Program Reviews

My summer internship abroad in Florence, Italy was an amazing experience. It provided me the capability of meeting and networking with so many people, and not only in my job but also everyone else in the program. Doing this allowed me to grow in my communication skills, and being able to focus as I worked remotely. I met so many people and made so many friends which was a great aspect of this program. They provide activities to do with everyone in the program, and also give you all the freelance in the world. Me and my roommates traveled with each other and with others on the weekends getting to see so many amazing things. I highly recommend this program.

Global experiences went beyond my expectations and much more. I was able to meet the best people and be placed in the best place for what I want to do. Amanda and Antonella were awesome and helped with every single problem or situation. They organized super fun things for us to do with our group but still made us feel like we had complete freedom throughout the entire 8 weeks stay. Our housing was perfect and clean, the locations of the apartments were in amazing spots and we were able to see every part of the city. I can’t recommend this program enough!!

While I was abroad I met the most amazing people who I was able to travel all around Italy with! Meeting them through Global experiences allowed us to get to know each other really well. Being able to go to all of the planned events together was super fun…from vineyards to boats, the social events were awesome! I would do it all again if I could! I would say that putting myself out there and showing up as me allowed me to fully embrace this experience and people and helped me grow a lot too! If that’s what you’re looking for totally go abroad!

It was absolutely the best experience I could ask for. Everywhere we stayed was beautiful! AIFs made sure that where we stayed was in the most PERFECt locations throughout the three cities we went to. The travel between countries was such a fun experience too! Getting to experience the Eurostar, and going on trains and planes with the group was such a fun time too I never minded the travel days! The tour manager and staff were all so very kind and helpful- our tour manager was the BEST. He was so helpful, funny, and always so welcoming- truly MADE the experience what it was. The people I met on the trip were amazing and having 3 weeks to bond with each other was great. Lifelong friendships were definitely made on this trip. I could not recommend going with AIFs more. I had the best time and would absolutely go again if I could.

The internship was amazing for so many reasons. The denominator of all of it though, is the support of the program and the coordinators. Being thrown into a new country to work was stressful and amazing. There were surely times where I needed support or felt a bit lost. The program worked so hard to make us all feel heard, respected, and understood while also having an AMAZING and CRAZY (in a good way) time. I feel so so blessed for this!!! I don’t want to go home. This really was a story I will have forever. I have grown so much.

My experience studying abroad in Sevilla, Spain with AIFS was easily my favorite few months ever. My choice to go to Sevilla had a lot to do with which classes I thought were fun and interesting and what excursions and activities were provided by AIFS, and I can safely say it was one of the best decisions I've made. I quickly fell in love with the beauty of the city and it had everything I could've wanted, from easy walking distances to beautiful sights to see. My classes were good overall, but my favorites were definitely the ones taught in Spanish, and I highly recommend you take at least one of those while here. However, what really allowed the experience to become what I remember it as today was the structure provided by AIFS and the care the AIFS team in Sevilla gave to making sure each and every one of us felt at home in the city and had fun on our excursions. I am forever grateful to everything they did to help me feel more comfortable in Sevilla and without them, I can guarantee the experience would've been much more stressful. All in all, if you want to study abroad in Spain and are trying to decide on a city, I couldn't recommend Sevilla enough.

I had such a fun experience interning here in Madrid! There are so many things to do, and the people are very friendly. Madrid is also the capital of Spain, and as such there’s activities/ internship opportunities for all kinds of interests. It was also a great opportunity to work in a professional setting in another country, as well as practicing a secondary language ! In addition, our Global Experiences supervisor planned one event a week where we got to do different activities, and talk to other interns in the program as well.

This is the best thing I have ever done. I grew so much as a person and learned so many things about myself. This is by far the time of my life. I met so many amazing people and it is going to be so hard to say goodbye. A bunch of us already have plans to meet up in the US! Everything here is amazing, the food, the nightlife, the people, the shopping, the traveling! Literally everything. I cannot wait to come back and experience Italy again. But I would do anything to experience this program for the first time again:)

I’m so glad I decided to participate in global experiences program this summer it was so fun. I felt very safe the entire time and everyone was so helpful. I highly recommend this program to anyone who is wanting a great adventure. I have learned so much and grown as a person and now I want to continue traveling all around the world because you learn so much from other cultures and experiences. My roommates were also so good and we had so much fun living together and traveling on the weekends. I hope to be back soon!