Florence: what an adventure Past Review
By A student (Fairfield University) for
Fairfield University: Florence - Semester or Year in Italy
absolutely! was an amazing experience
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 0-2 weeks |
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
The workload was perfect, not too much work but enough to be pretty busy. It was a little unorganized but otherwise was like back home. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
very accessible and knowledgeable about the host country's culture etc. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
I really loved being able to live with an Italian student. I feel that it helped a lot with becoming involved with the host country. She practiced her english while i practiced my italian. just bought extra blankets and some cups for the house, otherwise everything else was provided. |
| * Food: |
not a huge fan of the school "cafeteria." I forget the name of the restaurant, but I never really had any good meals there. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
the trip we went on with the program was good, except that it felt too jammed. We were on the bus for most of the weekend and i feel like that took away from the experience of seeing all of the places. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
overall, felt pretty safe, just always walk home at night with other people. you don't really feel all that safe walking home alone at night |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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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 |
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? |
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| Language acquisition improvement? |
I practiced with my Italian roommate a lot. I tried to speak Italian as much as possible and therefore used it everyday. A lot of people could speak english |
Other Program Information
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A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What could be improved? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | try to live with an italian student. go to switzerland if you get the chance, it was amazing. save money by cooking at home and then go out the last weekish for nice great meals |
