USAC Uruguay: Montevideo - Spanish Language & Culture

This program was amazing, I stayed for a full year, so I experienced two different cohorts of students and each group was fun and had unique experiences. The program helps place you with a family that they work and they make sure the families are open and receptive to students, my host mom was amazing and I still talk to her a year later:) the classes give you hands on opportunities such as going to marches for activism class and interviewing local activists for a research study. It also can be hard to get close with locals your age and other students from Uruguay because the classes are all USAC students. There are different avenues that you can use to make friends you just have to make more of an effort to push yourself out there.

I had a great semester. The admin and teacher in the program were the best people we could have had. They were extremely caring, funny, nice, and helpful. I learned more than I could have imagined from the teachers I had. The program was very clearly set up and the pre planned trips were amazing. The trip to Buenos Aires and Patagonia was incredible and not stressful at all. I also was able to travel all over South America. I left Uruguay with a whole new group of friends from all over.

USAC holds a really special place in my heart! I can't recommend it enough. The program organizers are amazing and very willing to help. The university is great and so are the professors, and Uruguay is a great place to live and study abroad. 10/10 experience!!