Meet our students

Dear host family, Thank you so much for accepting me as part of your family and giving me the opportunity to experience USA. My name is Nannam or you can call me Nott. I have 1 younger brother and 1 younger sister. My parents are both engineers and now they have their own business in construction. They have always supported me for my future. At home, I help with household chores like sweeping and washing dishes, and I try to help with anything I can. I wanted to get out of my comfort zone

Dear Host Family, Thank you so much for being willing to participate in the exchange program and accepting me to live with your family. I am a French teenager and my name is Max. I have just finished my first year in high school. I like to try and discover new things. I want to learn about the American culture and share your life. I love sport. I practice volley-ball in a club and I play basket-ball, football or tennis with my friends. Thanks to my family, I sometimes play golf, badmint

Dear host family, Thank you for giving me an opportunity to stay with you. My name is Kei. Here are what I want to do with you. I would like to go to a park, play sports, and go on a trip. Also, I want to watch movies and dramas with you. In return, I can teach you Japanese culture. I hope I can grow up through this study abroad. Now, I would like to tell you about my daily life. I’m busy on weekdays. First I go to the school by train. Second, I do club activities as soon as I finish sc

Dear Host Family, My name is Tom. Thank you so much for being willing to participate in the exchange program and accepting me to live with your family. I am looking forward to experience life in the USA within a host family. By living with a host family, you get to experience more than a typical tourist. I think live with me is quite funny and I love cooking with my parents and my younger brother. We love to cook Italian, Asian or American dishes. I play basketball as a competitive sport in

Dear Family, my name is E., but my family and my friends use to call me with different nicknames. I’m a quiet, nice boy, a lot active and focused. I’m really determined and reliable, I think I’m a friendly and sociable boy, I like going out with my friends and meeting new people. My best friends and I love going to birthday parties, walk through the city talking and laughing all the time. Anyway, I sometimes like being by myself – a really bit of loneliness can help you think about yourself,

Dear Host Family, Hello, my name is Rinako. First, thank you for accepting me. I like window shopping. When I go to America, I want to go to the shopping mall. Also, I want to go out, play games and watch movies with my host family. If the opportunity arises, I want to visit famous places in America. I like volleyball, so I want to play volleyball together. I usually play games such as Mario Kart, so I want to enjoy it together. I like the streets of America. So I want to jog around

Dear host family, first of all I would like to thank you for taking into consideration to host me during my exchange program. My name is Luisa, and it would be great to live with you during my Highschool year in the US. At the moment I’m in 10th grade and I will do my high school diploma in 12th grade. I live with my parents in an apartment close to the center. My mom runs the household, and my dad works as a judge. I also have an older brother, who recently moved out, because he starte

Dear Host Family, Thank you to welcome me into your home. I have decided to participate in this new adventure for me, because I have never left my family and friends such a long time. Even if I am close to my parents, I am really motivated to come and live a school year with you, my host family, with whom I hope to build relationships, participate in your daily life and discover your habits. I am a rather reserved person at first sight but I think I can adapt easily and I really want us t

Dear future host family, At first I want to say thank you that you think about to choosing me as the future exchange student. I want to be a part of your family about 10 months. Obviously I don’t know anything about you yet but I’m already very excited to meet you soon. Until we meet each other I want to tell you something about me, my family, my hobbies and why I have chosen the USA. My name is Svenja I’m 15 years old and I live in a small village in Germany. My parents are married so wi

Dear future host family, Thank you so much for possibly welcoming me into your home next summer. It would be wonderful to spend a year of my life as a part of your family. With this letter I would like to introduce myself and my family. My name is Luise, and I live in a small town in Germany. My parents have been divorced for a few years, but they get along well and both help me a lot to realize my big dream. I live with my mother, my stepfather and my nineteen-year-old brother in a house

Hey!! Its nice for me talk with you, after write this letter im going to play a basketball match in the stadium of my city, so i wanna tell you that i am so intersted with all of the student exchange, beacusae i feel that this will be a beautiful exprecience, meeting people, meeting you and your interests. Im going to talk you about me, i play soccer not like a professional player but i do my best and im good, how you know the basketball level in usa is so high so i will be a noob. I wor

Dear Host Family, I am very happy that you have chosen me for my study abroad program, starting summer 2023. It is a great opportunity for me, and I hope we have a nice time ahead. My name is Janika, and I live in Germany. I like to try new things and I’m excited to learn about the American culture and the high school living. I am also very curious to meet new people and hopefully make many friendships in America that will last after my year is over. I am a very independent, creative, a

Dear host family, Thank you very much for taking the time to read my file I am Alexia, a teenage girl who wants to go to the USA. I am dynamic, and I like to participate in various activities with my family or friends. I am independent in my school work, just in math, I sometimes ask for help with exercices. My friends say of me that I am easy to live with, smiling, with a good positive and sincere character. In a usual day in France, I get up at 7 a.m, I start classes at 8

Dear American family, My name is Zeynep Tuana but I like to be called Tuana. I study in the language department. I really enjoy my department that is why I am good in my classes. I did balley in theater most of my childhood. I took a break from my theater lessons, after I finished the last semester. I am keen on balley even though I am behind from my other friends in our course because I stopped going for the balley after I did it for two years. But I belive myself and I am aware of my improv

Host family, Hi, my name is Pedro, I am catholic, I love comedy, I am a very polite person, fun, happy, I relate easily, but I am shy. I hope you like my letter and who I am. I want to go to the US with the intention of studying, improving my English and getting to know American culture. My favorite sport is tennis, I started playing at age 11, so when I'm in the US, I'd like to try out for the school team. Another sport that I also love with passion is Parkour. The things I like to

Dear American Family, My name is Ihab, as in E-hab. I come from Lebanon. I have a really big family. My parents are Nilla and Ahmad, they own a small school in our village. I have five siblings: Lamar, Sandy, Samantha, Nelly and Mhamad. However, not all of us live in the same household; only I, Lamar and Nelly live with my parents. My sister Nelly went to the US last year on the YES exchange program and was hosted in the state of Vermont. She really enjoyed it and it made me more excited abou

Dear Host Family, first of all thanks for participating in the program and choosing me for living with your family!:) I'm from germany and I'm currently in the middle of my junior year. I love traveling more than anything, wich made me grew my interest about different cultures. I love spending time with my friends/family being social, but I also sometimes need time for myself to kind of "recharge" my batteries. To do that, I love reading books. They get me into a world where there aren

Hello dear host family, I‘m from Germany and I‘m very excited to do the exchange year. There are a few things I had to strip from the video so I‘ll just add them here. I have mice as pets right now. I‘ve always wanted a cat and I often help my aunt when she can‘t walk her dog (unfortunately he is blind now) so if you have any pets I would be very happy to help where I can. I‘m an only child but if I‘d get in a family with siblings that wouldn‘t be an issue. I normally just go to school and

Dear Host Family, Thank you for considering to welcome me as an exchange student. My name is Inès. I am a 16 year old girl who live in the French-speaking part of Belgium. I am in senior year in high school. I live with my parents – Françoise and Rossen – and with my younger brother Maxime. Maxime and I are pretty close because we’re of similar age and go to the same school. Some of my friends are the older brothers or sisters of some of Maxime’s friends. I like spending time with Maxime, pla

Dear Host Family, first of all, thank you so much for being willing to take me in as an exchange student and allowing me to live with your family. I’m a German girl, and I want to experience something new, travel across the world and see new things! I love music and playing my guitar, I also really like reading Japanese and Korean comics, but my favorite Hobby will always be horse riding, I think horses are amazing and beautiful animals. I love pets in general, my family owns a total of ten

Hello dear host family ! I hope you had a very good day, in any case, for my part, I am very happy to write you this letter. I have been working on this language exchange project for years, learning about your country, trying to familiarize myself with the language through video, film and music. Today I finally have the opportunity to realize this project. And if you choose me, you will allow me to realize my greatest dream ! To describe myself further, my name is Maëlle and I come from F

Dear American Family, My name is Martin, and I am 17 years old. I study in a gymnasium in Skopje recognized as the best gymnasium in Macedonia. I like to travel and visit new places, as well as meet new people. Trying new stuff, learning new skills. My favorite activity in my free time is playing guitar. I do not live with my parents, instead, I live alone in boarding, with my roommate Slavce, and with that, I have more responsibilities than my peers in my born town I have to clean my room, tak

Hello dear host family, My name is Diane and Aubrée is my middle name but everyone calls me Aubrée. I have never been to the United States. Seeing more and more people participating in school exchanges made me want to take the plunge myself, so I applied for the "High School" programme, in order to immerse myself in an American family for a whole year. I was born and currently live on Reunion Island, an island with a tropical climate, beautiful beaches for surfing, and a volcano. We eat a

Dear guest family, my name is Victoria. To get to know me a bit better, I would like to describe myself for you. In three years time I am going to leave school with a high school diploma. With my parents, my 12 year old sister and Maja, our dog, I live in a small town.I have a close relationship to my family. My little sister is very important for me so I spend a lot of time with her. With our dog Maja I often go for a walk and I love to play with her. I am a real family person. Regularly I h

Dear Host Family, thank you for taking the time to read my letter. My name is Maggie. You surely get a lot of these letters from Ayusa Intrax, but rest assured, you will not regret reading about my reasons why I want to become an exchange student. I live with my mom, dad, and my 11-year-old sister, with no pets in a village in Zürich, Switzerland. At the moment, I am in the last throes of my middle school exams and I will graduate in July. During the week, I go to a public high school which

Hi, my name is Ana, I would love to thank you from the bottom of my heart for opening your home to me. My friends sometimes call me Anči, but my family calls me Ana. My friends tell me that I am friendly, always honest, creative, and open-minded and that I have a good sense of humor, and honestly, I agree with them. I also really like to explore nature, I love slow walks in nature, and I always love a good road trip. I love going to the sea in summer, and in the winter I usually go to the

Dear future Host family, My name is Florencia, and in this letter I am going to describe myself and talk about a few passions of mine. Personally I would describe myself as someone who is very passionate about different things, like music, reading and animals(except birds) but the thing I am most passionate about is music. I really enjoy music and the history behind it as well as the story behind each lyric, song, album and the artist or band who wrote it. Even though music is a major pa

Grettings for my wonderful Ecuador! I am Lorena, I am from a little country but one of the nicest one, Ecuador. Please let me introduce, I am a girl who likes to have friends around but at the same time I enjoy to be alone for a while. I consider myself creative, I like painting, drawing and cooking. I have tried some of our traditional dishes and I would love to cook for my host family. I enjoy to be surrounded a lot of people , because I have a pretty big family. Apart from my parents

Dear Host Family, Thank you for giving me the opportunity of being an exchange student, and accepting me to live with you. I am a Chilean girl and I have always lived in Chile even though I have traveled to other countries. The biggest reason why I want to be an exchange student is because I like to try new things and I want to discover new cultures,food, people, etc. I love sports. I've been practicing them since I was a child, the first sport that I ever tried was Alpine skiing because o

Dear host family, thank you very much for agreeing to participate in my exchange year by receiving me at your home. I am a Chilean girl. I have always really liked getting to know different cultures around the world, and I would love to learn more about your culture with you. One of my favorite activities in my life is playing volleyball and doing sports in general, which I would love to be able to play volleyball in the USA so that in the future I can enter a university, I am also a pe

Dear host family, thank you so much for accepting me to live one year with your family and for participating in the exchange program. My name is Ruben, I am a German student and am about to finish my 10th year of school. I love to meet new people and to experience new environments, also I enjoy to travel and to learn about other cultures. My sister went for an exchange year to Arkansas two years ago. At the end of the year, my mother and I picked her up there and we got to see parts of Americ

Dear American Family, I hope this letter finds you in your best terms and health. Thank you for taking your time to read this letter. My name is Fatima and I am 15 years old. I have an amazing family, two wonderful brothers and loving parents. My father is my hero, he is an engineer. My mother is a superwoman and is a housewife. My younger brother is in 7th grade, and is an excellent child but as all youth really naughty. My older brother is an obedient child of my parents and my sheild. Me

Dear American Family, My name is Fjona Duka and I come from the small, but beautiful country of Albania, located in the south-eastern part of Europe. Introducing myself to you through a letter is something precious, yet so difficult, because there are so many things I want you to know about me. Firstly, I was born in the center of Albania and it is well-known for its lakes. Our house is by the lake and whenever I came back from school, the view of the lake surrounded by the trees was inspi

Dear Host Family, First of all, thank you very much for hosting me for an entire year. I know this will be an experience that will change my life. I like traveling and would like to visit many places in the world. I have written a list of all the places I want to visit, so every time I manage to visit one of them, I mark it on my list. In this experience, I really hope to be able to grow and mature, to build good relationships with you, with my future teachers, and future friends. I hope I can

Dear American Family, Hello! How are you doing? I hope you're doing fine! Because I am. So, first of all, let me introduce myself first. My name is Felarose though I mostly go by Fela (it is pronounced the same as fella), but please do feel free to call me with other nicknames you see fit! Currently, I am a 10th grader in senior high school and I'm 16 years old! Besides of all the things I have mentioned about myself, of course I also do have a plenty of hobbies. My favorite ones are reading,

Dear American Family, Hey! Firstly, thank you very much for making time to read my letter, really appreciate your efforts. I'm Hadiya. I'm in 10th grade, I'm a biology major and hope to pursue medicine in future. I consider myself an extremely extroverted, social and talkative person. A girl with glasses making friends here and there is what I usually appear to be like. I have a total of 5 members in my family: Father, Mother, two brothers and (last but not the least) Me! My father is a

Hi ! My name is Jade, I'm actually in high school, I'm from France in the countryside near Paris , I have one sister Leonie and one brother Gabin , I have two cats Hermione and Roxy and one dog Oia . I'm in a swimming club i train 4.5 hours a week , I did six years of piano ,the summer i usually surf and sail , i love being with my friends ,I really like cooking , be around people and have a great time with them and When I am with my family, sometimes we go for a walk in town or in th

Dear host families, My name is Matilde. I would like to join this exchange student program because I'm interested in learning about life and the way people live in a different country. I enjoy outdoor activities, in my country I play field hockey and really like doing all kinds of sports, but I'm not necessarily good at all of them. Personally, I prefer cold places a lot more than hot places mainly because I enjoy winter sports and would like to learn about ice hockey. I like animals, especi

Hello family, I would to tell you more about myself and my hobbies. I love sports, I have practiced and played soccer, basketball, surfing, windsurfing and track and field evens .When I am adult I would like to be come an actress or an police office. I don´t like big dogs but i love small dogs, i am allergic to cats (but I can live with it. and I don't need medication) and my favourite animal is the rabbit I have a little sister who is 4 years old , I love to be with her and take care of her

Letter to my Host Family Hi, my name is Linus and I would like to introduce myself as well as my family in the following. Due to my father’s job we moved in 2010 to Frankfurt and two years later to my father’s hometown of Berlin, where we live since then. From my father’s side I am German and from my Mother’s side also half Ethiopian. My parents met in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where my father was working for 4 years from 2000 to 2003, building and upgrading 6 Airports, the

Dear Host Family, thank you so much for being willing to paticipate in the exchange program and accepting me to life with your Family. I am Jella and I just finished primary school. I live in a house together with my mom, my dad, my little brother and normally with my sister, but she is in america right now. My mother works at a bank and she is a very creative person so she loves crafting, my dad also works at a bank and in his freetime he likes to go hiking or to go to concerts togeth

Dear host family: I'm Sharon and I'm excited about this. I honestly don't know how to start or what to say but I'm trying. I think its important to mention that I'm a girl who doesn't go out of her comfort zone much and this opportunity is making me to do it. I am Mexican and I have an incredible culture, but I want to know and learn many new things for me, things that may be common but interesting. I want to be able to leave a good impression on them and a better version of myself. Pr

Dear Host Family, Thank you so much for being willing to participate in the exchange program and accepting me to live with your family. I am a Romanian/German boy and I am in 10th grade, first year of senior high school. I like to try new things and gain new experiences. I love to travel and find it nice to get to know the traditions and culture of a country from up close. So also i am looking forward to get to know the USA and see as much as possible. I am very passionate about art, especia

First of all Thank you for having me and give me the opportunity to participate in the amazing experience. My name is Luca, I'm 15 years old, I'm tall, calm, friendly, I like to stay at home with my family, we play games, watch movies and talk, but I also like to go out and socialize with friends. I'm good at making friends, we always go out to have fun, we go to the movies, malls and play video games. I live with my father and mother and I have a younger brother who is 12 years old and we get a

Dear host family, thank you for hosting me. My name is Laura, but many call me by my nickname: Lala. I currently live with my father, mother and my 10 years old brother in the south of Brazil. My father has only one brother, my mother one sister and one brother and I have 4 cousins ​​in all. Although we meet quite often, I don't have much closeness with them, due to the age difference. My daily routine is pretty much the same during the week. I go to school in the morning, studying

Hello dear host family ! My name is Jodie and I would love to see you and your country. I've never been to the USA before but I want to know everything there. I don't know how to introduce myself so I asked my friend how they see me. I know that I can trust them because they know me for four year now. So according to them I'm a very funny girl with always a smile on my face. I am stubborn and persevering, when I want to achieve my goal I do everything I can to realize it. That why I want

Dear Host Family, Hello. How are you doing? My name is Akari. I’m from Japan. First of all, I would like to thank you for having me at your home. I hope I can make lots of great memories with you. I like performing arts, so I would like to go to see plays and musicals with you if you like. I want to take part in some activities to enjoy astronomy. I want to know American culture and alternately introduce Japanese culture to you. You will know my unique world and imaginative curiosity. Y

Dear American Family, My name is Gunes and I am 15 years old. Both my mom and my dad are engineers and I love to spend time with them. I also have a sister who lives in another city and she is 16. When I am with my mom we usually go to the seaside, take a walk in nature or watch movies at home. With my dad, we always eat because we both love eating and chatting at the same time. We like to try new cuisines and places so we're always looking for somewhere new. We also love to go to the cinema

Dear American Family, I'd like to thank you for hosting me in your family. I really appreciate your interest in knowing all details about me especially my activities which I like to do most which means a lot to me. I'm Jody. I have one brother and one sister. They're 13 and 8 years old respectively. My father has been working in the electricity sector. My mother has been working as a teacher for 18 years. I love spending time with my family doing a variety of activities. We like to play s

Hello dear, Hope you are doing well! Let me introduce myself, and I would like to begin it as - I am a curious ever smiling and optimistic teenager who loves to know about each and everything that exists in the world. I am always very keen to learn and know about different things because this world word is so beautiful and it has many beautiful diversities within it. I am a huge fan of "Black Pink" a South Korean girl group. I love listening to their songs which consist of melodious beats

Dear American family, At this minute while I am writing this letter, I am very glad that I got this chance to introduce myself to you. With this letter I would like to tell you about myself and bring you closer to my life. I am Waleesha a 16 years old girl from “Pakistan”. The city in which I live is famous for its hospitable people, historic culture and traditions. I am a teenager who is taking her first step in life as an exchange student. Currently I am in grade 10th. I have six members in

Hello My name is Maja. I live with my mom, dad, 20 year old sister, 18 year old brother and dog as a Swedish/German family in Germany. I am fluent in Swedish, German and English. I love listening to music and create it myself. I play the bass guitar and the regular guitar. I also like to sing and act. I love spending my free time with my family and friends. I like arts, museums, movies and I love trying new baking recipes. My favorite subjects are English, arts, and music. I learnt pl

Dear host family, My name is Melissa and I am from Germany. Thank you for considering taking me in as your host student! I am living with my mom, dad, my dog Joma and my turtle Tiggi in our own house. I also have three brothers called, Keanu, Marian and Maurice and one sister called Lucina.I love every single one of them, but they are all above the age of eighteen, so they all moved out years ago. But we see each other weekly. I am more of a silent person at first, but after a little

Dear Host Family, Thank you so much for being willing to participate in the exchange program and accepting me to live with your family. My name is Noëmi and i am a girl from The Netherlands. The reason why i applied to the exchange program is because i have always been very interested in the American culture, the language and the youth you see in movies. My dream has always been going there on holiday but we’ve never done that. I watched a lot of YouTube at the time and i saw this dutch

Dear future Host Family, Thank you for being willing to participate in the exchange programm and for taking time to read through my letter. I am amazed by your openess for letting me to live with you and for wanting to know me further as a person. But first of all I would like to introduce myself. I am Samela, a student from Germany. I live together with my parents and my older brother in a house in a small village. I go to a comprehensive school, where I'm currently attending the 10th gr

Dear host family, my name is Lina and I would love to spend half a year abroad. I live in northern Germany and go to a public school. I luckily don’t find school to hard so I don’t have to study as much as other people my age and still manage to have good grades. I play handball for a local club and train a team of younger kids. I also play the piano and do couple dance. I started dancing with lots of friends because it is something normal to learn dancing at a certain age in Germany but now th

Dear American Family, Hello! I hope this letter reaches you in the best of health. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. My name is Azca, I am 15 years old and currently in the 10th grade. I have two elder brothers and of course my mom and my dad, as well as a pet cat who I honestly consider to be family. One of my brothers currently resides in another city due to university, however when he is here with us we enjoy going to frequent outings and picnics to enjoy the weather, unl

Dear American family, I hope you will be doing great. I am truly excited to tell you about myself. I am Sania. My parents got divorced when I was just born. Ever since, it has been my mother and us six siblings. I am the youngest and the most enthusiastic one. My mother worked different jobs and got us educated from good institutions. We are very open with each other and enjoy spending time together on weekends. We enjoy doing any activity together even if it is cleaning the house. Well, I ha

Dear American family, My name is Fatma Ceren but everybody calls me Ceren. I'm the only child in the family. I have a good relationship with my mom and my dad. We like spending quality time with each other. For example my dad plays tennis and I’m playing with him since I was a child. I like cooking with my mom, making cakes and cookies basically. And I like to travel with them. Like I said I'm the only child in the family so I have responsibilities too. This responsibilities more like helping

Dear American family, I am Kalpina hailed from a district, who is known for its diverse culture, traditions and religious values. My father is a school teacher and my mother is a housewife. We are two siblings and I am the younger. My brother who is elder than me is currently studying in university. I enjoy doing cleaning, cooking and drawing. In addition, I learnt cutting and pasting work from my mother. I enjoy making drawing and artwork. I have decorated the drawing hall at our home with m

Hello! My name is Mila and I'm from Serbia. First of all, I have to say that I'm very thankful to have an opportunity to make my dreams come true. The little me would be so happy and proud. I really hope I'll fit in and have friends... Here are some things about me: I go to high school, I graduated music school, I live with both of my parents ( Goran and Olivera ) and two siblings, a brother and a sister ( Viktor and Lara ), and we have two pets: Eto - a dog and Kiki - a bird. I like roller-skat

Dear future host family, thank you for your interest and reading this letter. My name is Samuel and I'm living in a small village with my parents Silvia and Sven, my younger brother Silas and my grandparents Gabi and Peter from my mother's side in a nice house. Our family activities consist of a lot of sports, becaause my brother and I are active in sports clubs. We also love to travel in our caravan during school vacations, go hiking, skiing or have family parties. I'm nearly 16 and in th

Dear host family, My name is Imke. I love the Netherlands but the world has so much more to see. What I like to do is be with my friends and talk and laugh, eat sushi and go shopping. I also like to watch movies and do creative things like drawing and crafting. My favorite sport to do is badminton. I think it is very nice that I get the opportunity with you to make my dream of a life in the United States come true. I'm also looking forward to high school, where I can make new friends.

Hello host family! I'm Nayoon:) I will go to USA next August to meet you, visit your house, and live together for about 10 months. I'm so happy to be part of the exchange student program together, and thank you for taking it positively with me. Let me introduce myself first, I am from Korea. I am academic, active and artistic. I have an optimistic and calm personality. I'm a bit shy, but I'm quick to adapt, and I like hanging out with people, so I think I'll be able to get along well. Also,

hi, I am Sara, Im attending the tenth grade of a high school in Germany and am going to do a year abroad (5 months). I am very sporty and play sports such as tennis, volleyball and badminton and I am a soccer referee. I get paid for being a referee and it’s a very good thing that promoted my independence and my respectable appearance . In addition, I tutor in pretty much every subject up to eighth grade. And above that I do math, English, German, Latin and history. I also am involved political

STUDENT’S LETTER Dear host family, Hello, I’m Aurora! First of all I want to thank you for hosting me for these five months, I’m very grateful for that. I know that this it’s a great opportunity, and I want to share it with you, and learn a lot about you. What are your passions? What do you do in your free time? I really hope that we’ll create a lot of good memories and experiences together. I’m from Italy. I live in a small town, where everyone knows each other! Sometimes it’s a good t

Dear host family! First of all I would like to thank you for letting me be part of your family and for giving me the opportunity to have an unforgettable time abroad. My name is Alexandra, but you can just call me Alex. I'm from Germany. I live in a small village near Hamburg, which is great because where I live it's very quiet and there is a lot of nature, but if I want to I can take the train to Hamburg and be in a very big city within 20 minutes. Before I talk about myself in detail,

Dear Host Family, My name is Emily. I love to spend time with family, small trips or just a simple game evening together. I also love to read from novels to horror to pyschology I have read a lot. I love to meet with friends, talk, have fun so what you just do with friends. I am rather open, talk a lot and I am not shy in any way, I ask even if I do not understand something. I help in the household for a long time and will do the same with them, simple things like taking out the trash, cooking

Dear Host Family, I am really glad with you for willing me to participate in the exchange program and accepting me to live with you. I am a Mexican girl, I´m on 10th grade.I speak spanish and my level on english is advanced. I am so excited of the opportunity of going to the United States, explore, learn new things and experiences. I am so glad that you are willing to receive me at your home and take care of me because it´s a huge responsability to take but Im sure it is really worth and we wi

Dear Host Family, Hello, I am Ayaka. I am 15 years old. I am from Japan. First of all, thank you very much for accepting me. I am looking forward to living in the US very much. Through the exchange year, to understand America, I would like to challenge as many different things as I can and I would like to make many friends and talk a lot, and I would like to spend a lot of time with you. I would like to absorb so many things, so please teach me American life, culture, foods and popular

Dear host family, My name is Maral and I would like you to get to know me better with this letter. It has always been one of my dreams to experience what it's like living in America and I'm so glad that it will be a reality soon. I will try my best to give you some insight into my family, friends, and goals as well as myself. I live in Mongolia, a beautiful country surrounded by mountains. I describe my family as just an ordinary Mongolian family it consists of 5 members: my parents, my youn

Dear host family, I’m Rinna. I’m sixteen years old. I live near the sea. I can hear the sound of the sea at night. I lived in China when I was in elementary school. It sparked interest in foreign countries. Around that time, I started studying English. I'm happy that my longtime dream came true through this study abroad program. I want to do my best to change myself. I love watching movies, so I want to watch some movies together. Also, my hobby is cooking. I cook my lunch box every day.

Dear Host family, Thank you for accepting me for the exchange program. My name is Kaito. Please let me introduce myself. I like to do Kendo and swimming. I can swim all methods and I’m good at crawling. I can swim 34 seconds on 40 meters. Why don’t we go swimming? It is a very good activity. Also, I want to introduce Kendo to my host family. Kendo is a traditional sport in Japan. My team went to the prefecture tournament last year. I like outdoor activities, too, such as camping and ski

Dear host family, I want to thank you in advance for letting me come and live with you. I'm sure we'll have the best time together. Going on an adventure together that I am sure we will think about and talk about for many years to come. And I’m so very grateful that I get to experience to be an exchange student in the United Sates of America! To travel on my own to such a great country was always a big dream. About me: I am Fiene and I’m from Holland. I would describe myself as a responsi

Hello people from across the globe! My name is Laura and in this letter I would like to tell you a bit about me with the intention of becoming your future exchange student 😊 I am a girl from Germany who didn´t grow up with any siblings but amazing parents. Since my family is originally from Poland I have a polish as well as german background and was raised bilingual from an early age. English in fact is my third language that I began to study at the age of 4 in order to prepare for mov

Dear American family, My name is Karim.I am a secondary level student in grade one. i have nice familey consists of my parents, two sisters and a little brother. We have some interests in common. We like chatting with each other in diffrent topics and issues. One of the things I like in my familey is that they are understanding and coperative. We also enjoy watching TV series, movies and soccer matches. At weekends we sometimes go outdoors, do shopping or visit new places. For me home mea

Dear Host family, I hope this Application finds you in a great mood. I am very exited to getting to know you and experiencing a Year away from home. Here are some Information's about my self and why I want to go to the US for a Year. My name is Pia and I am from Germany. My mother has both - the German and American citizenship - though and raised me bilingual. My grandmother's Family lives along the US east-coast States. Both my Father and Mother were born and raised in Germany. I als

Dear Host Family Hello! My name is Ryu. I'm looking forward to meeting you in America. First of all, I’d like to introduce myself. I’m 15 years old and in the 9th grade. My birthday is September, so I will be 16 years old soon after meeting you. I like playing outside. I like to play outside, and I also like to play inside the house. In the summer, I often go out with friends, but in the winter, I travel with my family and go skiing. I want to play with you. When I play at home, I play ga

Dear family, My name is Cayetana and I'm very excited for my next year in USA. This is something I've always wanted to experienced and for me is very important to achieve this goal I had since I was little. I want to learn about your culture and traditions. Also, learning English is very important for my future apprenticeship, since I want to work hard in school so that I could get very good grades to study in the US. This experience would contribute to my future formation, and it's goin

Dear Host Family, I would like to thank you so much for being willing to participate in the exchange program and accepting me to live whit your family. I am a Brazilian boy and I am studying my first highschool year. I would love to do an experience like this where I'm going to live in another country with another family that has a different culture. What makes me most excited about this is that this country is going to be the USA, a country that has a very appreciated culture here in Brazil

Dear Host Family, I want to thank you for letting me live with you. My english skills are not perfect, i hope this isnt such a problem. I want to improve my english skills in that 1 exchange year, find some new friends and get to know a complete new culture. I know America from movies and i want to know if America is the same as in the movies. My Hobbies are playing soccer, sometimes i play basketball with my friends and i‘m often in the gym. I love my religion ( Islam ) , and i hope that i c

Dear Host family, Hi! My name is Ayaka． I'm excited about meeting you in the United States from now on. I am looking forward to the fun days. I want to go to the United States more than anyone! I believe I've always wanted to study abroad and see a world I don't know. As a high school student, I definitely want to exchange ideas actively with a lot of high school students there! So I decided to go to the United States. First, let me introduce myself! I am a high school student in Japan. I love

Dear Host Family, Thank you so much for being willing to participate in the exchange program and accepting me to live with your family. The reason for my exchange year is that i want to travel the world and usa is the most interesting country for a exchange year. I want to get to know the culture (foods, feasts,..)and the people. I am half turkish and half german. My dad is turkish and my mom is german. I live at my mom’s house alone with her and at my dads house I live with him, his

Dear Host Family, my name is Emily and right now I'm 15 years old, but when I start my exchange year I will be 16 years old. First of all I would like to thank you for accepting me into your family. I'm really happy about that. And now I want to tell you 'bout my family and my life. I'm living with my parents Eva and Timo in nothern Germany. My dad is working as an electrician in a hospital and my mum is working as a nurse in another hospital. I have no siblings, but I always had pets. Ri

Dear Host Family, Thanks for considering, having me as your exchange student and allowing me to live with your family. I am very interested in doing new things and meeting new people. I enjoy doing sports, such as handball and swimming. I speak two different languages, German and French and I am looking forward to speaking english fluently. I have already been the USA 2 times and I am looking forward to staying there for a whole year. In the USA im looking forward to join the school´s foot

Dear host parents, My name is Frido and I would be glad to be your guest student in the US. I am living with my siblings and parents in a house near Berlin. My siblings are called Lotte, Wilma and Alwin (18,13,10). My parents Kai and Brita are 54 and 51. I go to secondary school, it is kind of like the high school in the USA. My hobbies are playing soccer and playing the piano. I like sports very much and I am intersted in all kinds of sport - Mainly I am (as many Europeans) a big soccer fan.

Dear host family, I live together with my parents and siblings in a house with a garden. I have two brothers and one sister. My big brother, Johann, is five years older than me and I admire him. He is a calm and balanced guy and studies technical physics at university. My sister, her name is Jolanda, is three years younger than me and we were inseparable when we were little. Now she sometimes annoys me but I still love her. My cute little brother, named Franz, is my favorite. He is funny and

Dear host family, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to do a year of immersion in The United States with you. My name is Jade and I live in France. I have a little brother and a little sister. I usually watch over them. I also have a big half-brother and a big half-sister. I am really close with my mom. I would describe myself as a sensitive, caring, smiling, curious and kind person. Of course, I also have some flaws. I'm usually a bit shy around people I don't know, but once I am

Dear host family, Thank you for taking time to read my letter. My name is Henrique but people call me Rick. I live with my both parents Andrea (businesswoman) and Paulo (salesman), my younger brother thiago and my dog Marley in Brazil. i like to make the people around me happy and i always try to do everything i can to help my family and friends One of my favorites things ever is listen to music, i listen to all the time in my airpods, my favorites singers are Taylor swift, the weekend and fr

Dear host family, Hello, my name is Rena. First, I want to enjoy American events with you. For example, Halloween and Valentine's Day. I want to experience How the way of events are different in Japan and America. Especially, I am interested in Christmas because I am looking forward to exchanging presents between us. Next, I want to share with everyone about Karuta which is a card game to use two types of cards that sort reading cards and picture cards. It is Japanese traditional culture.

Dear host family, Thank you so much for participating in the exchange program and having me in your family next year. My name is Dusan and I am from Serbia. I live with my parents and a little brother Milos who is 12. My dad is one of the managers in IT company and my mom works in a small family company as an economist. My brother is in 6th grade. . I am very close to my family and I will miss them a lot next year. I mainly learned about Student Exchange

Dear future host family Hi! I am Ana Sofia, I am from Mexico, I live with my parents who i love, the rest of my family lives in other cities so i am not really close to any of them actually there are some members of the family that i do not even know, i am an only child, i do not have any pets but i would love too, i love animals. I love being alone, I'm constantly listening to music, when i'm reading, painting, studying, cleaning, pretty much everything i do. I am really close to my friends i

Hi! my name is mariale, i’m 15 years old and I live in a house with my mom, my dad and my sister along with my dog. I like meeting new people, hanging out with my friends, and spending time with my family. I really enjoy going on walks to clear my mind. I like living a healthy lifestyle, not eating a lot of processed food, baking healthy desserts, and I always try to see the positive side of things. I’m a fan of make up, harry potter, the avengers, and disney. I’m a pretty clean person, I like k

Dear Host family, Hello, I'm Ayami. This time, I will introduce myself. At first, I have an introverted personality, but when I get used to it, I think I have a cheerful and energetic personality. First of all, the reason why I wanted to study abroad was that I went to Florida on my 10th birthday. I had a lot of experiences then. I spoke in English with a child I met in Florida. At that time, I couldn't speak English very well, and I wanted to communicate more, but I couldn't. However, I w

Dear Host Family, Hello! I’m Ayaka. I am from Japan, and I live in Chiba. I would like to thank you in advance for having me at your home. I am in 10th grade. I go to a junior high school. I am going to talk about my family.　There are four people in my family. My father, My mother, My younger brother, and me. My parents work as office workers, and my younger brother is a junior high school student. I love to spend time with them very much because they always tell me interesting stories.

Dear Host Family I would like to express my deepest gratitude for voluntarily accepting me. I registered for this program because I am attracted to the idea of spending time with someone who would be willing to accept a homestay as a volunteer. I am a 15-year-old who is serious, sensitive and loves to talk. I am going to a school that very much values the individuality of its students. One out of every four students at my school is a returnee, and I am one of them, having lived in South K

Dear host family, My name is Aya and it’s so exiting to be able to write to you to give you a better idea of who I am and what I’m like as a person. I’m a Dutch student with a bubbly, open and unique personality. Being creative and imaginative is something that I really enjoy. My hobbies are drawing and kickboxing. I don’t really have a lot of hobbies but I do want to try new things. Art, such as drawing, is something that I appreciate a lot as it allows me to focus on only one thing for

Dear host family, My name is Carla. Since being a little kid I always dreamt of a student exchange. My exchange would last six months (fall semster). At home I live with my mom and my dad, I am an only child, in a house, one hour away of the city „Düsseldorf“. My mom works as a teacher and my dad works as a professor. We are a very funny family. Basically, I like going to school because I get to see my friends. I just finished the 9th grade and next year hopefully the 10th grade. I e

Dear host family, My name is Aurore, and I live in Belgium. I'm kind, open-mind, smiling, helpful, easy to live with, organized. I do BMX and i go to the gym (fitness). I love to listen music especially RnB, rap, hip-hop and old music like snoop dog, tupac,... I also love eating, cooking and do some sports like basketball (but i'm not a pro). I'm a Christian. My favourite holiday season is Christmas and New Year because I love all the mood around those celebrations. My parents are Anne-Michè

Dear Future Host Family, My name is Jamilla and I'm from The Netherlands. I am a girl who loves humor but I appreciate a good conversation over time. Sometimes I like to be on my own but most of the time I like being surrounded by friends or family. What interests me in going to an American school is the differences. By differences I mean: The variations of classes, The American school spirit, and the number of sports. Going to an American school is also out of my comfort zone and I wish