. It was so worthwhile and I can't wait to visit again."

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Past Review A Wonderful Experience I Would Repeat In A Heartbeat! ThisWorldMusic: Traveling - Study in Ghana: Music, Arts, Culture

"Living abroad, even for a short while, is eye opening and mind expanding. It is very, very valuable to see life from a different cultural perspective; it causes you to reexamine many assumptions, ideas, practices, attitudes. . . "

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Past Review A Semester In The Hills Of Tuscany CET Siena

"I gained an immense amount of perspective just by living in another place. Everything is new and different and able to offer you something to think about. I now know that I want to return to Italy as soon as possible. It was completely worthwhile, and I enjoyed wholly my time there. While I was there, probably the best thing ..."

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Past Review Best Semester Of My Life! DIS Copenhagen: Semester

"It was fantastic. I became more independent and I met like-minded individuals. "

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Past Review East Africa: Be Free The School for Field Studies / SFS: Tanzania - Wildlife Management Studies

"Yes! Very worthwhile. SFS made me love traveling even more than I already did. I am aware of cultural differences and complex management issues of human population growth, modernization, ecology, and wildlife management."

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Past Review Sea Semester Was A Life Changing, Unbelievable, Outstanding Program!!! Sea Education Association: Colonization to Conservation in the Caribbean

"SEA Semester showed me how strong and courageous I can actually be. I had no idea I had this person inside of me all this time, just waiting for a chance to shine. SEA Semester helped me to be the person I didn't know I could be."

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Past Review Paris C'est La Vie! API (Academic Programs International): Paris - Universite Paris Diderot

"It was something I had dreamed of my whole time at MHC. I have become a little more sophisticated in my dressing, food etiquette and cuisine. Improving my french language is very imperative to my future goal of working with medecins sans frontieres."

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Past Review Directly Enrolling In Sydney, Australia Macquarie University: Sydney - Direct Enrollment & Exchange

"Definitely worthwhile. I had a chance to also do a research internship with the psychology department and worked on two projects with Ph.D. students. I learned about the education system in Australia and also decided to pursue research my senior year in college."

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