The Incoming Students Support Group

Maybe the longest lasting souvenir that visitors have of Lebanon is the hospitability of its people.
SCOPE-LeMSIC, and following on this reputation as old as the Bibles, decided to put a whole team of its member with a sole task: “Make the Incoming Student enjoy his stay”!

This Subcommittee is formed with multi-linguistic members, having a deep knowledge of Lebanon and its touristic potentials, eager to promote the image of their country as well as their Committee.

The work starts even before the incoming student steps on Lebanese soils, and ends even years after.
Its responsibilities are varied and include

1. Form and Organize the “Contact Persons”
2. Help the incoming student with all papers and visa needed for his exchange to Lebanon
3. Organize the very much renown “Social Program”

 

Contact Persons

These are the persons that enter in contact directly with the Incoming students and:

1. Answer all the questions that the contact person might have of Lebanon and AUB
2. Help the Incoming student find a cheap air ticket to Lebanon
3. Help the Incoming student with the papers and visas needed for his exchange
4. Pick up the Incoming student and drop him at his assigned lodging the first day
5. Show him around the university campus
6. Be the link between the Incoming student and the NEO
7. Be the “Godfather” of the incoming student in any advice or inquiry he might have during his stay
8. Form friendships with the incoming students that would last long after the incoming student has left back home

 

Social Program

SCOPE-LeMSIC is one of the rare if not the only National Member Organization within IFMSA that offers a 100% free Social Program during the summer months of July and August and that for all Incoming Students.
The social program is planed meticulously to include in a span of 4 days over 4 weeks a concentrate of the best that Lebanon has to offer. it is intended to cover four major regions in Lebanon and offer a guided tour through ancient sites, castles and ruins, as well as a cultural trip through Lebanon, and a gastronomical discovery of Lebanese breakfasts, meals and sweets.
It is done with the help of the ministry of Tourism of Lebanon

The four Saturdays of the clinical clerkship are divided as follows:

Day 1 (The coastline)

1. Mankoushe Breakfast
2. Visit of the Geita Grotto, one of the largest and most beautiful natural caves of the world
3. Guided visit of Byblos and its Citadel, the most ancient city still inhabited in the world, and source of the first Alphabet
4. A traditional Lebanese lunch at the beach with an afternoon swim
5. Visit of Notre Dame of Lebanon in Harissa after a trip up the mountain in the Teleferique
6. Night sightseeing over the Bay of Jounieh from Harissa

Day 2 (The North)

1. Knefeh Breakfast at Al Hallab in Tripoli
2. Visit of the Old Souk of Tripoli
3. Guided visit of the Castle of Tripoli
4. Lebanese Lunch
5. Visit of the Cedars

Day 3 (The South)

1. Foul Breakfast in Saida
2. Guided visit of the Souk and the Old Soap Factory
3. Guided visit of the roman ruins of Tyre
4. Lebanese Lunch at Tyre
5. Afternoon swim on the long sandy stretch of Tyre

Day 4 (The Bekaa)

1. Labneh Breakfast at Chroura
2. Guided visit of the Heliopolis of Baalbeck, the largest most preserved roman ruins in the world!
3. Guided visit of the wine caves of Ksara, the oldest caves in the world!
4. Lunch in Zahleh
5. Visit of the Ammiq Steps
6. Going back to Beirut through the beautiful mountain road of Barouk
7. View of the Bekaa Valley and the  Qaraon Lac from top of the western mountains chain
8. Stop at Barouk’s Cedar Reserve for a memorable sunset view from 1780m of altitude!