This is Amazing Past Review
By A student (SUNY - Stony Brook) - abroad from 01/16/2017 to 04/01/2017 with
SUNY Stony Brook: Kenya - Field School in the Turkana Basin
I learned a ton about my major, gained friends, and gained experience traveling in another country. Absolutely worthwhile.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 0-2 weeks |
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
It's a lot easier to study for a class when it's the only class you're taking at a time AND everyone around you is also taking that exact same class. |
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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? |
The housing is amazing: you're with your new friends, you can see the stars and the sunrise and sunset every day. |
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Their fruit was the BEST, it was always fresh and so so sweet. I would go back to TBI just to eat mangoes. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
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* Health Care:
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
I love this program. All the ways that it differs from a traditionally structured study abroad made it even better. |
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? | The only things I spent money on that wasn't the program cost was souvenirs |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
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 wouldn't be prepared to leave Kenya at the end |
