Study Abroad in Hungary? Help Please!

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<p>So I was offered to apply for a 10 month study abroad-ish thing that would basically last from September 2010 to June 2011. The total cost of the program would be about 8,000 dollars or so. Now, I have to send in recommendations, copies of important docs, write a bit of an essay, and send in $600 before a mid June deadline. The reason why I'm not really wanting to call it a study abroad is because I don't think I can get an credit for it (even though I would be studying...at a university....abroad...and taking tests at the end) since it's not through my college or anything. It would be more for the experience than anything, I believe.</p>

<p>So, here's my question: How would UCI look at this? I just finished my first year of college at a CC, so instead of transferring for Fall 2011, I would transfer Fall 2012. Would my possibilities to go to UCI be restricted because I went international for about a year and then came back? If anyone could answer, that would be great! Or even offer some opinion and such, that would be great as well.</p>

<p>Oh, and they don't take many people, so even if I do apply and such, there's a good chance I many not be able to go anyway, lol. </p>

<p>The courses are on Hungarian...
- Language
- Geography
- History
- History of (Hungarian) literature
- Culture
- Folk Tradition
- Society today</p>

<p>I would go to classes/take exams (written and oral Dx )</p>

<p>I kinda doubt I would be getting any credit :P, simply because it's Hungarian, NOT Spanish/French/German/Chinese/Japanese/Italian (the "typical" languages) but I'll look into it a bit more.</p>

<p>Overall, the program costs around 7,000 to 8,000 dollars (this includes EVERYTHING - food, plane tickets, student visa fee, etc. you name it, and it's calculated) for the entire program. Which is actually NOT very expensive at all... but it's still money...and an opportunity of a lifetime.</p>

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<p>I don’t know this particular program. My D did the BSM mathematics program, which is pretty heavyweight. She said another program had all the substance of cotton candy, or words to that effect, but I have no idea if this is the same one that you’re looking at, though the course load looks “light” to my eye.</p>

<p>Certainly a year in Budapest is a great opportunity. I would look at it as a kind of gap year. The only people who could tell you whether or not you could transfer in any credit to UCI would be UCI admissions, give them a call.</p>

<p>Hungarian is a ***** of a language, with 27 different cases. Small example: if you’re meeting someone at the church, there’s a different case ending depending on whether you’re meeting them in the church, outside the church, or on the church. I would actually expect you to get more credit for Hungarian language classes than for Culture and Folk Traditions.</p>

<p>The travel opportunities from Budapest for long weekends or other breaks is staggering: some of the options chosen by D or her classmates include Vienna, Prague, Stockholm, Krakow & Auschwitz, Malta, Constantinople, Florence, Rome, Transylvania…</p>

<p>If you <em>do</em> do this, take it for all you can, don’t look at it as an easy way to party in Europe for a year. I’d jump at the chance.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your response!</p>

<p>Yeah, I really should give UCI a call, though I HATE calling schools because it takes a ridiculous amount of time to speak to a living, breathing, and knowledgable person T.T…</p>

<p>“Hungarian is a ***** of a language, with 27 different cases”</p>

<p>Oh yeah…trust me, I’m grown up with it my entire life >.< (understanding =great, speaking/writing = 2nd grade-ish, haha)</p>

<p>“I would actually expect you to get more credit for Hungarian language classes …”</p>

<p>I would hope so! But again, it’s not a typical language :/</p>

<p>“The travel opportunities from Budapest for long weekends or other breaks is staggering: some of the options chosen by D or her classmates include Vienna, Prague, Stockholm, Krakow & Auschwitz, Malta, Constantinople, Florence, Rome, Transylvania…”</p>

<p>EXACTLY! :smiley: Yay Central Europe!</p>

<p>“…don’t look at it as an easy way to party in Europe for a year.”</p>

<p>Oh heck no, I don’t like parties. Too many crazies and drunks! Not fun at all…</p>

<p>Thanks for the info/opinion TheDad! I really appreciate it! ^_^</p>

<p>And other people -> Comment/give opinions, please! :]</p>

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<p>Bump bump?</p>

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<p>Beselni Magyarul?</p>

<p>Nagyon kicsit, nagyon lassan, nagyon rossul.</p>

<p>Hmm…“beselni” and “rossul” look mis-spelled but danged if I can conjure the proper spelling, especially when it’s after midnight. And the “u” in “rossul” has an umlaut…</p>

<p>But if you speak second-grader, I speak three-year-old. A dim one at that. But I’m an excellent dilettante.</p>

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<p>Upon further reflection, I think this does it more better:</p>

<p>Besz</p>