East China Normal University Study Abroad

I had a wonderful time in this program, and I learned a ton! I went into the program knowing about kindergarten level Mandarin, so I placed out of the beginners level. However, there weren't very many people in the intermediate and advance level course, so we were combined into a class of 5 people. I had so much personal attention and the teachers were really top caliber. We had intensive 6 hour days plus 1-2 hours of homework, but I was close to fluent by the end of the 4 months.

Plus the school is located in the city, which makes it super easy to go out and have fun!

The only negative is that the administrative staff is not the most attentive and slow to process things, so just a heads up.