I have the opportunity to be a foreign exchange student for a whole year at a country of my choice. (Well, there's about 60 countries worldwide to choose from) It is about $5K but I can get help from the rotary club, work extra shifts etc. Family won't give a dime though 
Knowing the country's primary language beforehand isn't required, though I speak Spanish, a bit of Albanian, am learning Chinese, and a smidgen of Irish Gaelic. (Will never use that though 
) Not sure what country I would pick, somewhere in Europe probably. I was thinking either Turkey, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Albania, or Greece. We also have the opportunity to be a host family, which would probably be a cool experience itself. Not really an ideal candidate though. Anyone here ever do something like this?
Knowing the country's primary language beforehand isn't required, though I speak Spanish, a bit of Albanian, am learning Chinese, and a smidgen of Irish Gaelic. (Will never use that though ) Not sure what country I would pick, somewhere in Europe probably. I was thinking either Turkey, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Albania, or Greece. We also have the opportunity to be a host family, which would probably be a cool experience itself. Not really an ideal candidate though. Anyone here ever do something like this?
I hope there's an interview process both ways, don't want to be stuck with some serial killahs. I was thinking Turkey, Istanbul seems like one of the most interesting cities on earth. Main setback is money.
Its a worthwhile life experience. I second on the Turkey part. It seems like a very interesting country. I lived with a host family in rural Japan, just north of Tokyo for 3 months. It sucked ass, but mostly because my family were a bunch of dicks, the host mom couldnt cook for shit, and I had over a 2 hour commute (each way, combined waking, biking, and train) to school. On the other hand, every other experience I have had living with Japanese families has been quite good.
