Hi, my name is Kelsey and I just finished the Semester Program here with Mente Argentina. They set me up with the Universidad de Belgrano in their international program, meaning taking classes in Spanish with internationals, which was the perfect level

because my Spanish wasn’t that great and I wasn’t with argentines so it wasn’t intimidating. My Spanish has improved greatly. I had a home stay through Mente, and meals were including which was awesome compared to other study abroad programs. The activities through Mente were great too, and it was fun to have them as integration to Buenos Aires and the things to do in the city. I was able to be very independent and being there for Mente for any visa requirements, I never felt like I was alone and it was so much to do. I was a wonderful last semester at school and I wouldn’t have chosen anywhere else to go. Thank you Mente.

Hi, I’m Peter and I did the Semester and Internship Program with Mente Argentina which were both very helpful. I learned a lot of Spanish while I was here. I worked for a company in wine tasting and we export wine in the US. It was a good field to get

into as it’s a growing field in the US and here, ver knowledgeable. In university all the professors were super nice, getting papers in. Everyone at Mente Argentina was really helpful, super nice, you can always shoot them an email if you need a hold of them, and they are always there. Travel experience was very fun, where you go to another country or explore this country. I got a lot of good friends from here and from abroad as well. It’s a good international community and you learn a lot from these people when you are traveling. Every barrio has its own atmosphere, the people from different barrios, different scenes. I would definitely recommend it. Thank you Mente for a wonderful Buenos Aires experience.

Hi, I’m Ryan and I did the Semester Program with Mente Argentina at the Universidad de Belgrano. I took classes in International Business, Tango, and Spanish amongst others with people from Argentina and around the world. Mente was very helpful with

my visa process, making sure that it went smooth and that my classes and transcripts and all that process. My accommodation was great, super nice location that helped me move around the city easily and getting everything integrating and I highly recommend it, Buenos Aires is one of the best cities in the world and Mente will help you experience it.

Hi, my name is Talia and I did a Semester Program and Volunteer Program. In my city I study Music Therapy and I wanted to come down here to study it from a different culture perspective. I went to Universidad del Salvador, I was the only American and

all Argentines. I took 5 classes and it was very challenging as it wasn’t a program designed for foreigners, but I learned a ton of Spanish and my vocabulary improved. My volunteer program was great as I worked with 30 children from ages 5-16 and I was able to arrange Music Therapy sessions with them, and it was a great experience for me as I got to designed it and organizes it and practice Spanish. I stayed in a shared apartment and it was a really great experience in Recoleta, the nicest neighborhood in Buenos Aires. It was really open; a lot of lights and it was great. There’s always something going on in the city. It’s very economical and they actually treat you like adults and don’t treat you like the in the American bubble of baby students, you get to be free but always have a leaning shoulder if you need anything. It was great learning experience.

Hi, my name is Camber and I am from North Carolina in the United States and studied abroad through Mente Argentina and I went to Universidad de Belgrano studying sociology and political science in English. It was really nice to been able to take classes

in English because when I came here my Spanish wasn’t good enough. The professors were super friendly and helpful learning how people learn in different countries. It was nice taking classes from all over the world. Mente was very nice because I was in a home stay and then I opted to move into an apartment and it was as nice as my apartment in the US and very great view of the city, great location and accommodation. It was nice to live with two other girls. Mente organized activities in the city like Tango nights or going to Tigre and Mente was helpful to organize my trips to Ushuaia and Cordoba and Mente staff was great at helping me. I would recommend the program to anyone if you are a city person, Buenos Aires is really great. Very European city and the nightlife is amazing.

Hi, we are Evelyn and Diana from Germany, and we did a semester program with Mente here in Buenos Aires and it was a great experience. We went to the Universidad de Belgrano and took our classes in English; the professors were great and helped us with

everything. Our apartment is so great and such a nice view, the city is amazing and there’s so much to see here. We did a lot of things with Mente, everyone was so cool. Salsa and Tango clubs were so much fun, all the nightlife in Palermo is walking distance and it was great. We were able to travel a lot and everything was super easy.

Hi, I’m Gabriel and I did a Semester Program with Mente Argentina, I stayed in the shared apartment for four months, I was living with amazing people and we worked together to keep the place clean, as it was really nice and modern. I went to University

of Belgrano, they offer you the options of taking Spanish and English classes with foreign students or taking regular classes with argentines, I chose to do the classes in Spanish with foreigners. I love the classes, the teaching style is a little bit different, you have to read a lot of stuff. I really like the activities that Mente offers you on the week and weekends. I love the Mente nights to engage with the Mente community and staff, I felt like I could send an email and it was always a friend helping me out rather. I really liked the city, I love Buenos Aires and I can’t wait to come back as you experience different cultures and architectural styles, the culture opens up to you.

Hi my name is Allison and I am from Korea but I study in the US. I did a Semester Abroad here at the University of Belgrano and I had a great time. My semester was great, I met a lof of friends through my program. My classes were actually related to my

major which is anthropology and music. Mente did helped me a lot because before coming here I was really scared that everything would go wrong and that my Spanish was not good enough. But Mente provided a good transition for me and all my worries went away very smoothly. It was really really great to have a go to person in a foreign country where you don’t know anyone. I met some really great roomates along my stay and through them I met other friends that really made us so much more exciting to be in Buenos Aires. Another highlight with Mente were all these tours that we get offered during the weekends. I really enjoyed them as I got to learn much from them, not only did I get to see the touristy stuff but the guide was excellent at hitting spot! Now I bump into him in the street and it’s like we are friends. Buenos Aires is great, Argentina is great so you should definitely come visit.

Hi, my name is Madison from the US. Three things that I really want to bring to your attention about my stay here was my host family, it was an awesome family and they always made me feel like I was part of it. Second will be Mente, all the emails they

sent us with all the new things to do in the city, always checking up on you making sure you were ok. And three, the culture here, they were always friendly and love foreign people. It’s really easy to feel like you belong here

Hi I’m Jamie from and I came through Mente to study abroad in the University of Belgrano. I took six classes and that was really awesome as I didn’t have to pay a ton, as at home classes are super expensive. I loved my apartment and all the Mente

apartments I’ve seen are really nice. Buenos Aires is a really fun city to be, there is always something to do and to explore. They helped me with the visa process which is a long set of steps being back and forth but I finally got my visa and they were always there to help me with that and that was great. Buenos Aires is a great city

Hi my name is Morgan, and I am from San Francisco California. I came to do a Semester Abroad at the Universidad de Belgrano. One thing that Mente did that was great that really surprised me is that they were always involved, always around, there was always

something to do every week. I was able to ask them stuff that I needed for the kitchen for example, and they were always communicative and willing to solve any small issues, I think that was the best parts of Mente is that when you come to a new country is always hard and it’s super nice to have someone find you an apartment and basically apply everything for you and that made the process so much easier and so rewarding.

Hi, I am Karina from California, I came here to study abroad a semester at the Universidad de Belgrano with Mente Argentina. It’s been such an amazing experience. I loved it so much that I am choosing to stay here for a whole year. My favorite thing

about Mente was all the activities they organized like Tango Shows, La Bomba del Tiempo, they were always great opportunities to meet people from all over the world, and I really loved Buenos Aires. It was super helpful because they organized everything, the apartment, the school, my visa, the paperwork… I really glad I chose to come here.

My name is Matthew, and I am from the UK. I did a semester at the Universidad de Belgrano followed by 6 weeks of an internship. I had a really good time in Argentina. I’ve done a lot of things, I love Buenos Aires, and I got to travel to Patagonia,

Mendoza, Iguazú, I even traveled in Brazil. This is a really good place to be situated in South America, and you still get to enjoy a city lifestyle. I will miss it a lot

Hi, I am Paige from California, and I did a Semester Abroad with Mente Argentina, and it was a great experience. For the last five months I was here studying at Belgrano University taking Spanish and other courses. I was taking a program with foreigners

at Belgrano so it was easy to make friends and some of my classes were in English others in Spanish so it was changeling enough but still it gave me a lot of time to explore the city and I really enjoyed my classes. My Spanish improved tremendously through this program. One thing I liked about Mente was how affordable it was, and being a small program they really catered to my needs, and were very helpful as they gave me everything I needed from my home university, they were able to get everything signed, it was really helpful to get all these things down in that stressful time of wanting to go abroad. Mente does these little activities like happy hours, different tours with us, and they were helpful when I first got here and I didn’t know anyone and didn’t know the city. I stayed in a shared apartment, and it was great, I loved it. But, when I wanted to move to a home stay because I wanted to speak more Spanish, Mente was really helpful and Mente got me into a home stay within a week and I thought that was great that they just really accommodated me into a home stay in a week, that really stood up about Mente. Other than that, I really love Buenos Aires, I made a lot of friends here, I did language exchanges with people from here and I met a lot of people doing that. I took a watercolor class on my own and I took some trips and that was really easy to do. I had a great time I really recommend Mente.

Hi, we are Nina and Selina and we came together with another friend, and we are all from Bennington College in the USA, and we came to do a Semester Program with Mente. We have been here for five months and we all came to study different things. I studied

visual arts at UNA, and Nina studied Social Science in UB. The three of us lived together in an apartment that Mente got for us which was really nice, and it was fun living together the three of us, learning how to survive with other people in a huge city with a different language. In the Mente Activities we went to Tigre, happy hours, Tango classes, etc, and everything was very fun, we will definitely want to come back in the future.

Hi, my name is Alina and I spent one semester in Buenos Aires studying at UCA, I liked it very much and I am even thinking on spending one semester more. The city is everything you would ever want, you can explore the city every day and you will always

find a new place. The people are very nice, and helpful and open and you will always get to meet many people here. Mente Argentina helped me a lot, they picked me up from the airport, orientated me about Buenos Aires and my academic program and told me everything I needed to know. I always felt very comfortable with them.

Hi, my name is Campbell and I from Minnesota but I attend University of Kansas. I chose Mente Argentina and I kinda stumbled by it on accident, and I am glad that I chose it because by far it is the best program I could have done. It is more for people

who are looking for more independence, I didn’t wanted to be in a program that was big hears of students being shuttled around, I didn’t wanted to be treated like a kid, I wanted more independence. I love Mente because most of the people who work there really treat you like adults, so you are given all the activities to do if you want to go, and that helps with giving you more independence. We had happy hours, and they always were really involved, is not like they set you off for an activity, they are with you. As for Argentina, I chose it because I wanted something inside America but with an European influence. The only negative thing that I was worried about was that you can’t travel as much as one would do in Europe because there are so many different cultures and they are so close to each other but I was so wrong. I was there for a full year with Mente and I have done so much traveling. Not only does Mente give you opportunities of travel because they are the hookups for all these deals that otherwise would be hard to find and they are super helpful, but you can also do a lot of traveling on your own. I went to Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil and I traveled within Argentina and I absolutely loved it. I have been up in the mountains, glacier cities, and everywhere you can imagine! Everything was amazing and Mente has helped me with all these stuff. I recommend Argentina because in Buenos Aires you get a lot, and I was debating about which city, but I know I chose the right one... Buenos Aires has it all; it has been a really really great experience.

Hello my name is April and I am from St. Petersburg, Florida and I arrive in Buenos Aires in late February. I came to study a semester abroad from about February to July in Universidad Austral. It is a really cool school, the advisors are a lot of help

as it is a small school. If you are coming and you don’t know what to choose, if you want something smaller, this is really the place to go. The classes are smaller so I got to know my professors on a personal level, I go to University of Florida which is huge, so it was nice to have teachers that learned my name. Travel wise, I have been to Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Bariloche, Santiago and Valparaíso in Chile. I really love downtown especially when it lights up at night around the Obelisk, and there it kinda reminds me of Times Square in New York, and I love how bright it is, all people walking around. I actually love Buenos Aires public transportation, I have a car back home and I enjoy driving, but is nice to have an easy system that keeps you moving, and it is cheap. Finding your way in Buenos Aires can be tricky at first, but you will blend right in after a couple of weeks, I love BA.

Hi, I am Mike and I go to Iowa State University to study Chemical Engineering. Here in Buenos Aires with Mente Argentina I did one month of Spanish lessons and a semester of classes at the University of Belgrano. Mente is a great organization; you know

that all of them are ready to take care of you. Mente is great if you need something to ask, I had a good time here and I met a lot of awesome people, so DO IT!

Hello everyone, my name is Olivia, I am a Junior at Bennington College in Vermont and I am from San Francisco California, USA. I have been here for 4 months doing my Semester Abroad Program in UNA, Universidad de las Artes, doing dance and contemporary

ballet classes. I am also doing oil paintings and drawing classes. I took extension courses, with mostly Argentineans, so it was great to practice my Spanish 24/7. The Mente Events that happens every week, the coordinator was so much fun, we had a blast. That has been so enjoyable, seeing stuff with a group of people. I really enjoyed my experience. I have lived in cities and rural areas, but Buenos Aires is so huge, such a shock. There’s always something to do, the city has always something happening, people here go dance, to the theater, museums, and coffee breaks. That’s has been so enjoyable, having a group of people to have fun with, everybody came here with the same purpose, to study while falling in love with this beautiful city.

My name is Melanie and I come from Germany. I did a Semester Program with Mente. What I really about Mente is that they organized everything for you, such as picking you up from the airport. If you have problems they are always there to help you so you

don’t have to worry about anything. I also like the Mente Events so you have a big group of friends that you see each week. I loved traveling in Argentina, it is so easy and you will like your time here!

“Hey, I am Melanie and I did the Semester Abroad Program with Mente and it was just amazing. I totally recommend doing it with Mente. I had no problems at all. They host two, three events each week, such as going to museums or crazy theater shows, it’s

really amazing. You should definitely do it, it just having a great time without any worries, no problems whatsoever. Just go for it!”