People who have been on a summer study abroad program?

Question

What was it like? Was it too short? I want to go to another country in high school, but the semester programs are too expensive. The summer programs are only 6 weeks. Is that too short? Please only answer if you either host people or have studied abroad.

Answer 1

Just make sure that you would not be in group with people of the same nationality. The summer programs include lessons in classes where you learn grammar and forcing you to speak (ypu know, you would be in the different state:P), but it still depends on your willingness to learn :P

Answer 2

I studied abroad last summer for college, and we were there for 8 weeks.  We traveled a lot, and were really busy, so by the end we were pretty exhausted and ready for the trip to be over.  I don't think 6 weeks would be too short.  I think as long as you're enjoying yourself a part of you will always want to stay longer, but after a while you start looking forward to getting back to familiar people and places.

(My study abroad was throughout Greece and Italy, if that has any relevance.)