Is an exchange for me?

Experience. Learn. Travel. Grow.

Becoming involved in a reciprocal exchange experience can be an incredibly rewarding and life-changing experience. You will have the opportunity to travel, experience a different culture, make new friends, learn a new language, and foster your independence.  

There is also work involved. You must be open and welcoming to a visitor in your home. You will need to keep up with your studies and make an intentional effort to take advantage of everything a new culture offers. This may mean stepping outside your comfort zone - trying new foods, meeting new people, and stepping away from some of the things that you have grown accustomed to at home and at your own school. 

 An international exchange experience looks good on a resume and can certainly open doors for your future, which you may not have even considered.       

 

Who Should Participate in an Exchange?

Why Participate in an Exchange?

  • Strengthen your language skills

  • Make new international friends and memories

  • Personal growth and independence

  • Experience school in Europe

  • Cultural and global awareness

  • Discover new places

  • Try new activities

  • Expand your cuisine

  • Develop your resumé-exchange participation can be advantageous when applying to some post secondary institutions and supporting some career paths

  • Ideally, students who are 13-17 years old at the time of travel 

  • Seeking to develop a second language 

  • Ready for adventure and to challenge themselves 

  • Enthusiastic and excited to participate in new activities 

  • Open-minded and responsible 

  • Able to complete assigned Canadian and European homework 

  • Eager to learn and explore new limits