How to become an exchange Student?

Question

My friend has an exchange student from Paris for two weeks then he's going to Paris to be an exchange student for two weeks too. I would really like to do this but i'm not too sure how. Does anyone know anything to help me?

Answer 1

If you are in high school, you can look through available programs here:

http://www.highschoolprogramsabroad.com/...

If you're in college, look here:

http://www.studyabroaddirectory.com/sear...

There is also a Scholarships page on that web site so that you can find financial aid, click here:

http://scholarships.goabroad.com/index.c...

Good luck! You'll never regret studying abroad, it is an amazing experience!

Answer 2

It is a fantastic cultural opportunity, you will grow as a person. If you have the opportunity and your parents support you then I say don´t think it twice.

Contact your school´s administration and ask for exchange programs, search the web to find them or get in touch with ¨The Friendship Force¨ this guys are serious in what they do.

Analyze carefully all your options from different points of view, what culture you want to know about?, any preference on a particular language you´d like to learn or practice?

All desicions you take today may affect you in the future in a positive or a negative way.

Best regards.

Answer 3

Rotary is a good and cheap program to go with if your looking for a short term exchange. If you want to do a school exchange then AFS is a good program. There are semester programs and year programs. I personally would recommend the school year program which is actually 10 months.

Here are some good websites to check out:

http://www.usa.afs.org/usa_en/home

http://www.asse.com/United_States/index....

http://www.yfu-usa.org/

Also, here is  forum where there are a bunch of other exchange students to talk to for advice: http://www.cultures-shocked.org/forum/