Great experience. New Zealand is a must see. Past Review
By henry.miles1 (Architecture., Middlebury College) - abroad from 02/12/2014 to 06/14/2014 with
University of Otago, New Zealand: Study Abroad Programme
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
How to live alone in a foreign country, how to figure out travel plans, how to budget for living expenses.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 2 weeks - 1 month |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Not as academically challenging as Middlebury. Much different way of grading/evaluating. Very worthwhile however. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
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* Housing:
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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* Health Care:
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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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) |
More expensive than I thought but not awful. |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | Excluding trip fees on the weekends, about $100 a week. |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | budgeting is important. It is easy to live off about $60-70 a week for food but there are always other expenses along the way. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
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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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you live with?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? | 10+ |
A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | That all the Kiwi hosts are good people, super friendly, and there to have a good time. |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
MFCO 101 |
| Course Department: | Film |
| Instructor: | Fowler |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Intro to film course. Big class. Professor knowledgeable but sometimes a little confusing. Difficult to participate in class due to its size. Standard homework but grading is different. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | Have not transferred credits yet |
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HIST 107 |
| Course Department: | History |
| Instructor: | Stevens |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Interesting learning about the history of NZ but the professor was sub par. His power points were full of words and he would basically recite word for word what was written in the powerpoint. The final exam for the class was also worth 60 percent of our overall grade which I found alarming. |
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GEOL 252 |
| Course Department: | geology |
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| Instruction Language: | english |
| Comments: | interesting course that comprised of two 5 day field trips and six three hour labs throughout the semester. Labs were not helpful as we basically worked out of a workbook. Field trips were good and I learned a lot. |
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