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  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    katyparles

    5 Stars A Year in the USA: The Experience of a Lifetime 19/04/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fantastic, amazing, unforgettable experiences in a birlliant country

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Exhange company not very helpful... leaving at the end of it all!!

    I haven't been a particularly active member on Ciao so far so I had no idea the range of categories available to read and write reviews on. I came across the exchange programme section and felt very strongly that I should share my experiences of my exchange trip to the USA with other readers who may be interested, or who's children may be interested in participating in such a scheme. It may seem like a strange choice of gap year project, particularly for an English-speaking teenager, but something about spending a year of my life living in the US as an American high school student just grabbed ... more
  • 5 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Student03

    1 Star This was a waste of Money! 03/02/2009
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages The organization got me here, although I was switched to another family after arriving

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Do not seem to care about the students. Do not perform the job correctly.

    AISE is understaffed, unhelpful and extremely expensive. There were several students in my area that were switched around like I was. I am not sure what the company did with my $10,000+ USD but it was not worth it! This company does not check all of it's host families in advance and sometimes does the check after students are already in the host family's house. Complaints fall on deaf ears when contacting the company. "Find your own replacement family" Is not acceptable when the family is unable to host a student. In 2002, I found out... the company was investigated by the United States State ... more
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