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Young American singer studied opera at Istituto Europeo Past Review

By (None) - abroad from 03/27/2019 to 08/14/2019 with

Istituto Europeo: Home Study Abroad Europe Italy Study Music Abroad in Florence

What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
Lots of Italian and vocal technique!

Review Your Program

* Overall educational experience

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

I’m doing first level Italian and vocal technique with Monica. Then Italian diction with Valeria and Repertoire with Francesca. I really enjoy the courses and I feel like I’m improving a lot: all the teachers are incredibly gifted and they really know what they are talking about, which is good. Florence is beautiful, there’s so much art everywhere. All the museums are great, even the buildings are beautiful, which is nice. What I like about Florence is that there is art everywhere. If a friend was looking to study this sort of things and take it seriously, then I would recommend this program

* Host Country Program Administration

On-site administration of your program

* Housing:

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* Social & Cultural Integration:

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

* Health Care:

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

* Safety:

If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? Yes

Finances

* 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)

Language

* Did your program have a foreign language component? Yes

Direct Enrollment/Exchange

* Did you study abroad through an exchange program or did you directly enroll in the foreign university? Direct Enrollment

Other Program Information

* Where did you live?

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  • Dorm
  • Other
* Who did you live with?

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  • International Students
* Who did you take classes with?

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  • International Students
  • Host Family

A Look Back

* What did you like most about the program?
  • The people at the institute
* What could be improved?
  • hard to say!
* What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? How awesome this is!