API: Experience Rome, Italy (Scholarships Available)

Upon choosing a program to study abroad, API was one of the most suggested ones on my campus. After my 4-month immersion in Rome, Italy with API-Rome, I would suggest API to anyone! They made sure we were safe, comfortable, and most of all experiencing the culture around us. I keep in contact with the onsite advisors because of their intensely warm personalities. The financial cost was achievable and appropriate compared to what I observed from other students who chose different programs. API offers weekend trips, independent apartments, and numerous tours around your 'new' home by the advisors. API forms a sense of family because you end up spending a lot of time with the other students that chose API from all over America. I was able to make friends easier that way because of that commonality. Another thing that I was very impressed with was the pairing of roommates. I could not have picked better ones myself. I would consider my roommates from Italy some of my best friends even a year later. We have traveled on multiple trips together since coming home and I have API to thank for that. Choose API on your next, most rewarding adventure of your life! Keep on livin' the dream!

I got the best of both worlds! I was able to obtain cultural experience and stay on track with my major! I took required classes and they all transferred back with no issues. Highly recommend for science majors.

API was incredibly accommodating from the second I landed in Italy. They did a great job with the beginning orientstion and helping us meet all the other kids involved. The living arrangements was unique and unlike any other college experience available with the actual Italian apartments. John cabot was a great University that supplied me with much better classes and educstion than I expected that challeneged me and allowed me to learn within the culture I was in. I miss Italy and the program I was involved with every single day and would recommend anyone to study abroad in Italy and have the experience of a lifetime.

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First off, the study abroad experience itself was AMAZING. I am a huge travel lover and being able to call Rome my home was something I never thought I would be able to do. At first, it was a huge cultural shock to live in Rome but I began to grow to love it - even the noisy tourists. My decision to study abroad through API was the best decision I have ever made. Our staff leaders were phenomenal. They were extremely accommodating and really helped make that cultural adjustment easier. The only downside to my study abroad experience was the school itself, John Cabot. The professors were really hit or miss - you either loved them or hated them. I had one particular professor that was extremely unprofessional. The security at John Cabot was very very strict, which I could understand, but they were also very rude and unhelpful whenever there was a problem. For those who are looking to study abroad in the future (which you definitely should), I highly recommend researching the school that you would be attending.

The city and all of our accommodations were amazing! Everyone who worked for API was so nice and helpful!

API is amazing! Very helpful! Fun! Lots of information, fun excursions and services!

Best summer of my life! Such a great opportunity to experience a new culture and get a better understanding of myself as well.

I'm so glad I chose API to study abroad with. Their program was the perfect mix of planned activities and free time to travel, the program staff was amazing!

I have had the most amazing time in Florence! API was a fabulous program and I couldn't imagine going abroad with anyone else!

I have loved my experience abroad. It was eye opening and an excellent opportunity for personal growth. Everyone who has a chance should do it.

Had a great experience. The program really customized out activities to what the current students wanted. There were many activities they took us to that I wouldn't have paid for myself and I'm so happy they did them. WOuldn't have changed a thing. Compared to other friends who studied with other programs, I feel my experience was the best.

I got to experience living on a whole other country, travel Europe, and be a student thanks to API. It was such an amazing summer!

API is the absolute best program to choose, I loved every second of Florence because of them!

Worth the opportunity!

One of the best experiences of my life thus far!

Amazing! I loved my trip!

Great housing and trips. I wish there was more cultural immersion.

API's staff is so kind and helpful. They do everything they can to help you immerse in the study abroad experience. They offer so many options that other study abroad options don't.

Before studying abroad I was quite nervous. I wanted to know everything about location, safety, classes, etc. I was so pleased with everything in the API JCU program! The housing was in an amazing location (request the Trastevere) and I felt very safe in my building and neighborhood! It was less than 5 minutes away from both campuses! To get to a grocery store, fresh market, gelato, restaurants all I had to do was walk outside my door! Not only was my location amazing but anywhere in the Trastevere neighborhood is less than 5 minutes away from everything! Classes vary in difficulty...just like any other school. I really loved Prof Russell and Prof Bates! I did not think the Italian program was up to par...my home university's Italian program was much better. Even so, I enjoyed all my classes. Most of your classmates will be American but in every class I took I had at least two Italian kids. To become immersed, you just need to push yourself and go out of your way to make Italian friends. The excursions provided are amazing! They are well-planned with just enough planned activities and free time. I loved the entire staff and felt comfortable talking to them. They are very knowledgable and helpful. Overall, this program was amazing! I wouldn't change a thing...actually I would change the amount of rain...but even with the rain it was the best four months of my life!

API was the best program I could imagine. They were extremely supportive from the moment I stepped off the plane. Many people overlook the tiny details, but API covered every last one of them. My apartment was beautiful, I loved my school and I lived in a gorgeous and safe area of Rome. I'm still best friends with my roommates from Italy 2 years later.