How hard is it to become a foreign exchange student?

Tue, Jul 19, 2011

Concern by Taylor C: How challenging is it to grow to be a foreign trade university student?
Ok I genuinely want to become a foreign trade student. I have been contemplating about this for a although. Im going into the 10th grade when college starts once more. I am pondering if it is hard to become one. Is it a lengthy process and is it tough to get accepted? I also want to know if it is genuinely costly and if my school or the state will help me spend for it?

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Reply by Feisty
It is costly and no, neither your college nor your state will aid you. The great bulk of exchanges for higher school students are carried out through non-public organizations (a few churches do it).

The top three are AFS, YFU and Rotary. Rotary is the least expensive, but most aggressive.

You want to get in touch with 1 of them to utilize. You can request your counselor for information and a local get in touch with, or go to the internet site.

http://www.yfu.org/

http://www.afs.org/afs_or/residence

http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/youthprograms/RotaryYouthExchange/Pages/ridefault.aspx

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2 Comments For This Post

Grant Michols Says:
July 19th, 2011 at 6:29 am

Unlike university, becoming a foreign exchange student in high school would mean that you will have to financialy support your tuition and expenses out of your own pockets.
It’s somewhat expensive but worth it if you can afford it.

nico. Says:
July 19th, 2011 at 6:55 am

‘Ello there~

Studying abroad can, indeed, be expensive. It all depends on what organization you’re going with, where you want to go, and what you’re willing to do to go. The ‘big three’ organizations are AFS, YFU, and Rotary. These are the safest, most reliable organizations you will find. AFS and YFU tend to be much more expensive than Rotary. Exact prices for AFS and YFU are listed on their sites, while exact Rotary Youth Exchange prices depend on your local Rotary club. Before you worry about prices, though, realize that there are scholarships out there, and you always have the ability to fundraise on your own. While most scholarships are partial, some, like the Yoshi Hattori Memorial Scholarship (AFS only/Japan), and Congress-Bundestag (Germany) are full scholarships for a whole school year. If you’d rather not have to go through the hassle of applying for scholarships, Rotary is the way to go. You’ll have to keep in mind that it’s not common to get your first choice of country with Rotary, so you’ll need to be more open to different places.
So we’ve covered pricing and organizations in general.

As far as the process goes, it depends on your organization. All applications will involve a great deal of time to fill out. The way the process usually works is: pre-application, waiting, full application, waiting, interview, waiting, and more waiting for acceptance from both your home country and host country and host family information. So, there’s a lot of waiting to do. AFS and YFU tend to be easy to be into as long as you’ve got proper grades (usually no lower than a 2.8 GPA). Rotary, once again, depends on your local club and whether they’re familiar with sending students abroad or not (some clubs are not).

If you have any more questions, feel free to contact me.

Good Luck!

Grant Michols Says:
July 19th, 2011 at 6:29 am
Unlike university, becoming a foreign exchange student in high school would mean that you will have to financialy support your tuition and expenses out of your own pockets.
It’s somewhat expensive but worth it if you can afford it.
nico. Says:
July 19th, 2011 at 6:55 am
‘Ello there~

Studying abroad can, indeed, be expensive. It all depends on what organization you’re going with, where you want to go, and what you’re willing to do to go. The ‘big three’ organizations are AFS, YFU, and Rotary. These are the safest, most reliable organizations you will find. AFS and YFU tend to be much more expensive than Rotary. Exact prices for AFS and YFU are listed on their sites, while exact Rotary Youth Exchange prices depend on your local Rotary club. Before you worry about prices, though, realize that there are scholarships out there, and you always have the ability to fundraise on your own. While most scholarships are partial, some, like the Yoshi Hattori Memorial Scholarship (AFS only/Japan), and Congress-Bundestag (Germany) are full scholarships for a whole school year. If you’d rather not have to go through the hassle of applying for scholarships, Rotary is the way to go. You’ll have to keep in mind that it’s not common to get your first choice of country with Rotary, so you’ll need to be more open to different places.
So we’ve covered pricing and organizations in general.

As far as the process goes, it depends on your organization. All applications will involve a great deal of time to fill out. The way the process usually works is: pre-application, waiting, full application, waiting, interview, waiting, and more waiting for acceptance from both your home country and host country and host family information. So, there’s a lot of waiting to do. AFS and YFU tend to be easy to be into as long as you’ve got proper grades (usually no lower than a 2.8 GPA). Rotary, once again, depends on your local club and whether they’re familiar with sending students abroad or not (some clubs are not).

If you have any more questions, feel free to contact me.

Good Luck!

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