Through the eyes of real exchange students

Hope this helps some of you who are thinking of going to Japan for exchange. I went with the exchange company AFS and I was overall quite happy with them.. My LP was an incredible person, she's like my 3rd mother to me.. really nice and really cared for me. I was put together with 2 other wonderful people in my chapter and sent to a great school.. I had a couple of conflicts with AFS but I guess it can't be helped..

I guess in terms of the rules, all exchange companies are the same.. you don't get to choose where you want to go and it really just depends on your luck.. same with Rotary and JFIE(AIIU)..

Thank you to all the exchange students who allowed me to interview them, really appreciated it!!!

Music: Ano Koro Kimi To by Rei
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPoT0UFpGVM

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[NaomiPutterThere]

3rd? who was the second mother O_o

[Orangetummy]

@NaomiPutterThere 1st mother, my real mother, 2nd mother, my host mother, 3rd mother, my counselor :D

[LizLopezOfficial]

How do you become an exchange student???

[Orangetummy]

@LizLopezOfficial watch my new video!!

[ting94319]

nice video~

I was also going to Japan by AFS too(from HongKong)...this year><

[Orangetummy]

@ting94319 with whats happened with the earthquake and tsunami, are you still going?

[garrettparson]

Im going hopefully spring 2012, Watching this video kinda shocked me, Im not trying to be mean to a select few people on there but if you didnt spend time trying to learn japanese why even go, or if you thought it was completely boring then what a waste. I would love to go and I have to bust my butt for im a 15 year old and to make over 12,000 dollars to go with afs with poor parents is not easy.

[elliotcarroll]

I aspire to become an exchange student, and it always makes me sad to see people leave. I hope I can one day experience it as well.

[smartercat]

@LizLopezOfficial

you google it :) 

[AmilionStarsxX]

i love the Japanese people talking in the background, and i love you guy's accent. Second, i'm an exchange student too and i love it, happy you guys had a good time!

[XxMeleniumxX]

5:23 that's the type of girls guys go crazy for where im from.

[katttttttttttttie]

for the japanese proficency test, is it in kanji as well as katakana and hiragana? :S

[LizLopezOfficial]

@Orangetummy

Thanxs((: iWas woundering what do you think the best organisation for a person living in the U.S. (California)???? (Btw do u know any websites?)

[MrBirthe]

@LizLopezOfficial There are different organisations, that send students to different contries. Im from Denmark, and going to the us this summer! My organisation is called EF. But there are meny others: Ef, YFU, STS, Explorious, My education, AFS, Rotary, and others as well. But it depends on your own homecountry, and you destination. You are more than welcome to contact me if you have any questions! :)