A great way to Discover Australia Past Review
By Rebecca H (Integrated Marketing Communications, Ithaca College) for
La Trobe University: Melbourne - Direct Enrollment & Exchange
SUCH a good time, i' do it again in a heartbeat, especially since i brought back an australian boyfriend! every part of it was amazing
Personal Information
| The term and year this program took place: | Spring 2009 |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
The classes were set up really poorly I thought. If you wanted to vacation it was a very good because there was no need to attend all the classes in order to do well on the assignments. The grading system was more tough, but it was easy to understand what the assignment was asking you to do, and you would only have to attend minimal classes. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
not very good instructions on what to do when we first got there and very disorganized when sending us important emails that needed to be filled out in order to come. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
communal bathrooms and kitchen, but very fun and easy to meet friends <br /><br /> very veryyyy fun |
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the restaurant food was very tasty |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
so much to do with the dorm I lived in which was perfect |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
much cheaper than here |
| 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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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | alcohol was expensive, and food was just about the same after the conversions, around $60 per week |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | a little more expensive than here |
Language
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
learned some aussie slang, that's about it |
Other Program Information
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* Who did you live with?
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A Look Back
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | do as much as you can but it is such an interesting country, go on the trips that the program offers to the coasts and take a trip into the country also |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
Discover Australia |
| Course Department: | can't remember |
| Instructor: | can't remember |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | The class was really interesting if you want to get a history of the country that you'll be in for a whole semester. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | no problems |
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Press and Society |
| Course Department: | MST2PAS |
| Instructor: | Scanlon |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | The professor was really knowledgeable and if you're interested in media studies, it is really interesting to talk about another county's media |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | nope |
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Sex, Gender, and Identity |
| Course Department: | GSD1SGI |
| Instructor: | D-Cruz |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Interesting if you like talking about gender studies, everyone is very opinionated. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | nope |
