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The CSIET (Council on Standards for International Education Travel) is really a not-for-profit organization that identifies reputable international youth exchange programs. Additionally they help promote the significance and academic value of international youth exchange, in addition to provide leadership and support towards the communities associated with exchange and education. They release annual reports on the statistics of both inbound (international students visiting the united states) and outbound (American students going abroad) exchange students.

Now, we're talking about high-school students here. Not college students - that's not governed or tracked through the CSIET. There are currently 60 programs around the CSIET Advisory List that have a "full" listing status, which means they're fully reputable organizations that either send US students abroad or host international students in america.

Well, here are a handful of the data for the year 2009-2010.

* The very best 5 countries that American students study abroad to are: 1. Germany 2. France 3. Italy 4. Spain 5. Japan

* California was their state sending the greatest number of students abroad: 200.

* The majority of American students going abroad on exchange come from Western states (CA, OR, WA, AZ, CO, UT, NV, MT, ID)

* The entire quantity of American students sent on exchange for either a school year or semester: 1,980. This is actually the lowest number of American high-school exchange students within the last seven years. Not counted in this statistic would be the many summer programs offered to American high-school students.

Now contrast our final amount of students going abroad using the final amount of international students who found the US: 28,142. Again, this really is high-school. The majority of international students who come to the united states during their high school career don't have that year counted; it's a lost year academically for them. And yet they are available.

According to the latest statistics, nearly all those 28,142 students are hosted in the Midwest region of america (MI, WI, IL, MN, OH, IN, IA), mainly Minnesota and Michigan.

These statistics prompt questions, a minimum of for me personally.

Why would 28,000+ students throughout the world arrived at the united states for a year of senior high school when that year does not give them any academic scores? Why do the majority of Americans who continue exchange come from the Western states, mainly California? Why are the primary countries where Americans go on exchange mainly in Europe?

I have no proven answers, however i have my very own conjectures and theories.

Why would 28,000+ students from all over the planet come to the US for any year of senior high school when that year doesn't give them any academic scores?

Many of the international exchange students who I meet are very excited to reside in another country. American culture continues to be broadcast out to them via a number of mediums, from tv series to rock bands and celebrities to snack foods and junk food chains. They see America constantly. Or will they? They're confident American every day life is not like that. And they need to see on their own. They would like to experience what it really means to be American.

So why do nearly all Americans who continue exchange come from the Western states, mainly California?

California is one of the most populous states in the country. There were 2,013,687 students signed up for a CA high school for the year 2008-2009. However this begs another question. If there have been so many millions of students inside a CA senior high school that year, why is it that only a couple hundred of them went on exchange? From my experience residing in CA, most of the students I have asked why they want to go abroad, their reasons vary. Some say it is because they are fully aware somebody who has gone abroad. Others had someone from the CSIET-identified program arrived at their school and give an exhibition. Perhaps there is very little penetration of exchange programs into California high schools. As stated above, nearly all international students are hosted within the Midwest. Students in Midwest high schools possess a higher chance of coming in contact with an international student, perhaps prompting them to think about going abroad themselves.

[http://www.l-emedia.com/drupal/node/240223 experiences as an Exchange Student]

How come the main countries where Americans continue exchange mainly in Europe?

Europe happens to be closely mounted on our own culture. European history is widely taught at both the senior high school and university level. European languages are taught in high schools, mostly French and Spanish. It might seem sensible then the countries Americans would like to learn much more about are France and Spain. It just so happens that Germany, since World War Two, has made incredible strides in opening itself as much as other countries. The nation's immigration levels have raised dramatically within the last four decades. It is literally mind-boggling the quantity of study abroad or work abroad opportunities Germans have as high-school or college students. In Germany, high school students are encouraged to study abroad, perhaps unlike their American counterparts.

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