Past Review

By (Political Science and Government., Providence College) for

CIEE: Barcelona - Language and Culture

What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
Loved the experience not the program

Personal Information

If you took classes at multiple universities, list those universities here: UPF
The term and year this program took place: Fall 2009

Review Your Program

* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

Classes were limited, boring, and poorly evaluated in general. Attendance policy was ridiculous and the course load and worki was WAY too much.

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

Nice but useless

* Housing:

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

Tibidabo, Farthest away from anything <br /><br />

* Food:

Dinner was excelletn, breakfast was terrible. Didnt get lunch

* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

nightlife was epic

If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? No

Finances

* 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)

Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? make your lunch from the gorcery stpre, and pregame the bars

Language

Language acquisition improvement?

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

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  • Host Family
* Who did you live with?

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  • N/A
  • N/A
* Who did you take classes with?

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  • Americans

A Look Back

* What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? get to barcelona, not through ciee. Unless you love reading doing homework and not having fun