Florence internship!!! I had the best time interning in Florence. It was such a valuable experience, and I would love to do it again. I made great memories and friends. AIFS and Cassidy Fickes made it easy from start to finish, and I always felt supported. The social events were also so much fun, and I enjoyed getting to know everyone in my program. I feel like I learned so much about myself this semester.

Amazing experience in Salamanca Everything the program did for us was great. The tours, the welcome and farewell meal along with the activities was a good way to welcome everyone and get to know our program director and mates. The information provided about the environment we was getting into was helpful to have out expectations set. The way we got merge into the culture, homestays for example, was good to know how the life in Spain is. I think that overall the program did a great job bringing their students to a complete unknown country.

People The people I met were the reason for my rating. Aifs could’ve done a better job with apartments all around. We could’ve all been closer together at the least instead of being scattered, it’d be nicer if everyone was closer to the study center too. My apartment alone was significantly in worse condition than the others. I saw many apartments and all of them I would’ve rather lived in. Coordinators need to see the apartments for themselves in person before students arrive.

My experience with AIFS was amazing! My experience with AIFS was amazing! I took an introduction to painting class in Florence and had the best professor. Every weekend trip that AIFS took us on was 100% worth the 19,000 steps a day😂. I decided to study abroad because I wanted to get out into the world and have an adventure and with AIFS I definitely had one. I wish I had the time to study abroad again with them.

Amazing Galapagos Experience This trip was absolutely amazing and I can not say enough good things about it. We had amazing experiences when snorkeling at Kicker Rock as well as many other places that our tour guides took us! We were able to see/swim with sharks, stingrays, giant sea turtles and sea lions!