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Best experience ever! No doubt
AIFS: Florence - Richmond in Florence
Program Information
Be a part of the community, not just a tourist, living in your own Florentine apartment and enjoying restaurants and cafes throughout the city with your AIFS meal vouchers. Experience the culinary side of Italian culture with wine tasting and cooking classes. Explore Italy's artistic heritage with visits to mu... More
| Provider: | AIFS |
| Location(s): | Florence, Italy |
| Year Founded: | 1964 |
| Website | Take me there! |
Review By:
Max R. (Marketing, Mercyhurst College) on September 12, 2011
Overall Rating
Personal Information
| * Start Date: | 2011-01-10 |
| * End Date: | 2011-05-05 |
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 6 months+ |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Clases were good..interesting, somewhat easy going with low work load. Good grading system & really friendly professors. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
it was awesome. Staff & faculty were super helpful, patient, understanding and nice. Meal plan was amazing. Housing was good. |
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the apartment was old but huge. It had its pros and cons. It was well located. Somebody broke in and robbed a couple of laptops and other minor stuff. |
| * Food: |
AMAZING |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
trips were so good..well organized (sometimes) and very cheap. Hotels and buses were very nice. Social and extracurical events were so helpful, fun, and intersting. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
U have to be smart and responsible. |
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* Home Institution Advising:
How well did Mercyhurst College prepare and support you for your time abroad? |
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Finances
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
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Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
Everyone. Yes. Most of the students. |
Other Program Information
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A Look Back
| * If you could do it all over again, would you choose the same program? | Yes |
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | DO IT..don't be afraid, u'll never regret it. |
| * What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile? | oh yes! |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
European Business Environment |
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| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Really interesting & helpful. Its more a macroeconomical perspective, than a BUSINESS environment class. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | NO |
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Fashion Marketing & Merchandising |
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| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | interesting..slow paced, basically intro to marketing with some relation to fashion. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | no |
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Intermediate Italian 2 |
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| Instruction Language: | italian |
| Comments: | I learned a lot, finally got to be fluent. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | no |