The American University of Rome

There is so much more to do!! I went out much more often then at home because it was the way to see everything and meet new people. Telephone is more expensive because you have to pay for every call you make - there are no included minutes like in the US. Travel was less expensive because of the rail system and youth hostels.

Make a list of American things that you love. Bring those with you. Food, health and beauty aids and such. You'll miss them more than you can anticipate. Bring a zip drive for all of your pictures.

If you like to go out and drink, party, and go to clubs you'll fit in just fine. If you're creative, intellectual, and smart, you might want to try somewhere else. If you are applying to this school as a freshman, don't let the website fool you. It's a very tiny school with a very tiny student body. Study abroad students make up the majority of the student population. They come and go every semester. It can be rough.

Take any one of Professor Terry Kirk's classes, his enthusiasm for art and history of italy is like no other!! :)

This university needs more computers. Waiting online for a computer was probably the worst part of the academic life aspect. Over all though it was a nice change for me coming from such a big university.

Nightlife is expensive.. caomparable to other big cities, ie NYC or Chicago. Travel was really cheap, but I did alot more of it than when I was at home. I went to a different country almost every weekend. 14 countries in all. It was a great experience. As far as telephone, its easiest to buy a cellphone here.

Best class I took was Roman Baroque Art

I think they could expand the curriculum a little more--then they could get more applicants and students who wish to stay longer than a semester. I was originally staying for a year, but they classes weren't fulfilling enough requirements at my home university.