Which campus is the most fun?
Posted by Daniela Chandler 8 years 1 month ago
Do you get to go to the beach at all at the inner city campuses? Which campus might be best for me if I'm a nursing major minoring in Spanish with an interest in nutrition (probably want to do the bio class on food and nutrition), and for Summer 1? I love nature but also may want to get a feel for what the cities are like there too! Oh, and I would LOVE to also see Cuba.
I'll answer this question now, even though Daniela has already done her semester! In fact, we both attended USAC on the Puntarenas campus. We really enjoyed it - school is LITERALLY across the street from the beach, there is a USAC-only pool on campus, and the town is a good size for getting to know all of it. Puntarenas is also the only campus where USAC students are the only students, rather than being exchange students at the national university. I liked that, but some people might want to take classes with locals instead of just living with them. From what we heard from kids at other campuses in Costa Rica, they were jealous of us! We loved Puntarenas like it was our own home, and living in a tropical paradise for study abroad is definitely something I'd recommend.