Sorrento - Not well known program but amazing Past Review
By Kayla D (GSMA, California State University - California Maritime Academy) for
Sant'Anna Institute: Sorrento - Live, Learn and Immerse in Italy
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Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 0-2 weeks |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
I chose tot ake 6 classes because thats what take at my home university, that was too many classes because their was not enough time to travel because of the hevy work and class load. i would recoment 4 classes that way their is enough time to travel and enjoy the city. Because it is all Italian Professors the educational tecniques are very diffrent as well as grading tecniques. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Still a small growing program so they are working on understaning american higher education, it was a good program that has a lot of potential |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
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| * Food: |
a lot of pasta not a lot of vegtables. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
not a lot of americans in the city i was in and it was hard to meet local italians. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
Sorrento is a verry safe city |
| 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? |
Speak to locals all the time. |
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
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you live with?
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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? | go in with an opean mind and be ready for diffrences |
