life-changing, unforgettable, most amazing thing i've ever done in my life Past Review

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

On-site administration of your program

The staff at Sant'Anna were very helpful, polite, friendly, and welcoming

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

I think my housing location was extremely unsatisfactory. Here is why: 1. Location- we live above a bar that is noisy until 2 am. they sing karaoke and it's impossible to fall asleep before the bar closes because they are insanely loud. additionally, there is a restaurant next door to the bar that starts blaring music at 8 am giving us just 6 hours of peace and quiet. we are also right above a bus stop so when the restaurant's music isn't blaring, all you hear is kids screaming waiting at the bus stop. 2. size of the house- we are the only group that has three people in one bedroom without some sort of accommodation to make up for it. the other people who had three to a room had two bathrooms and a full living room with a couch. our landlord uses what should be our living room and second bathroom as her office. this is unprofessional and i do not feel comfortable being home alone when there is a man in the house that could come into our part of the house whenever he wants. we also only have one bathroom which is unacceptable for five girls. our shower didn't have a curtain so if someone was showering or going to the bathroom and someone else had to go, they had to wait. i don't think this is acceptable. 3. lack of materials in the house- our kitchen lacked a lot of necessary items. we had very few cups, silverware, and glasses. we didn't have any cupboards and no drying rack for the dishes which constantly left a mess. 4. unprofessional and rude landlady- i feel that our landlady was very rude and unprofessional. on two occasions, she came into rooms we were using and shut lights off while we were in there. our laundry room is not very well lit up and even in the day time, we need the light on to see what we're doing. i think its rude and uncalled for for her to go in there while we are doing laundry and shut it off. 5. problems with the water tank/heat- our water tank constantly ran out and we were told we had to pay to replace it. i dont think that was fair because not all 5 of us showered once a day and even doing few showers, we still ran out. we should have had the ability to each shower once a day and had we done that, we would have ran out so much quicker. we also lost our heat and a/c halfway through the semester. lastly, our bathroom constantly had a dirty odor to it even when it was clean.

after a while, I got sick of pizza and pasta but that is my fault for not knowing how to cook more. I think Sorrento offers a wonderful variety of restaurants and I really enjoyed going out to eat at all the different places in the area

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

I didn't feel as connected as I had hoped with the locals

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

N/A

I almost always felt safe in Sorrento except one time walking home from the bar at maybe 12 or 1 am with a few friends and a car of guys slowing down twice and then stopping right past our street

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

I had a lot of money saved for this experience so

0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language

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• Americans

• Sorrento is a very small, beautiful, unique location
• The staff at Sant'Anna we extremely helpful and welcoming
• School itself was beautiful and had amazing views

• No field trips on Fridays for archaeology classes
• Italian class be taught differently
• Don't fail students after two misses

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