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Alojamiento
Tipo de alojamiento: Piso o apartamento
Organizado por: Independientemente - por elección propia
Si volviera, eligiría: Piso o apartamento
¿Por qué?
It's much cheaper (in my opinion) to find your own housing than to go with a school program's. It's also nice to come & go as you please, and have friends/visitors/family stay over as you like, when you like.
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Comentario personal
Most of the housing offered in relation to the ISU program was 2-4 times as expensive as my apartment.
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Vida estudiantil
Cómo es la ciudad de destino:
Los estudiantes se relacionan tanto con la comunidad local como con otros estudiantes
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Vida nocturna: Principalmente fuera de la universidad y de los estudiantes
Actividades, Viajar: Tanto en el entorno universitario como fuera
Experiencia de vida social
Comentario personal
It would be difficult to say...things change faster than one would think in a city the size of Florence! Borgho Antico in Piazza Santo Spirito has wonderful Risotto! Try a "Caprioska alla Fragola" at any bar! There was always something to "wander into" in Florence - festivals and the like.
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Valoración global
Si lo hubiera sabido...
No. It would have changed my experience.
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En mi opinión:
A todos les encantó, ¡y a ti también te encantará!
Factores imporantes para mi elección
(1) Sin importancia – (4) Muy importante
Recomendación personal
The academics, overall, were not as challenging as my home university, however, I had a few instructors who were incredible. I definitely had a better experience, academically, my second semester because I knew who to take, etc.
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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
-Women: leave purses at home! Italians have a special verb for purse snatching. And it happens A LOT.
-Bring comfortable shoes (that still look nice!) - the cobblestones are pretty, but can be hard on the feet (I still can't figure out how Italian women wear stilletto heels on them).
-Bargin for anything.
-Clothes dryers are difficult to come by (and expensive to use when you do), so bring light-weight, quick, air-drying clothes that still look nice. The Fiorentini DRESS UP, even if it's a trip to the bread shop downstairs from their apartment.
-When shopping for bread, ask for "pane con sale" (bread w/salt) as the bread in Florence is quite tasteless.
-There is a bakery on Via Faenza near the school (Il Fornaio?) that has amazing fruit tarts.
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Estudios
Recomendaciones de cursos
Federiga Bindi for Political Science and Kim Coston for Marketing/Merchandising courses were excellent! Cristina for Intensive Italian. I felt as if I were one of the only students to end the year with an excellent grasp of Italian - and most of my fluency is thanks to making friends with the natives.
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Mi experiencia académica
Interacción con profesores
Interacción con estudiantes internacionales
Interacción con estudiantes locales
Comentario personal
Too many people spoke in English at the school.
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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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Idiomas
Idioma de instrucción: Inglés
¿Fue aprender Inglés fue un factor importante de elección?
No, no lo fue.
Comentario personal
As I previously stated, I had a wonderful experience taking Intensive Italian for the entire school year, and my study was easily supplemented by making Italian friends (some of whom didn't speak English!).
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Gastos
Fuente de financiación principal:
Otros
Otras fuentes de financiación:
ninguno
Oportunidades de trabajo:
Costumbres personales de gasto
I traveled as often as possible - taking a study trip to Bruxelles and a school trips to Rome and the Umbria region, in addition to a bunch of shorter trips in the Tuscan region. Going out was about the same; my Italian friends drank a lot less than my American friends. I ate out more - because the food was so good! But found the grocery stores (like Standa) very reasonably priced. And the foods are much fresher (and better!) than we have in the States.
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Teléfono, Viajar:
Más caro que en casa.
Comida, Vida nocturna, General:
Igual de caro que en casa.
Alojamiento:
Menos caro que en casa.
Disponibilidad de material estudiantil
Comentario personal
I used my home ATM card to withdraw foreign curreny. Once when a visa connection of some sort was down for a couple of weeks, I got a cash advance with my AMEX card from the AMEX office in Florence. It's difficult to find household items, for example, hangers (people generally get them in Italy when they buy clothes & there's no Target to run to for cheap household goods). The school has limited Internet access in their library as do many Internet sites around the city. Most "textbooks" were cheap photocopies of textbooks and/or readings, depending on the teacher. I didn't spend nearly as much on books in Florence as I did at home in the States.
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