INSTEP: Learning to Love Economics Past Review
By Seth B (Economics, Tulane University) for
INSTEP: Cambridge - Institute of Economic and Political Studies
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Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 0-2 weeks |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
The Professors were all interested, open, thoughtful, and amiable. It was fascinating, and a real change of pace, to have economics classes that were all essay and small group based. It would be a lie to say that I learned a tremendous amount of economics (I continue to believe that the real way to learn this is by working through difficult mathematical models), but I learned a lot about how to talk about and discourse on the subject, and really deepened my love for it. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
There was a lot of tension between the house where the SA students lived and the house's management. Mainly this had to do with differing understandings of who would be responsible for various cleanup duties. To be honest it would probrably have been better had there been no cleaning service at all, rather than the constant tension over who was in charge of what. Other than that, the rooms were well furnished and internet was fast. A minor bug issue was taken care of rapidly. |
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How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
No Friday classes made weekend travel easy and excellent. I was also surprised by how much I culturally learned from the other American SA kids (turns out that your average Trinity College student had some very different life experiences than I) |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
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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) |
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| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | . |
Language
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
Other Program Information
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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? | A person really into social sciences who gets a thrill from learning at such a majestic, historic institution (and who is willing to organize other cultural adventures without outside help). |
