Forum-Nexus Study Abroad

Program Reviews

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Peter
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Great Trip

Absolutely loved the trip! Every city offered something unique, and I learned a lot about Europe. Also met some great friends that I plan on keeping in touch with.

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Travis
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Experience of a lifetime!

I attended Forum Nexus last summer. Having never been out of the U.S before, I wanted to find a program where I could see multiple countries in one trip. After doing my research and choosing Forum Nexus, I'm happy to say that it went above and beyond my expectations. The cities that we visited were incredible, and the professional visits we went on at each city were very informative and interesting. You have the option to choose a course from many different options, but everyone partakes in an international IQ class. Through this class, I learned more about Europe and the specific countries we visited than I had ever learned before. The faculty is very pleasant and were always willing to help out with anything in and out of class. You also have free time each day to travel around the cities and see the sites. The staff did a great job of making recommendations of places to visit. One of my favorite things about Forum Nexus was the diversity of the students. You spend a month with students from all of the world which also allowed me to learn even more from places all over the world. Although the travel between each city every 4-6 days could be overwhelming at times, I couldn't have asked for a better experience with Forum Nexus.

What would you improve about this program?
In a few of the cities, the hotels we stayed at sat a little ways out of the core part of the city. Which was fine, we just had to learn the metro system and know how to get to the more highlighted parts of each city.
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Gabriella
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Once in a Lifetime Experience!

As a college student, I wanted a unique study abroad experience with students who were not from my university, and I wanted to be challenged in ways I never was before. Forum-Nexus gave me all of these things! I had an incredible time in Europe attending interesting classes and professional visits, exploring the cities and cultures, and making lifelong friends. We had plenty of free time to experience all that each city had to offer us and I most definitely increased my international IQ. I could not have asked for a better program! It was the perfect length of time, gave me the opportunity to visit not just one country but five, and exposed me to people and places that I will never forget.

What would you improve about this program?
During the program I learned the challenges of communicating with others without always having the resource of a cell phone! We always knew what we were doing the next day, but perhaps a daily newsletter or something consistent would have helped in communication.
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Nadine
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Life-Changing Experience!

I've been on Forum-Nexus for two summers and the third's coming up...this is how amazing it is!

You manage to travel to different countries with people from all over the world, learn about different cultures, take two courses, and have the time of your life!

The professors are great and very helpful, inside and outside of class, and the companies we visit complement the coursework we take so that we get hands-on experience of how the real work life operates.
We even took international IQ classes to broaden our knowledge of the different countries we're visiting, their cultures, language, history, etc.
Forum-Nexus is definitely a worthwhile experience!

What would you improve about this program?
I'd change some of the hotels of last summer, and that's what's actually happening for Summer 2013!
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FNAlum
1/5
No, I don't recommend this program

Unrealistic Advertising

Started off day one in Berlin, everything felt great. Great professors, great classes, great orientations. Until classes started.. in hallways or in bedrooms. then there was the highly unorganized staff, the extra hidden fees, and the hotels/motels that were not the hotels that were advertised that we were staying in. breakfast was not included and there was a lot of unnecessary illegal activities going on with the program executive, the person in charge, the founder knew ( partially because his staff was supplementing the students with stuff), and nothing was done, in fact he has him working once again for next year's program.
if your looking for an event that is more focused on parting and drinking this is the program for you, you have to be self dependent and understand that you will learn nothing besides how to be careful with others in the program. oh and the program is not accredited in the united states, schools wont take those credits ssoo yeah