Overall the plan had an equal number of positives and negatives. Some positives include the freedom I got for each newspaper to write about a topic that I was interested in and comfortable with. The Academic Director was challenging but extremely helpful. In all honesty, professors can make or break a class, and I thought my Academic Director really made the course the success that it was. Another positive was my homestay. It was originally advertised as an 8-week homestay, merely it turned out to but be three weeks. My family unit was wonderful and fun, and even though the iii boys (all nether the age of 8) did not speak English, nosotros were able to communicate a little through games. There were some negatives equally well. I was on the first semester of the programme, and there were some logistical mistakes and some tweaking that nevertheless needed to be washed. Merely I'thou sure that as the plan continues it volition get better. Unfortunately, I didn't think my classmates were equally flexible or understanding as they should have been, considering that this was the start semester. There were a lot of cliques in my plan, and information technology was non very diverse. Unfortunately, Sit programs accept a high charge per unit of grade inflation. Significant that no matter how poorly you did on a paper, the bookish Manager (who does all of the grading) is still expected to give you a ameliorate grade. Whether that appeals to you or not, I recollect information technology is dishonest. My AD, however, did not form this style (and I know this because I almost never got the course I wanted, I ever got a worse ane). He was honest and hard with his grading, which made me work even harder. Throughout the semester my grades improved significantly, and now I can look back on this program and say that this was where I learned how to write a scientific paper. The Bookish Director is very vivid and you can tell he is passionate about this plan, even one month into the get-go semester. He challenges his students in multiple ways, whether he is testing your time management skills or writing skills. I feel that I can talk to him about anything, and I know I am biased because non everyone feels the aforementioned way. He doesn't act like an boilerplate professor who yous only see for an hr or two in the twenty-four hour period, like you would whatever other professor at a university. For the first iii weeks, the Academic Director lived with us in the same hostel and was a part of our social lives outside of form. I got to know him equally a person rather than just the professor. And I think if he continues to work for this trip in particular, he will make information technology a huge success for semesters to come up.
Nosotros were always traveling, and so it made it hard not to feel like a tourist (fifty-fifty in a town I spent 9 weeks in). Also, a part of this issue was due to the fact that I didn't speak Icelandic and I didn't desire people to go out of their way to speak English language.
I wish I knew how rude and disrespectful Sit headquarters has been towards me, my classmates, and the Academic Director. Throughout the whole plan (even before and after) I felt like Sit headquarters didn't back up me.
What would you improve near this program?
And so, here's the thing, I would only recommend the programme if the current Bookish Director was staying with this SIT plan. I thought he was a big success for this program. Unfortunately, he isn't working with them during hereafter semesters and I can easily meet this program falling autonomously. I know that in the spring of 2017 Sit has a (very dainty but unqualified in grading climate change-related papers) person as the Academic Director. And so I do not think it'south the right time to apply for the program. It's sad, because I Easily saw this program being a success and now I don't recall the program volition be as great as it could have been.
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