Amsterdam is Amazing, Program is Fine June 23, 2022
By A student (Political Science, Middlebury College) - abroad from 02/01/2022 to 06/04/2022 with
CIEE: Amsterdam - Social Sciences + Humanities
Making new connections
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
CIEE classes easy, UvA classes vary (most of grade is the final) CIEE courses are not very high quality |
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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? |
TSH City Center was great housing, but many other students got worse housing far from the city. |
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Not provided |
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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? |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
Worked out because I got great housing. But if likely to get housing outside of city, which is not ideal. |
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) |
Amsterdam is expensive! |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | $100 |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Bike a lot. Get a swap fiets bike. Get a student museum card. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
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How much did the program encourage you to use the language?
0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language |
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| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Beginner |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | None |
| How many hours per day did you use the language? | 0 |
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? | Push yourself |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
Contemporary Dutch Social Policy |
| Course Department: | Political Science |
| Instructor: | Katie Poltz |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Interesting course |
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Beginning Dutch |
| Course Department: | Dutch |
| Instructor: | Lisa Janssen |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Great course great teacher |
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Dutch Public Health |
| Course Department: | Health |
| Instructor: | Leighann Kimble |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Very interesting |
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Cross-cultural Psychology |
| Course Department: | Pyschology |
| Instructor: | Iro Fragkaki |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Did not learn a lot |
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Comparative Welfare System Politics |
| Course Department: | Political Science |
| Instructor: | Franca van Hooren |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Fantastic course and teacher, highly recommend |
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