Amazing semester Past Review
By A student (Middlebury College) - abroad from 01/02/2017 to 07/21/2017 with
Middlebury Schools Abroad: Middlebury in Poitiers
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
French language skills, immersion in a new culture, fantastic friends and internship experience that will serve me well.
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 learned a lot! |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Fairly minimal and exactly how I would have wanted it. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Amazing host family |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
I did not use the system, never needed to |
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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? | For food outside of my rent with the host family, about $20/week |
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? | Advanced |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Fluent |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | Advanced Francophone fiction class |
| How many hours per day did you use the language? | 10+ |
| Do you have any tips/advice on the best ways to practice the language for future study abroad participants? | Stay away from international students: you can make French friends in Poitiers! |
Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you live with?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? | 10+ |
A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What could be improved? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Nothing |
Reasons For Studying Abroad
| To help future students find programs attended by like-minded individuals, please choose the profile that most closely represents you. |
The Nearly Native or Trail BlazerCraving the most authentic experience possible, perhaps you lived with a host family or really got in good with the locals. You may have felt confined by your program requirements and group excursions. Instead, you'd have preferred to plan your own trips, even skipping class to conduct your own 'field work.' |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
Ecology |
| Course Department: | Ecology and Biology of Organisms |
| Instructor: | Many |
| Instruction Language: | French |
| Comments: | |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | Didn't get major credit. |
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History of Life |
| Course Department: | Ecology and Biology of Organisms |
| Instructor: | Patrick Vignaud |
| Instruction Language: | French |
| Comments: | Amazing class: paleontology |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | Got biology major transfer credit |
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Adaptations to the environment |
| Course Department: | Ecology and Biology of Organisms |
| Instructor: | Many |
| Instruction Language: | French |
| Comments: | |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | Got biology major credit |
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17th and 18th century French history |
| Course Department: | Letters and languages |
| Instructor: | Vigier |
| Instruction Language: | French |
| Comments: | Very clear, interesting course |
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Litterary theory |
| Course Department: | Letters and languages |
| Instructor: | Baron |
| Instruction Language: | French |
| Comments: | Would have been better for a literary major, but was interesting all the same |
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