Mia abroad in the US 2018/19

Two weeks after the interview AIFS sends me my contract and asked me to fill out the host family application at the website of AYA (Academic Year in America). In my opinion that is one of the most difficult and important parts during the whole preparation. This is the application which your future host family will read when they choose an exchange student. AIFS gave me a guidance for filling out the application. And again like at the first application take your time and fill it out calmly. The whole application is in English. At the first I had to fill out a personal description of myself and needed to give some information about my family. In the second step I answered some questions like: Describe your hometown? What are your hobbies? How do you deal with group pressure? After I answered all the questions I had to write a letter to my future host family. My parents too. There are two things, that you can´t fill out by yourself. Your doctor needs to fill out something to...

After I filled out the " First application " AIFS called me and told that I´ll have an interview with them. One day later my interviewer contact me to arrange a meeting for the interview. By the way something I really like about AIFS is that they always contact you directly, that´s why I really felt good with them during the preparation time and I think I´ll keep this feeling in the US. Two weeks after my interviewer contacts me we meet. I was extremely excited before the interview starts. But I had luck, the woman who did the interview was really nice and made me feel comfortable. The first part of the interview was without my parents and the most questions were in English, but don´t get nervous about that fact, the questions are really easy. I prepared myself for the interview really well. To help you with your interview → here are a few example questions: Why do you want to do an exchange year? (Don´t say "I want to improve my English". Be crea...