Barcelona: expierence of a lifetime that i would repeat differently if i had a chance Past Review

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

classes were pretty easy, i didnt learn a whole lot that was applicable to real life.

On-site administration of your program

loved the people that were there to help in the office, they cared and showed concern for anything and everything. they were absolutely fantastic!

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

my living situation was HORRIBLE! i dont think i had one good nights rest becuase my roomates were the rudest poeple i have ever met, they went out and drank, did drugs and partied every night, i hated living there and didnt have anything in common with any of them, i am sincerely dumbfounded on how i ended up with them. i talked with a conselor about it but i didnt feel like my situation was bad enough to be moved, i shold have pushed for it, though looking back, it could have made a big difference. they were just plain aweful and the most filthy people i have ever met, due to them i lost some of my deposit on the apartment, i am still frustrated by the fact that i was placed with them in the fisrt place.

fed myself because i lived in an apartment, i wouldnt reccomend it, i didnt get into the culture and just ate like an american.

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

had fun on the outing with my ISA group when they let me be with the homestay people, i had much more in common with them, since my rommates and other apartment dwellers were very dissimilar from me i was able to change the days of my outings and go with homestay. i hated that they separated homestay and apartment kids so strongly, they should have mixed us up.

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

i was sick for over a month when i got back from the morrocco excursion, they should have given us giudelines for if we felt sick, im glad i went to the doctor but not until i had spent weeks thinking i wasnt sick enough to warrent a visit. I eat dairy multiple tmies a day and that was making my sickeness worse, they should let us know if we feel sick no dairy or fruit, that would have been insanely helpful.

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

didnt practice much, i had opportunites but was apprehensive since i had just started learning spanish, also in BCN they speak catalan so that was kind of pointless. i got by with the little spanish i knew

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