Great experience in Aix! Past Review
By Stephanie L (Chemistry, French, Wellesley College) for
Wellesley College: Aix-en-Provence - Wellesley-in-Aix
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
definitely; I would love to visit France again and I am still keeping in contact with my friends from Aix
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Grading system out of 20 Teaching methods lecture-based. Only two classes had an organized syllabus |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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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) |
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| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Phone costs were pretty high |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | French 202 |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
Friends, BFEE family |
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