Admittedly, writing this testimonial has been more than a bit difficult. It’s impossible to convey what my time at CMRS meant for me in just a few words. Though CMRS gave me wonderful opportunities to grow academically through their gifted and knowledgeable professors, it’s the opportunities to grow as a person that truly made my time at CMRS. There are multiple opportunities to get involved not only within the program, but also in the Oxford community as a whole. During my time at CMRS, I joined both the Oxford Sirens, the University’s competitive cheerleading squad, and OULES, a 'light entertainment' theatre group. The staff and faculty at CMRS were incredibly encouraging and accommodating in regards to my extracurricular involvement, and the opportunities I had and friends I made through my extracurricular activities were some of the best of my life. At CMRS, you have so many amazing opportunities that many study abroad programs do not offer -- of my friends who have studied abroad elsewhere, I am the only one I know of that had the kind of academic and extracurricular opportunities I had at CMRS. Studying abroad at CMRS is such a fulfilling, unique experience -- I wish everyone had the opportunity to spend a semester in St. Michael’s Hall.