Has anyone used ASPECT FOUNDATION for obtaining a foreign exchange student, if so how was your experience?

Question

My family is in the process of becoming a foreign exchange students host family and our interview with the representitive tomarrow. So any thoughts on this progrom or advice for tomarrow?

Answer 1

Actually, I'm on my second year with Aspect. I've hosted for 13 years. We moved over from another organization because of some personnel issues.

I've found the service from the Aspect to be good. I also came on as a representative and have had no complaints in that area either.

Our area has 3 Aspect students and all of them "lived up to their billing." In other words, their applications fairly represented the students. I also found a pretty high level of English ability with them.

The only drawback is that the number of countries is smaller than some other organizations because Aspect is smaller. That's not a bad thing in general, just if you are looking for a particular country not on their list.

If you are comfortable with the representative and feel he/she will be helpful, that will be the main thing!

Remember though, in your interview, you are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you! Ask lots of questions!

You might check out http://www.exchangestudentworld.com/

before the interview .. gives you a lot of ideas. There is a section there on host families.