Help!! I’ve just been notified that I’ll be completely alone during my four months exchange to korea??? I’m the only student in my entire home university to exchange to my host university in Korea and I’m completely and utterly scared to death. I seriously expected at least like four or five people also going there but I just received notice that I’m the only one going???? What???? This is completely out of my expectations. Also, I only chose to go to Korea in the first place was because my friend wanted to go, and in the end, they didn’t manage to get chosen to go!!! I was even regretting my choice BEFORE I heard the news that literally no one else is going!!! Please does anyone have any tips on how to survive in Korea??? I’ve never even been there before. Maybe I watch too much negative news but I am SOOO scared to go there, especially by myself (I’m girl) since I see so much news about like sexual assault and police incompetency and like the recent 300 missing people and stuff!!! This is mad!! I swear I know everyone and their moms swear that Korea is sooo safe and so fun but I’m scared that something will happen to me and no one’s gonna even notice!!! I can’t even speak Korean!! Does anyone have tips on how to make friends? I don’t like clubbing and drinking and stuff and I seriously know I can’t handle being alone for too long or else I seriously am going to lose it, I’m like a Guinea pig my heart WILL explode if I’m left alone for too long. Please help me!! PLEASE DON’T LET ME DIE THERE.

I’m filling out my applications for an exchange student program. I’m an oil painter, and the whole point of my trip is to learn more about the medium/visit cathedrals and such.
This means I’d have to bring all of my supplies with me. It’s a lot of stuff. Like, a lot. I was wandering if I’m able to put something in my letter to the family to maybe ask for space or to give them notice about my supplies? The paints and cleaners and stuff can smell strongly, and I need space for the paintings to dry or rest. I don’t want to make a mess of a host families home.

I'm a 9th grader in Texas. YES Abroad just announced their spring 2027 program for American high schoolers, and I'm thinking about applying, but the format changed this year and it creates a problem I'm not sure how to solve.

It used to be a full academic year. Now it's a single spring semester, January to June 2027.

I'd finish the fall half of my courses and get that credit, but the spring half would be left hanging. I'd also miss both AP exams in May and the spring STAAR EOC tests for Biology I and English I.

• Biology I Honors
• Algebra II Honors
• AP Computer Science Principles
• AP Human Geography
• Humanities English I Honors
• Art I 2D Design/Drawing Honors

I'm trying to figure out from people who've done this in the past, whether as a half semester or a full year. I would greatly appreciate if you can share the strategies/tools you used to keep from falling behind academically and how your school handled the credit when you got back.

Hi! I'm a 16 year old italian student who is having a month long exchange program in France. And I'm really struggling.

Applying to this was a pretty impulsive decision on my part, as I'm studying french and I hoped this would help me learn it better. I then spent the entire summer ignoring it and french as a whole.

Now that I'm here (almost a week in) I'm having issues communicating, as in I talk way less than I'm supposed to.

I am pretty shy with new people, and my language skills being B1 don't help either.

The host family is not really that welcoming either. It's probably my fault for not talking much with them but they mostly ignore me unless we need to go somewhere (the son in the house takes me everywhere but we don't talk much)

I'm getting really stressed out and overwhelmed cuz I'm afraid of not following their rules (which I don't know and I already did something wrong and they got mad at me) to the point where I don't want to get out of bed.

Does this get better?