Great city nice experience! Past Review
By Haoyang Yu (Middlebury College) - abroad from 01/06/2018 to 05/18/2018 with
Middlebury Schools Abroad: Middlebury in Paris
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
I learned to live in an environment where I have to do everything by myself. Yes it is worthwhile.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 6 months+ |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
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* Host Country Program Administration
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Convenient location, but people in the family argued too much with each other and the host is somehow condescending to foreign cultures. |
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Too much frozen food. Can’t get used to it. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
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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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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | 200-300 |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
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How much did the program encourage you to use the language?
0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language |
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| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | Intermediate |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Advanced |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | Fren0220 and language program level 4 |
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Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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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? | Not to take many hard classes at the same time. Ruined my GPA :( |
Individual Course Reviews
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French Laïcité |
| Course Department: | Political Science |
| Instructor: | Nicholas Rousellier |
| Instruction Language: | French |
| Comments: | Lectures are interesting, but the completion of exams depends a lot on proficiency in French. I received a really bad final grade. |
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