AIFS Abroad

Program Reviews

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Abigail
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Amazing experience

I loved my experience here, I got to see and learn so much during my time. Our coordinators, Amanda and Antonella, were so helpful and planned such good events. I really enjoyed how much time I was able to spend with the other people in my program, and how well we got to know each other. I loved that we mostly all lived in one building so it was easy to travel and cook together. My internship was very educational and intense, I learned a lot in my time there. My only complaints were about our housing, the maintenance was not reliable and we had no AC, which was very difficult to deal with during the heatwave.

Pros
  • Food
  • Connecting with other people
  • Opportunities to travel
Cons
  • Maintenance was not reliable
  • No AC
  • Our apartment was missing so much stuff
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Khaleb
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

fashion in milan

In terms of progress at the workplace things have been pretty slow in terms of work to do because they’re coming to a close pretty soon. However I’ve gotten pretty comfortable here, by that i mean i’ve gotten pretty familiar with everyone and the places around it. I know I didn’t end up getting to do what I came here to do or learn what I intended to learn but I liked it here and I made the most out of it and my experience. It has been great getting to know everyone to the capacity that I have and I wish them all the best. I’d say I would say a cultural highlight has been the vintage markets they have every first and last Sunday of every month

Pros
  • people
  • food
  • night life
Cons
  • mosquitoes
  • heat
  • money
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Molly
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Lovely

Love this place and these people! I grew much thicker skin working at the place that I did, and still learned a lot about work culture in Italy and in the fashion realm. Made a number of incredible friendships and had innumerable experiences that I’ll cherish forever. The housing amenities were definitely mediocre, especially considering how much we paid to be here. Other than that I had an absolute blast. I learned how to be independent!!! I will say that being a woman anywhere, but especially in a foreign country, can

Pros
  • Independence
  • New friendships
  • Pre planned events
Cons
  • Language barrier
  • Housing amenities
  • Inte
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Molly
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Lovely

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Morgan
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Loved this trip

This trip was so amazing. Amanda and Antonella were such great coordinators and were super helpful. They really helped make everyone feel so welcome and answered any questions we had. I really enjoyed Milan and living in the city. There was so much to do and see. The architecture was amazing and everyday I felt so blessed to be walking around and seeing all of the monuments and gorgeous buildings. I learned so much from my internship and I definitely made meaningful connections from my placement.

Pros
  • fun
  • educational
  • enriching
Cons
  • expensive
  • bugs
  • hot
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Eduardo
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Milan is AMAZING!

Milan was amazing ! The activities that were made were good! It was great to meet new people and create new memories with so many people from around the globe. I think what was the best thing was going to Lake Como and enjoy the boat ride that was conducted. What really was great about it was that we had the opportunity to have internships with great companies that we were able to collaborate in the future. I recommend everyone to really experience some type of study abroad program. Funnnnnnnnn!

Pros
  • Food
  • Network
  • Activities
Cons
  • Weather
  • Transportation
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Essence
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

fun!

I enjoyed getting to know other students while learning how to navigate a foreign country with them. The weekend trips were fun to get to know other people. I wish I could go on this experience again in another country with all new people just because it was so fun to do this one time. It was also nice to have guidance in a foreign country because it was scary at first and with the language barrier it was not totally comfortable, but having guidance through the advisors was so amazingly convenient to have.

Pros
  • adventures
  • guidance
  • shopping
Cons
  • housing
  • communication
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abraham
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Fashion in Milan

This was a great experience in which i learned a lot about where i want to see myself in the future. The group that I came with was super fun and we got close very quickly. Milan is a very vibrant and busy city with lots to do so there was never a dull moment, especially during the weekend. There were not many cons other than he lack of AC but I got accustomed to it quickly. Milan is in a very good location and traveling to other cities was very easy and cheap, I did a lot of day trips around italy and to switzerland.

Pros
  • transportation
  • Lots of things to do
  • Community
Cons
  • no ac
  • no free water
  • housing amenities
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Curtis
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Awesome trip

This trip was so much fun and I had an awesome time my first time in Milan! Since it was my first time in Europe I thought it was extremely daunting but i actually had a great experience. The people were great the city is aaweseom and traveling to other cities is so much fun. The supervisors were also amazing extremely organized and were super friendly. The only issue no AC so please be mindful of that but overall I had so much fun.

Pros
  • Shopping
  • Travel
  • Architecture
Cons
  • None
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Cierra
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Rome Internship

I really enjoyed my internship, I worked at a refugee center and so it was really interesting hearing all of the stories of the people who came. Furthermore I got to teach English classes and work with the art therapy group. I also greatly enjoyed my hours. I was scheduled to work from 9am-1pm everyday at the center. Ending work so early in the day gave me a vast amount of freedom to explore Rome. Rome itself is also a beautiful city, with stunning architecture and so many Museums. I really enjoyed my international internship.