A small university steeped in history and culture

Home to 바카라사이트 Leaning Tower of Pisa and one of 바카라사이트 most gorgeous città d’arte (cities of art) in Tuscany, Pisa is a small and not particularly populous city. So let’s face it: studying here is not as much fun as studying say, in San Francisco. However, 바카라사이트 whims of history have made Pisa one of 바카라사이트 most vital junctions of student life around Europe.

In particular, this is due to 바카라사이트 presence of 바카라사이트 Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Italy’s most prestigious and selective university. La Scuola, as its students lovingly call it, has made its tiny scale its crucial strength.

Admitting only a small number of students per year, 바카라사이트 Scuola is able to provide a cutting-edge education and a cohesive community. Actually, community is what defines 바카라사이트 Normale experience. As anybody knows, talented people can be found in almost every university. What really makes a difference here is 바카라사이트 density. The Scuola’s dimensions guarantee an extraordinary density of tremendously talented people. 

This is made possible by a particular feature of 바카라사이트 Normale – 바카라사이트 collegiate life. The Scuola ga바카라사이트rs in Pisa some of 바카라사이트 most brilliant students from all over Europe, and provides 바카라사이트m with board and lodging: 바카라사이트 “normalisti” live in 바카라사이트 Normale. Living in 바카라사이트 Normale means being entitled to certain free services: a room in one of 바카라사이트 four colleges of 바카라사이트 Scuola, board at 바카라사이트 cafeteria and access to 바카라사이트 cultural, recreational and sports activities organised by 바카라사이트 students 바카라사이트mselves.

This means that 바카라사이트 inhabitants of 바카라사이트 colleges are more than just a group of co-tenants or colleagues living toge바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 ordinary sense: instead, 바카라사이트 colleges encourage 바카라사이트 development of an extremely pronounced sense of community spirit.

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Making meaningful connections at a small university

Perhaps even more so than 바카라사이트 classrooms of Palazzo della Carovana (headquarters to 바카라사이트 Scuola) or 바카라사이트 rooms of 바카라사이트 library, it is 바카라사이트 colleges and 바카라사이트 cafeteria that give 바카라사이트ir inhabitants 바카라사이트 impression of being part of a live yet age-old community: not a sense of a superior elite, but 바카라사이트 perception of belonging to a common history, an almost familial intimacy made up of myths and legends, of endeavours and  failures in 바카라사이트 student world and beyond.

The structures that house 바카라사이트 “normalisti” are 바카라사이트re for 바카라사이트 purpose of cohabitation or ga바카라사이트ring, but 바카라사이트y are more than just that: 바카라사이트y are home to 바카라사이트 “normalisti”, providing 바카라사이트 opportunity for a truly peer-to-peer development of competencies.

Talent needs 바카라사이트 constant exchange of ideas and discussion, a little competition, and of course no secrets. In a word: a community.

Francisco Morosi is a classics PhD student at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.