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Coming Up...
The following countries are currently
available for January - April 2007 departure:
* indicates 18+ only.
Please call 1-800-AFS-INFO for details, as program
availability changes frequently.
Get Dialed In - Join an AFS Fundraising &
Application Completion Workshop
Want to learn more about how you can raise money for
your AFS experience and get help filling out your
full application? You and your parents can join
your fellow future AFSers for a workshop via phone
hosted by your AFS Application Advisors and get
dialed in!
Have you begun the application process? Workshop
spaces are available to students who have submitted
the preliminary application. Call or email to save
a spot.
Contact Katie McCracken at 1-800-AFS-INFO, ext.1508
or kmccracken@afs.org.
Other Links
Visit
our website
Host an Exchange Student
Volunteer with AFS
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You may be
eligible to
receive $500 off your AFS Program Tuition! This is
your opportunity to Follow the sun to selected
countries on an AFS Program departing in January,
February, March, or April 2007.
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AFS Travel Journal
An AFSer named Jessica who went to Brazil shares
one of her fondest memories:
"Assu was a very small and close-knit town. It had
60,000 people, but for Brazil, that was VERY small.
There were no "chain" type stores and not even a
movie theater, but I loved Assu. My favorite place
to go was the Prassa every night with my friends. A
Prassa is a square where people go to hang out and
be together. We used to sing, dance, play guitar,
skateboard, and do all kinds of fun things.
Right beside the prassa was a small ice cream shoppe
called "Gelo Guella." The little old man who ran the
shoppe was so friendly and everyday after Portuguese
class my best friends and I would go to the Gela
Guella for chocolate ice cream. The man got to know
me so well that he noticed when my Portuguese was
getting better. When I first started going I
couldn't speak with him at all and before I left we
would talk about the U.S. and other things. I really
loved that little shoppe and the man."
More
on Brazil
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Come and discover the southernmost country of the
world or as Pablo Neruda (Chilean Nobel Prize
Winner) once wrote, the country made for poets.”
From flamingos inhabiting the world’s driest desert
in northern Chile to penguin colonies making the
southern Patagonia region home, the variety of
Chile’s natural wonders will enchant you.
AFS programs to Chile depart as early as
Mid-February 2007. Apply now for the year program
to Chile -as it only departs once a year in
February.
An AFSer on the summer program to Chile wrote:
"Be ready and willing to
meet new friends...and
their
families, and just about everyone in their lives.
Chileans are very open and welcoming, and if you
offer to share yourself with them, they will certainly
share themselves with you."
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You work hard. You've been dedicating your time to
community service,
acting as a leader among your peers, and keeping a
high grade point average the whole time—shouldn’t
you be rewarded for all of this?
AFS thinks
so. That’s
why we will award over $200,000 in merit-based
scholarships through our Awards for Excellence
program this year. We’ll award 10 full-tuition
scholarships and 110 partial scholarships ($1,000 and
$2,500) which can be used for any AFS program
departing summer ’07 or winter ’08!
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AFS
is celebrating Austria all year long with a total of
10 new scholarships!
Whether you depart in the winter or summer or study
abroad for a semester or year, choose Austria and
you may receive a scholarship. If you want an
awesome experience in the crossroads of European
culture—Austria’s for you!
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