Program Reviews

I'm a veterinary technology student and this was a great experience. I wanted to widen my knowledge on horse's as a whole and thats exactly what I did. Through riding and academics this program helped me become more comfortable around horses and with the medical terminology surrounding horse care. I would definitely prepare for all weather conditions including cold winds and rains even though it is "summer". The campus is very pretty and around a 20 minute train ride from Edinburgh. The city has many sites to see and plenty of places to spend your money!

We got to see a lot of the important landmarks in Scotland via the school, but it is also fun to go off on your own to explore cities like Edinburgh and Glasgow, there are a lot of hidden gems but you have to look for them. After a while, you get comfortable using the trains and taxi services to get to places and it just becomes part of your day. Scottish people are also friendly and interested in American culture so they are very friendly and ask many questions about politics and the States as well as where to go in America.

Overall, once we got here and got everything figured out it was great. Would have appreciated some public transportation information prior to coming here and communication about what gear we actually needed, but we managed. Showering was awful, but other than that the accommodations were fine. Food was rough, but it's a cafeteria so I expected that. The class was way too easy for the suggested material to cover beforehand.

I enjoyed the coursework and the teachers. The riding was informative and was a new experience to see how the riding differed. I would have wanted some additional support from Adelante earlier. Things like what school supplies to bring, what will be provided in Scotland (like bedding and towels), and having accurate information (the riding information was slightly wrong). In general, it was a wonderful trip. However, there was not a lot of support from Adelante or information provided. For example, a lot of the travel links they sent us were outdated (as in they did not even exist anymore) and they were sent to us at the conclusion of our trip.

Scotland was an amazing experience! Trying new things and being in a new culture was great and I would recommend everyone go abroad. I grew and changed in so many ways during my time in Scotland and I will take that experience with me throughout my life. The staff at SRUC Elmwood where I studied were extremely professional and helpful. They did their best to make sure we had what we needed and were enjoying our stay at all times. If you are a golf fanatic this is the trip for you. Crossing the Swilcan bridge on 18 is one of the best feeling in golf!

This program is a great way to play and study golf in the home of golf. The facilities are nice, teaching staff is wonderful, and the courses are breath taking. SRUC Elmwood has done a great job in customizing the trip to our interest and helping us hit all of our main goals on our bucket list. While the social scene and golf was great there was a large lack of communication from the Adelante side. The itinerary provided was incorrect and there were multiple false promises that initially sold the program for me. It was a disappoint to start the program and learn how expensive this trip would be when I was originally informed that most of the cost I was concerned about would be covered in the fees I paid for the program.

Great program with fun golf. We had some awesome site visits for learning golf history, and we also met the GM at Dumbarnie who went over a bit of golf management with us. Front end Adelante group says misleading things about the program itself like 'Included golf during weekdays,' 'coaching at St Andrews or Gleneagles' (we coached at Elmwood GC), and the itinerary given for the month wasn't followed. The SRUC staff were fantastic but Adelante needs to improve upon their end of the program. Overall it was a fun program, just a bit frustrating because my expectations were so high based off the conversations I had with the Adelante team.

This study abroad program really opened my eyes to a variety of new things. I enjoyed all of the golf I was able to play and I was able to hit all of my target courses. I met some great people and have shared great memories and thus this will be a trip that I remember for the rest of my life. I would recommend studying abroad to almost anyone and everyone that is considering to study abroad. Aswell as recommending it, you should expect to spend more money than planned on if you are truly coming here to play golf alongside the classroom experience.

Throughout this past month in Scotland I have one of the best experiences ever. Not only has this program added to my resume through education and learning how to teach golf but also the amount of beautiful courses that we had the opportunity to play and explore. this program has improved my golf game tremendous and give me the opportunity to play a style of golf that we do not get to experience back at home. Overall this experience abroad has been amazing and I will definitely travel back to Scotland.

When I heard about this trip I was not only curious but also excited to learn more about it. As the trip got closer, I started learning more about it and was super pumped to come to Scotland to learn and play golf. Graeme, Ian, and Gary were the nicest and most fun teachers I could have asked for and I am so glad I got to know them. I got to play many top tier golf courses and experience everything Scotland has to offer. Getting to get on the train to Edinburgh was also amazing. I am a big Harry Potter fan and it was cool to see all of the landmarks there.