Program Reviews

This program provided me with so many opportunities that I could not be more thankful for. It has been absolutely amazing getting to live in Spain and experience the culture and life here firsthand. Staying with a host family has provided me with so many excellent adventures and good talks that I will always remember. Despite the occasional chaos and constant waiting around for people, overall, this program gave me so many memories that I will never forget.

I think that the Ciee global discorvery program was an awsome program. For the usage of what we had we made the most out of the opertunity and the staff were outstanding. I have no complaints and can honestly say that i have grown as a student and a person. I would strongly recomend others to participate in the program if they could and to make sure to make the most of it. I have made so many new friends and learned so much i am so happy to have had the opertunity to met so many wonderful people.

Communication between the program and the students were relatively poor throughout the trip. Of course there were a few program leaders who tried their best to make what they intented clear, but overall the communication was not good at all. This lack of communication was the root of a long of negativity and problems during the trip (such as several students being left behind on accident) . While I appreciate the excursions, I do wish that when we returned back to Seville after each trip we were given a day to rest and recouperate. Many other students were extremely physically tired and mentally exhasted (which affected the whole performance of the day). Class (for the film students) was fantastic and the teacher, Carlos was extremely helpful and a wonderful teacher. However, class time could have been put in a more convenient time. We had class from 6pm to 9pm, and given seista free (from 2pm to 6pm). However, since class ended so late , the students had little time to themselves and everything was closed. By the end of the day after dinner or spending time with their host family, the students would sleep around 12am or 1am. Overall the students were fantastic, but I would not recommend this program again.

Overall, CIEE Seville high school summer abroad has been very educational and fun. The program needs improvements in their" Into The Community" activities along with communication between program leaders and students. The local activities we've in Seville, Cadiz, and Granada have all been very fun and educational. Classroom environment could use improvements but from what I have heard all of the instructors are very well trained to teach each subject.

I grew as a person but this program was rather disorganized. Better scheduling is necesary for all the breaks are during slow times in sevilla like siesta. I would want morning classes and more personal support. Also I had trouble with money that I had to deal with alone. I would have been a lot happier with more personal assistance. i really enjoyed working with spanish students however, so I would like to do that very early on and more often, with more kids my age. That was additionally be benefitial.

It was a fun program and they had a lot of good activites.Some of the activies were fun like the kayaking and the cooking class. I really liked the catherdral and the trips to different cities like Granada and Cadiz. Granada was my absoulte favorite. However, i felt like it was a little bit unorganized. The Into The Community actitvites were always confusing because they never went according to plan. The teacher would say something but, something would change.

Overall, my experience here was amazing. I met amazing people, tried new things, and saw many new places. The language immersion part was very difficult to adjust to with our host families and the adjustment process as a whole was difficult to overcome, but the staff and people are very supportive. Although many ITCs were pontless, the people/students made everything enjoyable. There were moments of unorganization and communication issues, but verall everything was very memorable.

These last 26 days have been a truly interesting experience. There are amazing aspects to this trip and absolutely awful aspects to it. To start with the amazing components, the students I have met on this trip and the activites we have done were great. My host mom has been amazing, and I have learned to problem solve and deal with stress. My program leader Cynthia also made the trip very fun. I hope to maintain contact with her after the trip. On the other hand, the classes and ITCs are pointless and majority of the program leaders make no difference in the program whatsoever. I was told that I would be rooming with another student, but I ended up living alone. This does not matter as much now, but when I first came here, a buddy would have REALLY helped me out. I felt stressed and scared all of the time before I became familiar with my surroundings. The experience credit scam is also not apreciated.

I loved the program and the city, but one thing that I would enjoy is the tour of the city be in the beginning of the program (aka the bike tour), so that we know where the good spots to go are. I loved all the excursions to Granada and Cadiz and all the overall activities. This program has helped me grow in the spanish language, and I think that the host family situatio is one of the best aspects of the trip.

This experience has overall been great, however there has been a few kinks that could be fixed. I feel that everything was a little unorganized just because a lot of new elements were thrown in, like having school at night and the ITCs. These small little problems can be fixed and I feel that the program will be better once thoses things just get organized a little bit better. All the program leaders were amazing but Cynthia Sanchez was amazing! She has really supported us and helped out our group so much! She felt like a mom away from home and really put all of us at ease when problems occured.