Not quite what I was planning Past Review

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

Upper level classes are interesting and suitably difficult however to fulfill credit requirements, it was necessary to take at least one giant first year lecture course per term and those were rather boring and had very little discussion or engagement of any kind.

On-site administration of your program

Nothing in particular went wrong but I was pretty unclear on who exactly to speak to if it did which was not great. My departmental coordinator (for the English dept) was helpful but I got the feeling I was supposed to have spoken to someone else

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

No roommate and that was about the only plus. I was housed in a hall with a bunch of first year students whom I had little to nothing in common with and it was very loud almost all the time. One thing that was both a positive and a negative was that someone came in a vacuumed every two weeks. It was nice to have a clean floor but you can't opt out and it was odd having people in and out of my room.

Food was perfectly edible if a bit repetitive (especially for vegetarians). I liked that lunch was allowance based and there was some variety there. There are no kitchens in halls, just a microwave and an electric kettle but there are mini fridges in all of the rooms

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

In terms of feeling integrated with the 'uni culture' not very much at all, mostly because of the housing arrangement. In terms of English culture, very much but I made extra efforts and I spent a lot of time off campus in the surround towns and in Nottingham

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

I would say felt quite safe in Nottingham with the caveat that I don't often go out late. Certainly I found Nottingham as safe or more safe than a comparable US city

The sequence of events that led me to study in England is so convoluted I can barely follow it myself and I lived through it. I doubted it many times while I was in the process but I think that it was ultimately worth it as it led me to a number of important realizations about what I want to do.

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

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• The upper level classes
• The level of freedom
• The easy access to the city

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