I have done both a study aborad program and this internship program and I genuinely enjoy the internship so much more.
But if you aren't ready to work in the real world or aren't willing to put in the effort to learn about it, just do a study abroad program.
You aren't gonna get exactly what you want out of the program 100%. There are some lucky interns who do, and I unfortunately was not one of them.
Not to say I hated my internship but it was more of a sales role than an HR role, which is what I had been looking for. But I was only going to be a part of the program for 2 months, and I decided that I would just use it as a growing experience.
The coordinators were great, though, and they were willing to hear me out and encouraged me to try things out and talk things out with them.
I honestly loved the coordinators so much. It was like having cool camp counselors while everyone else at the camp was weird and gross and annoying.
The share house provided by Beyond was kinda godawful though. It was nice that it was cleaned weekly but no one else in the share house would keep it clean so I rarely ever used the common spaces. Not to mention the shower rooms. For some god forsaken reason, people had a hard time changing the hairnet there. And I tore my ACL in my last week there, and I was still able to do it. Fucking bullshit.
Had to talk to the property management on several occasions, and they weren't great. On April 1st (wish it was an April Fool's joke), my shoe cabinet broke. It took them 7 days to fix it.
Property management was awful. Coordinators cool. The internship was a good growing experience. All in all, it was a great program.
Also since I crippled myself at the end I would not recommend the share house if you have mobility issues because it is not accessibility friendly at all.