Terrible Past Review
By A student (Villanova University) - abroad from 02/27/2012 to 06/25/2012 with
The University of New South Wales: Sydney - Direct Enrollment & Exchange
Not worthwhile
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. |
Terrible teachers, make no effort to help students understand material, tutorials run by former students who are unable to help with material |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Completely disorganized, often do not give students necessary information or it is very unclear, there was a lot of confusion for majority of semester over different requirements for the school |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Housing was nice enough, was located far away from campus |
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No meal plan from school so does not apply |
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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? |
No health issues abroad does not apply |
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| 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 very expensive |
| * Was housing included in your program cost? | Yes |
| * Was food included in your program cost? | No |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | 200 dollars |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
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? | 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? | What the school was like |
