best foreign exchange service program to use for a high school student wanting to France for a year?
i want to go to France for a year for foreign exchange, i known about programs such as afs, yfu, and interax(not sure about spelling). i was wondering what one is better and cheaper. and if there are any other programs that are better. thanks for your help, i have the 2 years of french in high school requirements. thanks for your help
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AFS, YFU and Rotary International are the best. Rotary is the cheapest, but most competitive. I never recommend Intrax because they are affiliated with AYUSA, one of the programs with the most difficulties. Edit: Sue gave a good answer but implied that host families are paid in programs OTHER than Rotary. This is not true. Host families in ALL CSIET certified programs are volunteer.
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YOU should do the comparison. I know that AFS, and YFU are two of the most highly regarded programs that operate in the US. Also, Rotary International, and Sister Cities programs are good. I believe Rotary is less expensive, but it is also on a different sort of program than others...taking volunteers as families, rather than paying them. You should do the research yourself, and compare the programs, see which works best for you. These are the top rated programs in the US: http://www.csiet.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=66167&orgId=cosfiet
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