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Your host family is a big part of your year abroad. You should keep in mind that they put aside a lot of time for you. They also put a lot of effort into making your exchange year as good as possible.
Most host families do it because they are interested in learning about other countries and cultures. Be prepared to share yours! They are also responsible for you during your stay; therefore you must follow their rules. You might be surprised to be told you have a curfew (when you must be home) when that is not something you have back home. Most likely a lot of other things will be different as well. The only thing to do is get used to it. This adjustment is pretty easy for most exchange students, but not for all. One of the secrets is to talk about things. If you have a problem, say so! Little problems which can be easily fixed can turn into big ones if no one knows they are there.
You should be aware that you can change host families, but this should be a very last resort. Try and work out problems; use your organization’s representative to help. That’s what he or she is there for. But, if you really feel it’s not working, and everyone has tried, don’t be afraid to ask for a change.
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I suggest you contact your local Rotray Club! I am going on exchange for a year,leaving at the end of summer and returning after the school year is over. But Rotary also has shorter exchanges (3 month) and you could do that.
Good luck!
Does anyone know any good exchange programs to Japan?
I wish to go really bad!
Ash EF and AFS do exchanges to japan im pretty sure. check it out. Does anyone know how likely it is to get put in a not big but semi big city in the usa with ef?
i’m exchange student from rotary, and i exchanging to Australia, at first i don’t know Australia’s internet is limited, so i downloaded some music & software, but it cause my host parents needs to paied lots of money, cuz i over the limit, i feeling very guilty, so i just wanna tell u guys, if u excgange to Australia, do not download anything.
I’m going to USA as an exchange student this autumn, and does anybody know if I can join the cheer-squad? I’m a cheerleader in Sweden, so I’d love to go cheer in USA too!
@ Madde: Every school over in USA has cheerleading, even if it is really small! So you will be able to do that 
We are looking to host a student from Japan , our children learn Japanese at school and we would love the experience of having someone stay with us to exchange culture and a different language .
If you would like to stay with us or know someone who would you can email on rachelsmithlaunceston@yahoo.com.au
don’t let the e-mail address scare you. My husband was in the army and always gone. Now we are retired, and live in Michigan. We are going to be a host family for the first time this august. We have not selected a student yet. just getting started. Any suggestions? We want to be the best host family we can. We buy all our food in bulk and have fun as much as possible. We are retired but young (42,42) I talk about food because everything I have read from bad experiences has had to do with not enough food, and always being hungry. We live in the country, with horse, steers, goats, chickens, a pond with fish ECT.
Hi!!I’m from spain and I’m leaving this August to be an exchange student for a year in the U.S. There are only two months left until I leave and I don’t have a host family yet…I’m desperate! I really want to know!! Anybody know when do people know the information about the placement and everything??=))
Kevin and Sue, if you haven’t found a student yet, pleeeaaaase email me on m4dd00@hotmail.com! I haven’t got any host family yet, and I’d love to come and stay at your place if that’s able! :D
Hello:
We are a Spanish family. If you are looking a host family in Alicante-Spain, contact us. We are very interested in showing you the spainish culture!
I’m from Vietnam and I’ll come to the USA to study in August but I don’t have my host family till now. I’m so anxious and disappointed. Somebody helps me, pleased !
I need to go through an MBA program im the USA. Particularly in Boston at Hult International Business School.
if you are looking for a host family in west Africa Ghana, then feel free to drop me a mail, thanks
i am male married with a lovely daughter and also expecting a boy(baby) in the next two months, i live in a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom. house very clean, and additional 2bedroom out house all on a land compound, i am in west africa Ghana, city of Accra - Achimota nice location, i will like to play host-family to exchange student world, you can reach me on my e-mail address. you will love Ghana,the people and the culture and tourist sites
Dont go on a exchange with EF. Terrible program, only have problems with them and all the other exchange students i know who have gone with them think there bad too. id say AFS. Ef takes FORVER to find you a host family as it is, and in my case put me with a family who were mentally unstable.
Before you hand your money over to an exchange program, research the company and ask questions like how much of this money I am paying goes to support my stay and how many students actually stay the whole year.
I have been wanting to spend a few weeks in the summer to go to Australia and work/tour. If anyone in Australia sees this and wants to host, I’d be very appreciative!
Hi, We are a family in Cracow,Poland, Eastern Europe. We’d be interested in hosting a student from an English speaking country during her/his studies for 6-12 months. How to proceede with it?. /Cracow is the students’ town 1/10th of the population which means 100.000 students out of 1mln are students and all best schools of Poland are here 
i am a white male 14 turning 15 in October and i would like to study in america for a year i am from south Africa i love rap/hip hop and im also really into computer i would like to become a rapper or a c++ game designer (im still deciding) if anyone can host i can either go to a school or home-school( I AM CURRENTLY BEING HOME SCHOOLED) my email is tj.stewart@live.co.za
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