Resolved Question: Best US Town to be an exchange student. Help?

Is this possible to achieve without earning all the money (I can't earn $9,000 from my job in less than 4 months) to go to Spain next spring. I was recently informed that asking for donations is illegal, but I'm confused why nearly every single foreign exchange program insists on asking for donations from businesses and such. I'm incredibly confused, can anybody help? Are all of those "success stories" just lies so that you will apply and then not be able to get all of your money back? Is that scamming kids out of their money cause it seems like that to me...

And if anybody can point me in the direction of some foreign exchange scholarships for high school students, I would owe you so much! Can I even apply for scholarships through programs other than the program that I am going with? (AYUSA)

Anybody's advice on student loans for this type of thing? Can I even get them if I'm not 18 yet/don't have my parent's approval?

I am desperate to go abroad and I will do anything to go. >> full story

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i want to contact with people who went to foreign exchange stundent for a year with rotary >> full story

Resolved Question: Best US Town to be an exchange student. Help?

I'm a 16 yr girl and I'm considering to take part in a foreign exchange program in the US in 2 years time. Can anyone tell me which part of the country should I chose to study in? Also taking in mind how friendly and open-minded people are. If you can list some schools with swimming teams would be an ENOURMOUS help. Thank you :) >> full story


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Open Question: if i were to become a foreign exchange student in japan, would i be placed in a regular japanese high school?

Statistics show that there are far less fewer Black enrollments in our colleges and universities than their representative population should reveal.
What I mean is that the US total Black population is about 14%, but black population in our universities is 6%.

ALSO, there are far more black females than black males in colleges and universities.
ALSO, there are more foreign exchange students than black students in our universities!--ALARMING statistic!

What are the reasons for this situation?
And more importantly, what are the consequences? tt said that "it is not right that caucasian control everythig!" You are correct...And the way to overcome that is to attain higher education.

Someone else said it is "lack of guidance." Is this because blacks were oppressed for so many years. Just recently (in the 60s) that blacks were given equal rights.. NOTE: Emancipation Proclamation (1865) only freed the blacks...it DID Not give them EQUAL rights in a Capitalistic society.

Blacks were forcefully removed from Africa and turned to slavery. This ruined the "family" structure of these groups.
Is this the reason why...up to now, Blacks do not have good family sttructure compared to whites?- ex.. single moms, father-less children, etc...

Is the lack of Blacks in American colleges a reflection of societal problems stemming from oppression?

NOTE: Many parents and grandparents of today's black children have lived in the pre-civil rights era. They, themselves lack guidance..How can they guide their children? Someone else said "poverty" is the reason for lack of black students in colleges.

(Generally speaking)..Is the Black population poorer than the white population?--Is this because whites have had a better start in our capitalistic society. Meaning, whites came to the USA for new opportunity (meaning, to avoid taxes-"Taxation Without Representation")---Whites came to the US to get rich while Blacks was put here as slaves.

Not a "fair" start was it?? Welll sometimes life is not fair. Higher Education is the "key" to overcome these problems. >> full story

Open Question: if i were to become a foreign exchange student in japan, would i be placed in a regular japanese high school?

so if i become an exchange student in japan, would i be placed in a regular japanese high school or would i be placed in an internation school? i'm not fluent in japanese, which means i can't read or write. i can understand some japanese and i most def can't really speak japanese either. i know the common stuff, but that's pretty much it. so my question is, which school would i most likely attend if i became a foreign exchange student in japan? >> full story

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Open Question: how will this effect my chances of acceptance into an ivy league?

i want to be a foreign exchange student in japan, have just don't know which exchange program is the best. Also my mom doesn't want me to go because she said that she's not sending me half way across the world to go and live with strangers :( i really want to go because its my DREAM to study in Japan. i want to try and convince her but she keeps saying no. i know a little japanese but im still learning so if u kno any programs tell me
tankz >> full story

Open Question: how will this effect my chances of acceptance into an ivy league?

I am going to be a sophomore this upcoming year, and I know that I need to have the best grades, extra- curriculars, rigorous classes, etc. I am learning Japanese via Rosetta Stone because my school does not offer a Japanese language course, and I also plan on taking four years of French. I am taking business and architecture classes as my electives. My extra curriculars are tennis, student council (and clubs related such as a mentoring program), church activities, volunteering, international club, and martial arts. For my senior year, I want to live in Japan through some sort of foreign exchange program so that I can focus on my Japanese and martial arts (if not through a foreign exchange program, I have family that live there and I could possibly stay with them?) I am wondering how this would effect my chances of being accepted into an ivy league, mainly if it will negatively effect it? (My extra curriculars would probably have to change as will classes and I'm not entirely sure how AP classes work over there or what school I would be going to, sorry, should have done more research I guess.) So basically, should I try to transfer into a Japanese school my senior year or would I be better off staying in the states? Thank you for any input! >> full story


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