NSLI-Y Korea Vlog #5: Host family info

[BlackRoseDragon14]

So are you going to be in seoul for awhile before moving in with your family? Because I looked at a website and they said that you will be staying with your host family for 2 months just learning before moving in with the family. Will you still be in seoul or out of the city?

[elainethecooltrain]

@BlackRoseDragon14 Well, I'm already back from Korea (: For NSLI-Y (the program I was with) we stayed at a hostel for like 2 days to get over jetlag, and then we immediately moved in with our host families. I was in Seoul, our classes were in Seoul, but I think 2 or 3 of the kids lived just outside of seoul.

[BlackRoseDragon14]

@elainethecooltrain Ok, thanks. Also do you have to do videos like this every time if you get selected or is it optional?

[elainethecooltrain]

@BlackRoseDragon14 making videos was my own personal choice! (:

[sexual143]

Omg I would love to go to korea right now!!! How do you apply for this thing??

[elainethecooltrain]

@sexual143 google NSLI-Y! it's a great program, but if you're too old for it, check out CLS, which I hear is NSLI-Y for college students. The applications will come out late summer-early fall! (:

[edwardlover111]

I AM SO JEALOUS! >< i applied to nsliy and got rejectddddd :'(

im gonna apply next year agin.....hope i get in

[elainethecooltrain]

@edwardlover111 yeah don't give up! There's a better chance you'll get in next year!! :D Good luck!

[edwardlover111]

@elainethecooltrain thanks <3

[incatata]

lol enjoy Korea ^_^ in 용 산 구

[elainethecooltrain]

@incatata haha thanks! (:

[Ayumura96]

how do these Host Families and exchange students work anyways? do you get to go because you're good in school or something? :)

[elainethecooltrain]

@Ayumura96 Well, okay, I applied for NSLI-Y, which is a scholarship funded by the government. I'm not going to lie and say that doing well in school had nothing to do with me being accepted, but I think that they are just looking for mature people that will be able to handle 6-7 weeks in a different country. And having good grades usually shows that a person is mature. (:

[Ayumura96]

@elainethecooltrain this is really helpful thanks!

[elainethecooltrain]

@Ayumura96 haha no problem!

[MrDenyingNinja]

Ah~ xD I'm so jealous :3 Have fun! :D

[sungwancho2012]

OMG I live in 용산구

and Im going there in 3 weeks haha

what a coincidence!

I live like 1 minute away from the national korean museum...

do u know which neighborhoood ur staying at? I live in Ichon-dong lol

[elainethecooltrain]

@sungwancho2012 That's pretty awesome! :D Maybe I'll see you there haha. That'd be cray cray. My address thing says, "Wonhyo 4-ga, Youngsan" but I'm not sure what to make of the "4-ga". Are there multiple Wonhyo's?

[LanaeC16]

I'm so excited for you! :D

...Is it weird that I'm living vicariously through people on youtube until I get to study abroad myself...Nah!

I hope you can make videos while your in korea!!!! XD

[elainethecooltrain]

@LanaeC16 lolol xD I was like that last year; don't worry! And thanks! I sure hope so too haha.

[Caroliya13]

your family seems pretty awesome!! i wish my host mom was a chef.

[elainethecooltrain]

@Caroliya13 haha, yours is a teacher right? Usually teachers are really nice (: