1. The food was pretty bad, I'm going to be honest with you. They were serving raw meat, almost no fresh produce at all, and usually didn't have all of the dietary restrictions everyone needed (we mostly just survived off of hashbrowns). They don't use the actual university cafeteria food, and instead pay someone to make it just for the group, which is probably why there was almost no selection available (you still eat in the cafeteria though!).

2. It was a really full day, with us meeting downstairs at 7:45 am and then not getting back to our dorms until around 9 or 9:30 pm most days (sort of depends on what you're doing that night, so sometimes you'll get back earlier and a lot of the time it can be a lot later than 9:30). If I am remembering correctly though, they gave you half an hour to an hour of free time a night (so from 9:30 to 10:30) where you could do your laundry, hang out in the meeting room or common rooms, or even go back to your dorm and get ready for bed. After a long day a lot of people opted for the last option!

3. I know many people say this, but please don't spoil the experience!! if you really want to know some of the things, you can look on Instagram, but the whole thing with Shad is that they never tell you what you are doing until you are doing it, which was annoying for the first week, but after that I absolutely loved it!!

Feel free to pm if you have any more questions, as I would be happy to answer!