traveling outside of my university's city was the best part Past Review
By A student (Middlebury College) - abroad from 01/11/2016 to 06/17/2016 with
Frontiers Abroad: New Zealand Earth Systems
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
research experience, field work exposure, and it was worthwhile
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 2 weeks - 1 month |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
i would choose the same program but probably study at the university of christchurch because more people in my program were there and it seemed like Frontiers had more resources set up there rather than auckland |
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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) |
NZ food was very expensive |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | approximately $200-250 NZ dollars |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
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A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | to choose christchurch rather than auckland |
Individual Course Reviews
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Research Methods |
| Course Department: | Geography |
| Instructor: | Dan Hikuroa |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Great experience conducting my own research project |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | no |
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