Happy I did it, wish I knew what i was getting myself into Past Review
By A student (Middlebury College) - abroad from 09/02/2019 to 12/20/2019 with
Sciences Po: Paris - Direct Enrollment & Exchange
yes it was i learned a ton about myself, the language, and what i want in life.
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
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Excessively rigorous, no one really told us how difficult it was going to be. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
did not feel supported whatsoever. multiple students had extreme problems with the administration. they handled the metro strike incredibly poorly and offered minimal advice. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
i think all students should be housed in foyer internationale des etudiantes. was by far the best housiig option. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
sciences po kids were extremely unfriendly, but i eventually made friends in my foyer. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
I would absolutely not ever go back to sciences po. the prestige on my resume was absolutely not worth the stress/anxiety. |
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) |
I spent more money in a week than I would in two months at Middlebury. Food, activities, etc were astronomically expensive. |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | 500 euros |
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? | 220 |
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Direct Enrollment/Exchange
| * Did you study abroad through an exchange program or did you directly enroll in the foreign university? | Direct Enrollment |
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? |
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? | how difficult the school was how horrible my gpa would be coming back |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
constitutional law of the 5th republic |
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| Instructor: | Vanessa Barbé |
| Instruction Language: | French |
| Comments: | extremely challenging. assumes knowledge of french politics, political structure, law system. professor was genuinely mean and did not want exchange students in her class, she made it impossible to participate. |
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Religion and politics |
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| Instructor: | Prof Albanell |
| Instruction Language: | French |
| Comments: | pretty easy class, lots of exchange students. |
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