SACI - Florence Past Review
By Jessica P (Painting/Installation, SMFA - School of the Museum of Fine Arts) for
Studio Arts College International (SACI): Florence - SACI in Florence
I gained alot from traveling on my own, and meeting new people NOT through the school. Florencce as a city is very americanized so it wasnt a culture shock,but it is very beautiful.
Personal Information
| The term and year this program took place: | Fall 2009 |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
The academic course i took was fine. Unproffessional, not a real art school, half the people there didnt even know what a portfolio was or ever touched paint. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
It was so-so. |
| * Food: |
Theschool does not provide any food. ALL the food in Florence is expensive, the last month there i was starving because all the meals were expensive and portions very very small. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
More than half the school were not even art students. All the serious art students went in one social group and the other 3/4 of the school went into another. Most of theschool is stupid people who came to the school to just experiment, it is NOT a serious art school like the school says they are. They accept anyone who has money, its disgusting. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
I felt safe, buti bought a knife just incase |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
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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
| Language acquisition improvement? |
NOT due to this program, where everything is americanized. But living in florence itself made me able to say a few sentences |
A Look Back
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | DONT COME HERE, RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
History of Opera |
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| Instructor: | |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Great course, very easy and interesting |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No |
| Course Name/Rating: |
Drawing intermediate |
| Course Department: | |
| Instructor: | Gary |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | The teacher was nice, of the students half of them were "advanced" and the other half was "intermediate (if even that)" so they mixed people who knew what they were doing up with people who didnt know what they were doing! frustrating, pointless class. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | no |
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Advanced Painting |
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| Instructor: | Lorennzo |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | AMAZING teacher, basically like an independent study class with once a month a class critique. The one class at SACI i actually liked. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | no |
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Beg. Graphic Design |
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| Instructor: | Frederico |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | If you know how to turn on a computer and your not a 60 year old grandmother, then for gods sake take intermendiate. I was absent once for 3 days and was able to make all the work up within an hour. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | no |
