It is what you make it Past Review
By A student (Ohio State University - Columbus) - abroad from 06/11/2015 to 07/31/2015 with
Summit Global Education: Europe - Study Abroad Tour (Multi-Country)
I learned a lot about how to be an independent traveler abroad. The trip was what you made it and if you were independent and made your own plans, you had a lot of fun. If you didn't know how to travel and make plans, you would sit in your room. There were students that did not see a lot on the trip because they didn't know how to travel and didn't get a lot of guidance.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
The classes do not have a consistency through out the program. Classes are very different throughout the program and lots of repetitive information is shared in each class. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
There wasn't really one administration |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
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| * Food: |
No food included. The restaurants I went to were good |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
If you make an effort to integrate in the culture. No help with integration. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
When students had health problems they handled them on their own. One girl took herself to the hospital multiple times due to a foot injury. |
| * Safety: |
Make sure to stay with people in the group. |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
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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) |
Everything was paid for beforehand. Some hidden costs. |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | $215, which includes food, souvenirs, gifts, extra metro tickets, etc |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Make sure to ask about finances in the beginning. There were hidden costs that it would have been nice to know about before hand. |
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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* 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? | 0 |
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? | That the trip was very flexible. Things changed a lot throughout and plans would change daily. On the website it seemed that all of these visits and tours were included but we didn't really do many of them |
