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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Best bars are Baseline, 169 and La Med...Also, travel in South Africa and surrounding countries is really cheap so you can travel all over during breaks and after classes finish. I went to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Malawi and Zambia.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Since living in Cape Town is so cheap, I'd want to live in a house somewhere by the beach.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Everything is cheaper in South Africa. Going out to the best dinners in the city was always less than $20 (including wine, all courses, etc). Travel was incredibly cheap (I went on a 3 week safari for $700). A beer is less than $1 at the best bars.
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Housing, Telephone, Food, Overall, Travel, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
The Politics and Philosophy classes are great.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
People say that classes are really easy compared to most US standards. I don't think this is true. It's just different. There's less focus on grades and more on learning and personal development. Usually exams at the end of the course are 60-80% of your grade, so you can get by not doing much for most of the semester (and cram at the end). I thought all of my classes were at a high level and worthwhile.
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
CIEE had me prepared to expect anything.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Take classes that interest you but you maybe couldn't take at your home university. Also, try new things you wouldn't do at home.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
A lot of my friends studied abroad, so I'm familiar with a lot of common places. Everyone I've talked to and shown my pics to is jealous they didn't go to Cape Town. It's one of the most beautiful cities in the world, has an amazing history, a great university and gorgeous beaches. It was truly the best experience of my life.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At Uct everyone speaks English.
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