12/10 if you have review based expectations and work smart January 04, 2022

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

DIS provided relatively exciting student events and meaningful assignments. The student hub was a great place to find other resources, like rental crutches, therapy lamps, camera equipment, etc

On-site administration of your program

Very smooth administration for the most part!

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

Obsessed with the Outdoor LLC: Holmbladsgade, Christian our coordinator, the diversity of events, the communal living style, all of it!

The Danish food was pretty good: pastries, rye bread, fish, etc. I love that DIS students get discounts at some places around the city and that all meals paid for on the study tours. One star off for no regular provided meals and sometimes vegan options tough to access on program led tours, but vegetarian options pretty accessible

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

I didn't live with or have classes with any danish students, but I joined the Copenhagen Hucks frisbee team and met lots of Danes and other traveling European friends of varying ages!

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

While Danes, those living in Denmark, and international students have privilege to free healthcare by applying for a CPR card, DIS students were not notified about instructions for applying for a CPR card until it was too late for the vast majority of students to qualify. You need to be living in Denmark for at least 4 months, but we weren't told this, so we were applying at the 3 or 3.5 window mark and were notified by Danish CPR system that we were all denied access to CPR card (unless you were staying longer than the designated program date). It was a hassle applying for a CPR card and being denied and confused and scared that we would not have the accessible healthcare that we were told we would have. While it's still possible to go to the ER or doctor without CPR card, like DIS has a few DIS familiar doctors, the wait times are 4 times as long and you have to front the cost and hopefully qualify to be reimbursed later. My roommate was in an Outdoor LLC elevator and it dropped suddenly hitting something in the wall and it caused my roommate debilitating back pain for 4 months now, and seeking healthcare was extremely difficult and DIS denied fault to this incident and took lots of convincing to pay for physical therapy for this individual even though it was DIS housing elevator that was being used properly and hadn't been checked in a few years. It was a mess, but I hope future students are notified in advance of the CPR process and are able to get CPR cards and access the quality of healthcare they deserve :)

One of the safest study abroad cities you could go to. The biggest crime in Copenhagen is bike theft. Watch out yall, my bike got stole the 3rd week in and I had to pay to replace it all because I opted for commuter card. Be careful for night life like Motel Chateau, as I've heard that night life is run by organized crime. Stay in groups of friends at night going to anywhere new especially, and KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR DRINK!! Other than that, its a great city to have fun in and feel relatively very safe in. But, as always, don't let that lull you into a false sense of safety.

I LOVE THE OUTDOOR LLC! It provided great social structure during fun group events every other week/2 weeks led by Christian, our outdoor LLC coordinator, who is awesome!! Biking was a revolutionary way of transporting myself everywhere. Invest in a rain jacket and maybe rain pants if you plan of biking as main form of transportation.

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

Expensive city in general and you buy your own groceries, and even though DIS provides a stipend (thank you), it's not enough for 90% of students to last through the full semester.

0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language

Danish was pretty useful and tho most people spoke English, we were encouraged to use Danish with what skills Danish Language Culture students had. If you didnt sign up for DLC course then you might be confused about Danish language but still get around city perfectly fine

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• Outdoor LLC
• DIS student hub free test kits and masks and therapy lamp rentals
• Short and long study tour

• CPR card acquisition for all students
• More grocery stipend!!
• I have so much respect for all custodian workers, but our cleaning staff in the Outdoor LLC didn't clean what they said they were going to, so maybe the cleaning staff expectations can be revised and confirmed

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