Opiniones de Sciences Po Paris (IEP) | Francia

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M H

George Washington University, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
Ciencias Políticas, Grado, Acuerdo de universidad

Estudios

Recomendaciones de cursos

Most enseignment d'ouvertures are not taken seriously by either the students or the professor, and therefore it's a little disappointing that two courses are wasted on them.

Mi experiencia académica

Calidad de los cursos

Variedad de los cursos

Acceso a recursos

Interacción con profesores

Interacción con estudiantes internacionales

Interacción con estudiantes locales

Comentario personal

Exposés are mainly useless for expanding anyone's knowledge beyond those doing the exposés themselves. French students are, in the majority, very clique-ish and unhelpful. Access to resources is ridiculous limited (you can only check out three books, 7 days max...the library isn't open for very long, etc.). Sciences Po as a bureaucratic structure is useless, and might as well be under anarchic dogma with the way it's run. Overall a highly, highly disappointing academic experience. You can learn if you put intense effort into doing independent study...but why should I pay money to learn everything myself?

Mi opinión de los sistemas de evaluación

Exámenes a final de curso

Exámenes a lo largo del curso

Trabajos y proyectos al final del curso

Trabajos y proyectos a lo largo del curso

Valoración global

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M H

George Washington University, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
Ciencias Políticas, Grado, Acuerdo de universidad

Idiomas

Idioma de instrucción: Francés

¿Fue aprender Francés fue un factor importante de elección?

No, no lo fue.

¿Cuánto mejoraste tu Francés?

Mi nivel antes: Conversación cotidiana (comprar, desplazarse...)
Mi nivel después: Conversación general fluida

Dificultades de idioma

Social

Educatives

Administrativas

Valoración global

Comentario personal

The Sciences Po orientation...and you may be sensing a theme here...was quite useless as far as language-instruction goes. So are the French courses at Sciences Po. However, sitting in class for 15 hours a week greatly improved my ability to comprehend French and, while I'm definitely not fluent, I feel fairly confident about my academic capacity in the language.

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M H

George Washington University, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
Ciencias Políticas, Grado, Acuerdo de universidad

Valoración global

Si lo hubiera sabido...

That Sciences Po is not as good as it reputation maintains that it is.

En mi opinión:

Mejor te quedas en casa.

Factores imporantes para mi elección
(1) Sin importancia – (4) Muy importante

Razones académicas

4

Cultura

4

Gastos

2

Actividades

3

Vida universitaria

3

Vida social y fiesta

3

Clima y ubicación

3

Recomendación personal

Paris is amazing, and French is a beautiful, challenging language. Sciences Po is none of these things, and this opinion is quite literally unanimous among international students. I cannot speak for other universities in Paris or in France, but Sciences Po is to be avoided.

Durante mi experiencia en el extranjero...
(1) Nunca – (4) Mucho

Me familiaricé con otra cultura

3

Viajé

3

Mejoré mis idiomas

3

Conocí gente de otros países

3

Me hice más autónomo

3

Me lo pasé bien de fiesta

3

Me cambió la vida

3

Avancé en mis estudios y mi carrera

1

Comentarios finales

As I mentioned above, I absolutely adored living in Paris and there are limitless things to do there. However, academically the city isn't very conducive to heavy study (lines to get into libraries, no library is open past 10 p.m., etc.). Sciences Po, naturally, compounds this. I have spoken to about 40-50 students in the international program at Sciences Po, and the BEST response I have ever received is that they thought Sciences Po was a "mixed bag." The feelings tend to be more along the lines of, "I can't wait to go home" and "It's horrible," etc. Everyone eventually drops into indifference because they can't stand to put effort into something so pointless...the university is truly counterproductive to the academic experience.

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