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Attend courses with more than 400 international students from other African countries and around the world. Study art, history, literature, political science, service learning, African studies and more during a semester or year abroad with AIFS in Stellenbosch, South Africa. By including your tuition, housing,... More
| Provider: | AIFS |
| Location(s): | Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| Year Founded: | 1964 |
| Website | Take me there! |
Review By:
Rashad U. (International Studies, University of Hartford) on July 14, 2011
Overall Rating
Personal Information
| * Start Date: | 2011-01-17 |
| * End Date: | 2011-06-17 |
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Stellenbosch university has a much tougher grading system than UHART. Hard to get A's on assignments. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
The staff advising us was competent but I felt they had a hard time.dividing their personal lives with their professional lives. Also, they did not know how to manage things when things got difficult. |
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Good. Spacious. Personal. |
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Good. Varied selection. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
Garden route was great |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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* Home Institution Advising:
How well did University of Hartford prepare and support you for your time abroad? |
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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) |
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| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Studying abroad from UHART was way more expensive than I thought. While the program costs 14000 I paid 18000 to UHART. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
I didn't take the course but the students spoke afrikaans and English. |
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Other Program Information
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A Look Back
| * If you could do it all over again, would you choose the same program? | Yes |
| * What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile? | Yes. South Africa is the mist beautiful place I've ever been. |