The Best Experience Of My Life

I spent my junior year of high school abroad in India through AFS. As the title says, it was the best experience of my life. I can't even picture myself in my old body & soul. I'm a new person thanks to my Indian adventure.

While my experience with AFS was pretty good overall, I do know some people from the same cohort who just didn't click well with the staff at all. There was also a case or two of kids who ended up in horrible host families and were miserable without receiving any help. These scenarios are mostly chapter-specific. Whenever kids tried to contact national office they were given a reply that basically told them to talk to their chapters, which had already yielded nothing, so an infinite loop occurred.

Overall, I did love the program though. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Good or bad, you'll change for the better.