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Program Information
This program is designed for students who are who are interested in beginning to study the Spanish language or improving their basic language skills while taking classes in Spanish language, history, politics, art, and culture.
Program Snapshot
* Continue your Spanish studies or improve your beginner... More
| Provider: | CIEE |
| Location(s): | Barcelona, Spain |
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| Website | Take me there! |
Review By:
Peter V. (Political Science, Providence College) on February 24, 2010
Overall Rating
Personal Information
| If you took classes at multiple universities, list those universities here: | UPF |
| The term and year this program took place: | Fall 2009 |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Classes were limited, boring, and poorly evaluated in general. Attendance policy was ridiculous and the course load and worki was WAY too much. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Nice but useless |
| * Housing: |
Tibidabo, Farthest away from anything <br /><br /> |
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Dinner was excelletn, breakfast was terrible. Didnt get lunch |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
nightlife was epic |
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* Home Institution Advising:
How well did Providence College 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? | make your lunch from the gorcery stpre, and pregame the bars |
Language
| Language acquisition improvement? |
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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? | No |
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | get to barcelona, not through ciee. Unless you love reading doing homework and not having fun |
| * What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile? | Loved the experience not the program |