Choose another exchange program July 05, 2021
By Beware Dishonest (California State University - California Maritime Academy) - abroad from 09/01/2020 to 06/01/2021 with
Youth For Understanding (YFU): YFU Programs in Switzerland
This is a warning to parents thinking of using YFU, especially Switzerland. Don’t! Be warned that if your child ends up in a poor host family, there is nothing you can do. The current director and inbound coordinator are dishonest and have no business working with exchange students. They should resign from their positions. You would do better choosing another exchange program. I am speaking from a background of supporting YFU for twenty years, hosting and sending exchange students. So, it is not easy for me to write this. But please be warned. Do not send your child to Switzerland under the current leadership.
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
This is a warning to parents thinking of using YFU, especially Switzerland. Don’t! Be warned that if your child ends up in a poor host family, there is nothing you can do. The current director and inbound coordinator are dishonest and have no business working with exchange students. They should resign from their positions. You would do better choosing another exchange program. I am speaking from a background of supporting YFU for twenty years, hosting and sending exchange students. So, it is not easy for me to write this. But please be warned. Do not send your child to Switzerland under the current leadership. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
This is a warning to parents thinking of using YFU, especially Switzerland. Don’t! Be warned that if your child ends up in a poor host family, there is nothing you can do. The current director and inbound coordinator are dishonest and have no business working with exchange students. They should resign from their positions. You would do better choosing another exchange program. I am speaking from a background of supporting YFU for twenty years, hosting and sending exchange students. So, it is not easy for me to write this. But please be warned. Do not send your child to Switzerland under the current leadership. |
Finances
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
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Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
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How much did the program encourage you to use the language?
0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language |
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Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you live with?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What could be improved? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | This is a warning to parents thinking of using YFU, especially Switzerland. Don’t! Be warned that if your child ends up in a poor host family, there is nothing you can do. The current director and inbound coordinator are dishonest and have no business working with exchange students. They should resign from their positions. You would do better choosing another exchange program. I am speaking from a background of supporting YFU for twenty years, hosting and sending exchange students. So, it is not easy for me to write this. But please be warned. Do not send your child to Switzerland under the current leadership. |
