This was an amazing, eye opening and life changing experience. Past Review
By A student (Advertising., San Jose State University) - abroad from 01/12/2012 to 05/23/2012 with
ISEP Exchange: Edinburgh - Exchange Program at Edinburgh Napier University
The real question is what didn't I learn! I feel like I know more about myself now than I have ever known. It was amazing!
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Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 2 weeks - 1 month |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
I wish I took different classes because I ended up with hard level four classes that I didn't even need for my home university and it made it hard to travel much. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
We rarely heard from they even when one of my friends ended up in the hospital, we had to contact them to let them know what was happening. I wish they care more about us. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Housing at my home university is better and we pay more and I feel like we got less but the one thing that was great was the location. |
| * Food: |
We didn't have a meal plan option like my home university but we did get some money so we could cook our own food which was ok. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
I gave it a 3 star only because my friends and I tried to become integrated but the school did nothing to help with that. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
The health care is a waste of money and it really made me mad to pay for it because we went to a place with socialized medicine and we all had insurance that did the same or more. Lets just same I'm not a fan of the healthcare |
| * Safety: |
I felt safer abroad then at my home university |
| 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) |
The pound was doing a lot better then the dollar but Scotland has a lot of low budget places to get stuff which was nice. |
| * Was housing included in your program cost? | Yes |
| * Was food included in your program cost? | Yes |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | ~$50 |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Try to find little shops and place that are like or 99 cents stores. If you want need clothes just wait for sales there will be a bunch (well at least in the UK). Also don't be afraid to ask if there is a student discount cause unlike the US, lots of places really care about saving students money! |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
Other Program Information
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A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | I wish I knew that the school wasn't going to be much help |
