Challenging program Past Review
By A student (Wellesley College) - abroad from 10/05/2015 to 06/17/2016 with
St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford - Visiting Students Program
I gained a lot of useful skills that will be useful when I return to Wellesley.
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. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
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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? |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
This program was challenging and required a lot of self-motivation, but I feel like I gained a lot of important skills from it (writing papers quickly, developing my own reading lists, defending my opinions during tutorials, etc). I also feel like visiting students were generally well integrated with local students. The two six-week breaks during the year made it easy to travel and see Europe while I was there. |
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? | 100-125 |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? |
A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Oxford is incredibly expensive. Joining clubs and going to university-sponsored events all cost money, and I wish I had a more realistic idea of how much that would add up to before I got here. |
