Best Adventure Ever Past Review
By Amy C (Latin American Studies, Hamline University) for
ISEP Exchange: Colonia Condesa - Exchange Program at Universidad La Salle
I learned a ton of Spanish and fell in love with an awesome boy, so yeah.
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. |
My workload was particularly easy because I ended up taking classes that weren't in other people's major tracks. So it was actually perfect because I never felt too bogged down to enjoy the culture and my time in Mexico. I never had any tests, I barely had any reading, but they did really push critical and analytic skills. My classes were all SUPER interesting and I am very pleased with my educational experience abroad. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
The Crossing Borders class feels a lot like handholding, and its not really applicable because I listened to like 15 presentation on England that was meant to prepare me for Mexico. It didn't. I understand the theory of this type of class, but we've done the most independent thing in our lives, so maybe a 3 hour orientation would be more useful for students preparing to go abroad. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
I love my family dearly, they are like my own parents and sisters now. |
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Super awesome all the time. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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* Health Care:
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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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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Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
No one ever spoke English, I took a class with a bunch of foreigners so we all had to speak Spanish to understand eachother. |
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Other Program Information
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A Look Back
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Do everything that people ask you to do, it's going to be awesome. Go to ITESO- it's a hippy school with AWESOME students. |
Individual Course Reviews
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Conocimiento y Cultura |
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| Comments: | This class was fascinating and it challenged me the most while I was studying. My professor was brilliant. |
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