A great program if it fits your needs and you can afford it Past Review
By A student (A High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - abroad from 07/04/2015 to 10/30/2015 with
Oxbridge Academic Programs: Paris - Oxbridge in Paris
I visited a lot of awesome museums and saw a lot of an amazing city.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | None |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
It was interesting but not especially rigorous. Academic but not extremely scholarly. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
The Administration are very cool and from all over and older and educated. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
It was very nice. We lived in a boarding school. The rooms were nice and many people, like me, did not have to have a roommate. |
| * Food: |
Very good breakfast and dinner, with lunch on your own. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
You really could see lots of places by yourself and with the group. However you lived with students from all over the world and weren't especially integrated. But I liked that because I wanted to learn about law in English. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
I ran by myself every morning which was nice. |
| * Safety: |
You basically could go anywhere anytime you weren't in class, so you had to be safe and make smart decisions, which wasn't an issue for me. |
| 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? | $70 |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Almost all museums you get in for free (or at least a reduced price) if you're under 18, which is awesome! The program pays for activities you sign up for with a counselor. You have to buy lunch everyday. You can buy cheap options--but you've paid so much money to be there I recommend you splurge occasionally on food--you're in Paris! |
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 |
Not really that much. Many kids didn't speak French. But if you made an effort you could speak some. |
| 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? | Intermediate |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | High School French 3 |
| How many hours per day did you use the language? | 0 |
Other Program Information
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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? | I should have taken a minor in French. I would have enjoyed it. |
Reasons For Studying Abroad
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The Avid AdventurerThe wardrobe you packed was better suited for a semester of camping than club hopping. Outdoorsy, you might forgo a crazy night out for an early all-day adventure. You'd rather take in the rich culture of an old town than the metropolis of a modern city, but for you getting off the grid is ideal. |
