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Program Eligibility -- USA
Foreign Exchange
Student USA. Spending an Academic Year or a Semester as an exchange student
in USA means living with a host family and attending high school for 10-11
months or 4 to 6 months. In order to qualify as an exchange student
in USA, you must be at least 15 years
of age and no more than 18 years of age on the date of your departure (some
programs allow for exceptions to be made for 19-year-old students and some
destinations allow students to participate at the age of 14).
You must have at least a 2.75 GPA for academic year and semester
programs and a 2.50 GPA for summer programs.
Students must also meet any additional requirements specific to the
country they choose, for example a student may be required to have studied
the language of the destination country.
TWU students must be motivated, flexible, open-minded, curious, adaptable
to new situations, and should have a
sense of humor.
Students should also possess good written
and oral communication skills.
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