Fantastic Past Review
By A student (University of Hartford) - abroad from 01/09/2018 to 05/03/2018 with
AIFS: Limerick - University of Limerick
Learning how to budget and travel while making new friends. Defiantly worthwhile!!!!
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | None |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
The housing was good because I was in a triple and one of the girls didnt like it so she went to go live somewhere else. I loved my roommate and we got along well. For about 2 and a half months we had cold/ freezing water in the showers and multiple times we called maintenance and they didn't do anything and the one time they fixed it for like a week and a half then it was back to being cold. Also in like the last half month we were there they finally told us how to control the heating bc it was also cold in the rooms in the beginning when it was cold and snowing outside. They barely did anything to help us. I had to multiple times sleep in lots of layers and 2 blankets plus a sleeping bag and we got a heater from our friends room. But it was terrible housing in that sense of rooming. |
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The food was okay. And they did not feed us on the weekend just mornings and evenings in a set time. They served pasta 5 DAYS in a row for dinner. The food was the same most of the time not a lot of variety after a while |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
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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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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | probably 15-25 pounds for grocery and outside food if i wasnt traveling to another country |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Have a goal of how much you are gonna spend in a week or month and keep to it |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
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? |
A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | where i was living and how to budget better |
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. |
