Type of housing:
Apartment/House

Arranged by:
Independently - I had no other choice

If returning, I would choose:
With a family
Why? It would be a better way to learn the language as quickly as possible.

Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community

Travel, Activities, Nightlife take/s place mostly outside the university/student environment

Course recommendations:
For quant finance, the course has been revamped and now offers more choices. But some of the maths teaching could have been better.

The language of instruction was:
English

The local language was:
Different than language of instruction

My proficiency in the local language:
before: Did not speak it
after: Did not speak it

Learning the local language was a factor in choosing my host country

Main source of funding:
Other

Other sources of funding:
Bank

Work opportunities
I worked during my study abroad experience.
Other kind of work

Personal spending habits:
Euro is weaker than pound, Italy is poorer than the UK and price levels reflect that.

I wish I had known ...
Italian - crucial to get the most out of the experience. I also wish I'd known more people from Milan beforehand by contacting as many college alumni and friends of friends as possible before getting there. Milanese have a reputation for being colder than Italians in other cities, and the more contacts you can get before getting there, the better.

In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.