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.

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.

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!

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.

Berlin Fall Semester 2023 Berlin is a really wonderful and historic city to live in. My German is basically nonexistent and I still felt like I was able to get around fine. The AIFs staff are very supportive, and the organized actives were well structured and thought out. If you weren’t interested in some or all of the activities, you didn’t have to participate and there was plenty of time to do your own thing around Berlin or travel throughout Europe. I didn’t particularly enjoy my academic experience at Humboldt, there were a few good classes but also a few really awful ones. So, if I could do it again I would probably do the AIFS program with Freie Universität academic program.