u/Poobus678

Hello! I’m a student from the states planning on doing a semester abroad in Spain in spring next year. I’m planning on arranging my own living situation, so I won’t qualify for most third party study abroad programs. I’m looking for opinions/advice on good colleges in Spain for direct enrollment undergrad international students to take a semester, specifically offering courses surrounding ecology, environmental science, marine biology, and zoology. Also I’d like to live in a coastal city with good snorkeling/marine life viewing for independent study purposes. So far the best option I’ve found is Uni of Alicante, but I figured I’d ask here and see if anyone has done a program similar or knows of one that might fit well for me. Any advice is very much appreciated, also yes I’m 100% sure about independently arranging my living situation, courses must be in English

This is my first semester and I wish I could undo it.

I got my associates degree at 2 different community colleges(I moved) and so I have 2 other schools of experience to compare it to: ODU is not a good school. I’ve never felt so unsupported and helpless to a machine of a system as much as here. It took me weeks to get any communication whatsoever back from my assigned advisor. Right now I’m dealing with proving my existence to a professor who simply did not take record of me completing an assignment so I get no credit and she’s gaslighting me saying it never happened. Plus I failed an exam due to the canvas shutdown and the professor and school are like that’s your grade kid sorry womp womp. Who can help you? Idk maybe if you call a bunch of numbers and get rerouted over and over for 45 minutes that’ll help. I wish I could go back in time and undo choosing this university.