Universidad de Granada (UGR)

Living with a host family really forces you to learn the language in a hurry. Removing yourself from the comfort of fellow American students and getting out there and meeting natives was a big help with learnign the language. Becoming friends with the professors was not only helpful but lots of fun getting to know them.

The exchange program didn´t exist. I was told to go to Granada and that was it. The courses were extremely difficult and the professors did not care about helping. It was as if I were graded as a native, and there were no language courses given to better my situation- the whole reason for going to Spain resulted in an awful graduating college transcript. I suffered through months of not understanding, meanwhile nearly failing classes and I was an A student in the USA. It was a "program" that didn´t exist. I went to the Int´l office and they had nothing to say. I was told to be flexible before my departure, but then when I started having problems no one could be flexible and help me. It was a very dificult experience that has resulted in a huge blemish on my college transcript forever.