API: Experience Florence, Italy (Scholarships Available)

When I left to study abroad in Florence, I was expecting good food and a totally new way of living. I can honestly say that those expectations were met and then some. Every day, I woke up with the potential for something special to happen. While much of the excitement was stoked by my situation, the true treasure of the experience were the people I was exposed to. I truly feel that I left my experience abroad with some life-long friends and I am truly grateful. Not only did I get a chance to mee...

I did the API Florence program for Spring 2022 and overall, my time in Florence was amazing. It is such a beautiful city. API Florence gave a lot of opportunities to do excursions outside of the program city, such as Rome, Venice and the Tuscany countryside. For this reason, there were several ways to experience what the whole of Italy had to offer. As far as academics, the school had lots of courses that counted towards my advertising major. The professors I had were very accommodating and clas...

Studying abroad was something I had always wanted to do, but especially after the pandemic, I was worried I wouldn’t find a program that worked for me. API Florence ended up being perfect. I was super nervous when I left the US, unsure if I would make friends, like being abroad, or adjust well to the new culture. By the third day in Italy, I never wanted to leave. My roommates and apartment were amazing, we became best friends and meeting new people was honestly the most rewarding part of this e...