Incredible Profs and Experience, Mediocre Administration/Program May 20, 2023
By A student (Middlebury College) - abroad from 01/15/2022 to 05/15/2022 with
Institute for American Universities (IAU): The Marchutz School of Fine Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France
Language skills, incredible connections with professors, cultural knowledge.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
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* Housing:
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Depends on the host family, but I loved my host family's food. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
A lot of American students, hard to to integrate with non-Americans. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
Super helpful! Needed to get a prescription while abroad and was efficiently helped to a doctor and pharmacy that could help me. |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
The art professors made it worth it. |
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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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 |
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| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | Intermediate |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Advanced |
Direct Enrollment/Exchange
| * Did you study abroad through an exchange program or did you directly enroll in the foreign university? | Direct Enrollment |
Other Program Information
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A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | There wouldn't be much integration with local students or young people, and many American participated in the program, so it was easy to get away with speaking too much English (to my liking). |
Reasons For Studying Abroad
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The Avid AdventurerThe wardrobe you packed was better suited for a semester of camping than club hopping. Outdoorsy, you might forgo a crazy night out for an early all-day adventure. You'd rather take in the rich culture of an old town than the metropolis of a modern city, but for you getting off the grid is ideal. |
Individual Course Reviews
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Marchutz Painting and Drawing Courses |
| Course Department: | Art |
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| Instruction Language: | English (+some French) |
| Comments: | Incredible professors. Kind, knowledgeable, understanding, and full of endless wisdom and support. They were amazing. |
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