Doing all the things! or, Exploring London in the BU Internship Program Past Review
By Katy B (English and International Studies, Trinity University) - abroad from 08/01/2013 to 12/14/2012 with
Boston University: London - London Internship Program
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
I really enjoyed the experience - we must have been to every museum in London and we also managed to get to other places in England and to France and Italy The most valuable thing I got from my program was probably the internship experience at a law firm, which is hard for undergrad students to get in the US.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 6 months+ |
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It was really hard to find information about when facilities would be open, specifically the library or the student office. They made some mistakes with charging my student account for activities and it was a little bit of a hassle to get them fixed. |
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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) |
London is very expensive! |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
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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? | Almost everybody on the program was a student at BU. This meant that most people came in with already established friend groups, and although I still made a lot of friends it was hard the first week or two! |
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