Aren't sure? Go to London! Past Review
By A student (Brandeis University) - abroad from 01/01/2019 to 06/01/2019 with
Arcadia: London - King's College London
I learned more about living independently and got to have the big-city experience that I don't from my home university.
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. |
The courses I took were interesting and the professors were great, but the work was not as challenging as I would have liked, and I felt that the grading was overall lenient. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
I felt my program prepared me well to go to King's. It was really nice getting to know other people in a more intimate orientation style setting before being thrown into the massive one for my university. |
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) |
You can live on a budget, but it's really hard to do much other than that if you need to be more frugal. |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | 30 pounds for food, 20ish pounds for entertainment |
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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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? | 0 |
A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | You don't need to pack as much as you think! |
Reasons For Studying Abroad
| To help future students find programs attended by like-minded individuals, please choose the profile that most closely represents you. |
The Academic or LinguistYou went abroad with specific academic goals in mind; the program credentials and rigor of your coursework abroad were very important to you. You had a great time abroad, but never lost sight of your studies and (if applicable) were diligent with your foreign language study. Good for you! |
