Engineering Past Review

By (Middlebury College) - abroad from 06/23/2016 to 06/04/2017 with

Dartmouth College: New Hampshire - Domestic Exchange Program

What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
Engineering

Personal Information

How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? 6 months+

Review Your Program

* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

It was a fair amount of work to be doing engineering classes

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

Jenna was great and Helpful for any questions or needs

* Housing:

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

Kind of random housing in Dartmouth College. Definitely not the top housing. With other 3-2 Engineers

* Food:

Food is good, lots of variety

* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

Social life at Dartmouth revolves around the frats. The program did nothing to help you integrate socially into campus life

* Health Care:

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

I guess, getting health insurance covered was frustrating

* Safety:

Safe

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)

Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? IDK
Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? idk

Language

* Did your program have a foreign language component? No

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

Select all that apply

  • Dorm
* Who did you live with?

Select all that apply

  • Americans
* Who did you take classes with?

Select all that apply

  • Local Students
  • Americans
About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with?

A Look Back

* What did you like most about the program?
  • Classes
  • Challenge
  • Design
* What could be improved?
  • Social Life
  • Frats
  • Lectures
* What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? Nothing, It's engineering, you get what you'd expect

Individual Course Reviews

Course Name/Rating:

ENG33

Course Department: Engineer
Instructor: Can`t remember
Instruction Language: English
Comments: Challenging
Credit Transfer Issues: IDK yet
Course Name/Rating:

ENGS34

Course Department: Engineering
Instructor: Can`t find
Instruction Language: English
Comments: Yes, interesting class
Credit Transfer Issues: IDK yet
Course Name/Rating:

ENGS21

Course Department: Engineering
Instructor: May
Instruction Language: English
Comments: Design Focused
Credit Transfer Issues: IDK Yet
Course Name/Rating:

ENGS24

Course Department: Engineering
Instructor: Forget
Instruction Language: English
Comments: Challenging, lectures sucked, large class size
Credit Transfer Issues: Idk yet
Course Name/Rating:

PHYS 19

Course Department: Physics
Instructor: Ramanacheck
Instruction Language: English
Comments: Lots of work but interesting and great professor
Credit Transfer Issues: IDK Yet