CEA CAPA Education Abroad Reviews

I had the time of my life in Rome, Italy with CEA Study Abroad. I had the opportunity to work in an internship for my future career as well as take classes that were my personal academic interest. While I was working and studying, the CEA staff did everything possible to support and help me with anything I needed. The planned trips, social outings, and home base at the CEA center allowed us to succeed and grow while also having a safe space. I loved my study abroad experience, and I would recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity to go.

My experience and time in Costa Rica was unmatched and I met the most amazing people along the way. I cannot stress enough on how helpful the CEA team was when I first arrived. I was nervous to arrive in a foreign country by myself but the second I got there CEA was incredibly helpful and there for me when I needed anything. I stayed with an amazing host family in central San Jose and met a bunch of locals along the way as well. Overall I felt really immersed with the country and all it had to offer.

Overall, my time in Dublin was not only helpful in building my skills and connections professionally, but increased my confidence and independence by leaps and bounds. With CEA, I was able to pair in-class marketing courses with practical work experience through an internship with Jigsaw. While the academic experience was worthwhile, living in Dublin was in itself a learning experience. From my daily walk along the Liffey to work to finding the best flight deals to London for the weekend, traveling alone to a foreign country and being immersed in a different culture is something I would highly recommend. Dublin itself is a welcoming and safe city that felt like home after my three months there and the CEA staff was personal and intentional about giving students the best experience possible, both professionally and socially!

I loved my time in London this summer. I am a huge Harry Potter fan and I got to visit the studio where they filmed the movies, I got to see different spots across London where they filmed, and yes I got to see the Platform. Not only did I love the Harry Potter experiences, but I loved the memories that I made with the friends that I met through this experience. We got to see so many things that I only dreamed about such as Stonehenge, the London eye, and many more. I would highly recommend doing study abroad. It is such a fun and life changing experience, and you might just meet some of your lifelong friends in the process!

My experience was very special because it was my first time out of the United States. I was anxious and frightened about what lied ahead not knowing how traveling that far went. All together, it was the most life changing experience I have ever had and I am so grateful for the opportunity. The program made me felt so safe and after a week or so of adjusting; I felt at home. The little things like going to the grocery store were so fun because of the culture difference and scenery. Studying abroad helped with my self growth and self reliance.

I come from a small town so moving to a big city scared me especially in Europe, but with the help of the great onsite staff and my host mom the experience was amazing. The best thing for me was the amount of different things you could do. Madrid has a little bit of everything so you could stay busy and be adventurous and explore different parts of the city. Each part being unique and having its own little style, aside from the uniqueness the variety of dishes and desserts that there was was another great thing that Madrid had.

I had such an amazing experience! Not only did I learn so much in my classes but I expanded my worldview, became way more confident in my Spanish, and gained experiences that I will talk about for the rest of my life! I strongly believe that everyone can and should study abroad, and this program was perfect for me. There is an opportunity out there for everyone and CEA's website is a great place to start looking. There is an option for just about every location, content area, program type, and language you could ever imagine!

CEA alicante is incredible. I highly recommend studying abroad in Alicante Spain. It is a much lesser-known city of Spain, but that makes it all the better. Alicante has everything I was looking for and more: a good culture, a safe city, a beach, a big and beautiful University, small class sizes, kind people, and walkable streets. The city of Alicante is smaller than the more popular Spanish cities so you can walk anywhere that you want to go or you can take the very clean and easy to navigate public transportation systems. I used the transportation to get to school and the cute surrounding cities in the Alicante area. Alicante is also big enough to have all the major shopping stores, attract European tourists, and host a large festival. The CEA staff were amazing too. They were very interested in getting to know us and plan fun excursions to further our experience abroad. I loved it so much. The airport in Alicante is also great so transportation to and from is fairly simple.

While abroad, I engaged with my local community by going to the daily farmers' market and interacting with the local community. I signed up for the local gym, would have everyday conversations, and building relationships with the workers and the regulars at the gym. I also went to a couple of different cafes daily and would practice my french with them and be friendly to me when I mess up. I interned at the Cannes Film Festival. This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience where I was able to work for a french film company as a videographer, party meister, and personal assistant. I will never forget the first-weekend trip I took abroad when I went to Paris with my friend for his 21st birthday. It was jaw-dropping and eye-opening and made me fall in love with traveling for the rest of my life. Now, I genuinely believe traveling is the best thing you can do in life and what truly helps you discover who you are.

Truthfully I did not know much about Prague before going. It turned out to be the most wonderful place where I felt like I was living in a Fairytale. There is such a range of activities to do for different interest, between hiking, musical festivals, beer gardens, a very fun nightlife, operas, or roaming through the elegant city. It is also a great location to travel to other places in Europe -although Prague was the best. I felt extremely safe as a young female traveler often exploring places in city a lone or with friends.