A time to gain valuable international marketing experience Past Review

By (Utah Valley University) - abroad from 05/01/2012 to 05/23/2012 with

Utah Valley University: Traveling - Business Marketing

What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
I definitely got a better idea of what type of industry I would like to work in in the future.

Personal Information

How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? None

Review Your Program

* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

The professors were of little help or guidance the entire trip.

* Housing:

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

It was what was expected on a Study Abroad

* Food:

The food was not very good. Except the desserts and pastries, they deserve 10 stars

* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

We weren't given very much guidance as to what to do and see in our free time. Which was often

* Health Care:

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

* Safety:

If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? No

Finances

* 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)

* 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? ~300

Language

* Did your program have a foreign language component? No

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

Select all that apply

  • Hotel
  • Hostel
* Who did you live with?

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  • Americans
  • International Students
  • N/A
* Who did you take classes with?

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  • Americans
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?
  • Very good site visits: Louis Vuitton, Trend forecasting, Prudence, Alian Lalou
  • Great Shopping
  • Safe Hotels
* What could be improved?
  • NEW PROFESSOR
  • Less appointments that we could do on our own (e.g. Lourve and other museums, Different Palaces, bus tours, etc.)
  • Preappointment classes. I would have liked to know more about who we were meeting with before we met with them
* What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? I wish I was prepared for how dirty it was going to be. I also wish I would have known how much free time I had so that I would have packed more day to day clothing instead of business clothing