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Global Learning Semesters

GLS was a great study abroad program. At times it seemed unorganized but all the staff worked very hard to make the whole trip a great experience. After two years I can still call up GLS and they will get me any information or transcripts I need. Cyprus with travel was a great deal when I went, although Cyprus was much more expensive to live in than any of us were lead to believe.
I never once felt like GLS abandoned us or were unsupportive.

Program: Study Abroad
Location: Europe
Posted: Oct 6, 2008
Overall:
8
Support:
9
Value:
9

Global Learning Semesters

I have studied abroad a few times and Belize is my most memorable! The cultural studies program was enlightening, fun, and very hands on. I felt submersed into the culture. For me the 4 weeks was the perfect amount of time but I'd love to go back. You have both freedom and safety. I had so much fun and met so many amazing people!

Program: Study Abroad
Location: Belize
Posted: Oct 6, 2008
Overall:
10
Support:
10
Value:
10

Global Learning Semesters

This program needs significant improvements. I was extremely disappointed with everything GLS did for me and my group. I would not recommend this program to anyone and have written a letter to the study abroad center at my university advising them to reconsider suggesting this program.

Program: Study Abroad
Location: Cyprus
Posted: Oct 6, 2008
Overall:
2
Support:
3
Value:
4

Global Learning Semesters

Support: My school's study abroad office is TERRIBLE so I was given a lot of hurdles to jump through on my University's end, however the help I recieved from the support staff at GLS was WONDERFUL.
Program: This was by far the best 4 months of my life. If you step out of your bubble and get to know non-american students you will leave Cyprus with lifelong friends from around the world. I WOULD DO THIS PROGRAM AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT. A year later, I regularly talk to friends from Libya, Cyprus, Austria, Australia, and England. The courses transferred directly into my major.
I ended up researching SO many study abroad programs and couldn't find one that even came close to the opportunities GLS offered.

Program: Study Abroad
Location: Cyprus
Posted: Oct 6, 2008
Overall:
10
Support:
10
Value:
9

Global Learning Semesters

I recommend this program, but with some reservations. I chose it because it was the only program I could find that visited both Greece and Italy (two places I really wanted to go), and because the prospect of spending most of my time in Cyprus, which I knew very little about, was exciting. For the relatively small amount of money you pay for this program, it really is a great value. We traveled as a group to Rome, Athens, Ephesus, Mykonos, Crete, Santorini, and Patmos. Our apartments in Cyprus and our hotels abroad were very nice, and group travel was pretty well organized. My main caveats concern the classes and communication. I was hoping for a bit more of an academic challenge than I received, and I felt like most of the time my professors didn't really want to be teaching these classes. My program was Early Christianity, and the website made it look like the whole summer would be organized around that theme. However, apart from my Religious Thought class, the program was not at all centered around Early Christianity. Instead, you are grouped together with all of the other Summer in the Mediterranean programs, and this makes it quite difficult to focus on your area of study. The advisors for the program are great, but whenever they took us on excursions throughout Cyprus, they pretty much dropped us off, told us to do whatever we wanted and to call if there was an emergency. If you are fine with planning your own time, this is all well and good. I was expecting a detailed itinerary for each city based on my Early Christianity program. All this being said, I am happy that I did the program. It needs improvement, but I loved my roommates and advisors, and I gained so much experience about how to be on my own when abroad.

Program: Study Abroad
Location: Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Turkey
Posted: Oct 6, 2008
Overall:
6
Support:
5
Value:
9

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