Reviews of American University of Cairo (AUC) | Egypt

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bigbadbhav

Arcadia University, Philadelphia, United States
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

the large amount of air pollution and enormous amount of smoking from the locals

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

3

Culture

1

Costs

1

Activities

1

Campus life

1

Party / people

1

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

CANNOT HAVE THE STUDENTS RUNNING THE SHOW!!!!

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

2

Final comments

TRAVEL TRAVLE TRAVEL. do not waste a single weekend. thoguht you may want to stay in the city and hit the bars and clubs but trus tme once is enough for the one club in cairo and the pubs you can do on weekdays but travel to these places to the east and west and you will have the time of your life...DAHAB!!

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bigbadbhav

Arcadia University, Philadelphia, United States
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

none

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

had to try more and experience more and that cost money.

Travel, Nightlife:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing, Overall:

was the same price as at home.

Food, Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

not as cheap as it hoght it would be. the conversation rate it not that significant enough to feel that you ar enot spening alot of money.

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bigbadbhav

Arcadia University, Philadelphia, United States
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

Academic

Course recommendations

be friends with the locals and be on their groups. will make it that much easier. and be carfull of the many slackers that join groups and end up haveing eveyone else do the work.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

TOO MANY STUDENTS CHEAT!!!!! the students run the school!!!

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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bigbadbhav

Arcadia University, Philadelphia, United States
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

Languages

Language of instruction: Arabic

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning Arabic a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Arabic

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your Arabic?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Arabic is great language but the school though should be taught in english was not and tended to be in arabic and the international students would be lost. as for the locals. it was sometime difficult to find soemoen randonly offf the street that sopke english.

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