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The Two Worlds United high school student exchange program allows students to immerse themselves in a foreign culture, expanding their understanding of global relations and providing themselves with a powerful advantage the college and professional markets. Traveling and studying abroad through Two Worlds United demonstrates a willingness to learn, high degree of independence, and an impressive level of maturity. Exposing yourself to a completely different culture is a life-changing event that marks one’s first step on the path toward world citizenship. Participants in programs like those of Two Worlds United will be tomorrow’s peacemakers, bridging the gap between cultures. Two Worlds United participants are between the ages of 13 and 18 and have demonstrated a commitment to academics through their performance in school and their personal pursuits. Through Two World United, students can go abroad for a summer, trimester, semester, or full academic year, and some of the more than 20 countries with Two Worlds United programs support shorter, specialized programs, like immersion language courses. Participants stay with host families who are chosen by Two Worlds United based on their ability to provide a safe and welcoming environment, as a well as their zeal for exposing foreigners to their native culture. In a majority of Two World United’s supported countries, students enroll in local schools for short or extended periods, gaining the ability to interact with the youth in the surrounding area. All exchange students in the Two Worlds United programs are supervised and aided by a local representative and the Two World United staff is available around the clock for any emergencies that may arise.
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Why Study Abroad?
For years, Two Worlds United has connected high-school students with the unparalleled experience of visiting a foreign country, befriending peers on the opposite side of the world, and enveloping oneself in a new culture and a different way of life. With more than 15 years experience providing international study and travel opportunities to young adults, Two Worlds United maintains a worldwide network of representatives trained to help youths prepare for their trips and assimilate into their new environments once they arrive. It’s this careful attention to detail and comprehensive offering of travel destinations that makes Two Worlds United one of the leading young adult exchange programs in the country. Studying abroad increases cultural awareness. In an increasingly more connected world, where business is done on a global scale and diversity plays an important role in nearly everyone’s lives, understanding the values and beliefs of other societies is vital. Exposure to new cultures makes us more conscientious, and less afraid of unfamiliar experiences and encounters. Plus, studying and traveling abroad provides personal growth, allowing us to look inside ourselves and determine what is truly important to us. Traveling and living in an unknown setting builds us as individuals, making us more self-reliant and independent. At Two Worlds United, studying abroad means experiencing new languages and educational programs. While traveling without studying does allow us to revel in exciting cultures, a quality foreign-exchange program expounds upon that experience, exposing its participants in detail to the history, literature, science, and language of a country. Two Worlds United pairs students with host families that are willing and excited to teach their guests their native tongue. Additionally, by attending school with peers of the same age, students learn about their country’s educational system, experiencing everything from local cafeteria food to unique field trips. Finally, colleges and universities look carefully at extracurricular activities, and studying abroad is no exception. Many collegiate recruiters recognize the value of living and studying in a new country, seeing it as an indication of maturity and open-mindedness.
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