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Love love love Barcelona
IES Abroad: Barcelona - IES Abroad Barcelona Center
Program Information
Study abroad in Barcelona—capital of the autonomous province of Catalonia. The IES Abroad Barcelona program provides students with opportunities to learn or perfect Spanish while studying business and liberal arts.
| Provider: | IES Abroad |
| Location(s): | Barcelona, Spain |
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| Website | Take me there! |
Review By:
Brittany B. (Advertising, University of Kentucky) on October 31, 2011
Overall Rating
Personal Information
| * Start Date: | 2011-08-01 |
| * End Date: | 2011-12-10 |
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? |
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Work load was not bad!! |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
LOVE IT |
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LOVE IT |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
Going out for my 21st birthday! |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
Hate those pick pocketers |
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* Home Institution Advising:
How well did University of Kentucky 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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Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? |
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| Language acquisition improvement? |
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Other Program Information
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* Who did you live with?
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A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What could be improved? |
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| * 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? | YESSSSSS |