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4.08 / 5 sobre 155 opiniones
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Vida estudiantil
Cómo es la ciudad de destino:
Los estudiantes se relacionan con la comunidad local sin implicación en la universidad
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Actividades, Vida nocturna, Viajar: Principalmente fuera de la universidad y de los estudiantes
Experiencia de vida social
Comentario personal
I'm not a big clubber or bar hopper, but there are a ton of bars in which to get drunk and blow all your cash (that was almost double b/c of the exchange rate) on and go home with an either good looking or skeevy foreign guy! Go to all the muesuems- it's Florence- they're amazing! So much art and history, it;s mind blowing! Also, travel, travel, travel! All over Italy and Europe! The train is really easy to use in Italy and not so expensive, you can go to almost any Italian city! But, trains are notoriously always late arriving and departing in Italy, and staff at the stations are not usually helpful in my opinion. Also, the people who hang around the stations (especially in Florence and Bologna) are really, really creepy and dangerous. Ladies: be really careful and don't go alone, and be careful of the underground areas....
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Alojamiento
Tipo de alojamiento: Student Hotel (Medici)
Organizado por: Independientemente - por elección propia
Si volviera, eligiría: Piso o apartamento
¿Por qué?
Although I love the hotel accoms, I did not connect with the other 10 American exchange students living there; so at first, I was really lonely and depressed. But, I met my friends through classes and my classmates. My friends lived in the program-arranged apartments and it was just a better arrangement. They were cheaper, closer to the classes, and easier to meet people and connect with roomates. Plus, there were no laundry facilities at the hotel, and it's not fun dragging bags of laundry on 2 bus trips and through Florence as creepy men leer at you because your bra has trailed out of the laundry bag....
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Comentario personal
Apartments were varied in appearance and size, but all the ones I saw were privately owned and all over the city. People were generally happy with their roommate circumstances and facilities.
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Gastos
Fuente de financiación principal:
Familia
Otras fuentes de financiación:
Ahorro personal
Oportunidades de trabajo:
No tenía permiso para trabajar
Costumbres personales de gasto
Exchange rate is bad for Americans. I blew my entire savings account on shopping and travel. But, you can find cheap things there like amenities and clothing.
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Comida:
Igual de caro que en casa.
Teléfono, Alojamiento, Vida nocturna, Viajar, General:
Menos caro que en casa.
Disponibilidad de material estudiantil
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Estudios
Recomendaciones de cursos
The courses are all great! But, too many annoying and spoiled Americans students. It's hard to find cool foreign students to chill with.
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Mi experiencia académica
Interacción con profesores
Interacción con estudiantes internacionales
Interacción con estudiantes locales
Comentario personal
It's hard to study when you're traveling and hanging out all the time! But, I really enjoyed my courses, I learnt so much and the professors are really cool and sweet (they're like kinda family), not stand offish like in America. Classes were generally easy and not demanding, and American style with some papers and two exams.
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Mi opinión de los sistemas de evaluación
Exámenes a final de curso
Exámenes a lo largo del curso
Trabajos y proyectos al final del curso
Trabajos y proyectos a lo largo del curso
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Valoración global
Si lo hubiera sabido...
That it is really hard to meet people at this school if you do not come with your university or with friends of your own. It really makes you grow up fast and become independent. Italy, while being one of the most magnificent places on earth, is a very difficult and bureacratic country to live in.
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En mi opinión:
Me gustó pero no necesariamente a todo el mundo.
Factores imporantes para mi elección
(1) Sin importancia – (4) Muy importante
Recomendación personal
The University is great! Great courses and profs. But, it's spread out between like 3 small buildings with a few rooms and there is no campus. Also, it is hard to get stuff done b/c administration is not really helpful and very bureacratic.
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Durante mi experiencia en el extranjero...
(1) Nunca – (4) Mucho
Me familiaricé con otra cultura
Conocí gente de otros países
Me lo pasé bien de fiesta
Avancé en mis estudios y mi carrera
Comentarios finales
I loved it- it was an amazing experience. I was really homesick and depressed and lonely at first, but I soon met some great people (including my best friend to this day), and I'm so happy I stayed! Try to meet and mingle with as many Italians and other foreign people as possible!
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Idiomas
Idioma de instrucción: Inglés
¿Fue aprender Inglés fue un factor importante de elección?
No, no lo fue.
Comentario personal
I took Italian for 2 years before I left, was a deciding factor in me going there to complete my required third year. Everyone basically speaks English in Florence b/c there are Americans everywhere. But, if you're willing to learn Italian and try it your speaking skills will improve big time! It's hard though to meet Italians to speak to for more than a requisite 5 minute conversation.
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