Whether for a school year or semester, you are welcomed as a family member, not a guest, in your German host family. Based on your personal application, the information you provide about your history, interests and future plans, you will be placed with a German family just right for you. You may find yourself in a rural family, with several children and many outdoor activities or placed in a busy city suburb with parents of grown children. Your family will be right for you.

You'll be a fully enrolled student in a "gymnasium" or German high school. Sitting alongside German students, doing homework, writing papers, learning as they learn, you will gradually feel part of your new school. You'll make friends at school, share recreational activities and free time with your new German friends.