Je suis nouvelle alors j'espère avoir des réponses rapidement... Merci d'avance ;)
Une année scolaire aux Etats-Unis
by Marie2fk
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
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Bonjour tout le monde ! Je m'appelle Marie et j'ai 15 ans. Àla rentrée 2013 je passe en premiere L et pour la rentrée 2014 jaimerai bien aller dans un lycée américain, j'ai deja tenté cette année avec le Rotary Club mais je n'ai pas été prise car tout simplement ceux qui ont été accepté ont été 'pistonnés". Je recherche donc un organisme fiable et vraiment pas cher.. Moins de 3000€ (En gros je sais que c'estmission quasi-impossible..) Mais je ne perd pas encore espoir ! Vous en connaissez des organismes dans ces critères ?
Je suis nouvelle alors j'espère avoir des réponses rapidement... Merci d'avance ;)
Je suis nouvelle alors j'espère avoir des réponses rapidement... Merci d'avance ;)
Hello Marie, je ne sais pas si il est très simple d'intégrer un lycée aux USA. Mois j'ai fait le choix de partir juste après le BAC, ce qui me parait plus simple. Je te conseille de faire de même si jamais tu n'arrives pas à concrétiser ton projet. Les community college permettent de commencer un Bachelor à petit prix : http://etudier-etranger.20minutes-blogs.fr/archive/2012/05/07/faire-ses-etudes-aux-etats-unis-qu-est-ce-que-le-community-c.html
Quel est ton niveau d'anglais? A +++
Oui je te conseille également de terminer ton lycée en France, mais après ton bac tu peux facilement tenter un Community Collège comme cité ci-dessus ou tenté une autre université. Pour cela il te faudra passer un test d'anglais TOEFL ou TOEIC, d'être accepté dans le domaine que tu souhaites et prouver tes ressources, et enfin obtenir un visa, car je ne te le cache pas mais la vie est cher aux USA! Mais tu peux trouver des bourses sur Internet pour des étudiants français comme toi souhaitant partir étudier aux USA, il en existe :)
Je te conseille d'aller visiter ce site, il est vraiment intéressant http://www.cursusmundus.com/etudier-aux-etats-unis-usa/etudier-aux-usa-4321
Voila a + E
Je te conseille d'aller visiter ce site, il est vraiment intéressant http://www.cursusmundus.com/etudier-aux-etats-unis-usa/etudier-aux-usa-4321
Voila a + E
USA Expat
Passer une année scolaire aux Etats-Unis en high school est "relativement" courant, mais comme tu le dis toi-même, à 3000 euros ça n'existe pas.
Si l'on part avant le bac (entre la 2e et la 1e, ou, ce qui est plus rare mais est possible, entre la 1e et la Term) tu peux avoir une petite réduction.
EN REVANCHE, si tu as un très bon dossier, tu peux essayer d'obtenir une bourse. Je crois que pie et wep en proposent (peut-être que STS aussi)
à condition de faire son dossier très en avance (cad à l'automne 2013 pour la rentrée 2014). Comme tu avais déjà tout préparé pour la bourse du
Rotary, tu peux essayer cela.
Les étapes
1° demander les renseignements aux 3 organismes en précisant bien que c'est pour la rentrée 2014
2° contacter celui que tu préfères et leur parler de possibilités de bourse
3° leur envoyer ton dossier
Ensuite tu devras passer un entretien et un test d'anglais mais c'est bien après.
Je te conseille de lire le super blog tenu par une jeune partie après sa 2e et qui passe l'année dans une petite ville du Wisconsin. http://journalduneapprentieamericaine.blogspot.fr/
Si jamais la bourse n'est pas possible, tu devrais dès tes 17 ans t'inscrire pour le BAFA (certaines régions proposent des financements ou des aides) et en stage d'approfondissement choisir "petite enfance" et/ou autres options qui s'appliquent au babysitting et au pair, accumuler les heures de babysitting dans des familles (pas la tienne) afin d'avoir des références, et essayer de partir après ton bac. Dans tous les cas tu devras avoir ton bac et ton permis. Avec cette solution, tu peux suivre des cours d'anglais quelques heures par semaine, tu es logée-nourrie, et tu reçois un petit salaire. Bien sûr, ce n'est pas pareil qu'être totalement intégrée à la vie locale via une famille et une école, mais c'est une solution peu onéreuse si l'autre possibilité tombe à l'eau. Enfin, en mettant de l'argent de ton babysitting de côté, tu auras plus de possibilités.
Je te conseille de lire le super blog tenu par une jeune partie après sa 2e et qui passe l'année dans une petite ville du Wisconsin. http://journalduneapprentieamericaine.blogspot.fr/
Si jamais la bourse n'est pas possible, tu devrais dès tes 17 ans t'inscrire pour le BAFA (certaines régions proposent des financements ou des aides) et en stage d'approfondissement choisir "petite enfance" et/ou autres options qui s'appliquent au babysitting et au pair, accumuler les heures de babysitting dans des familles (pas la tienne) afin d'avoir des références, et essayer de partir après ton bac. Dans tous les cas tu devras avoir ton bac et ton permis. Avec cette solution, tu peux suivre des cours d'anglais quelques heures par semaine, tu es logée-nourrie, et tu reçois un petit salaire. Bien sûr, ce n'est pas pareil qu'être totalement intégrée à la vie locale via une famille et une école, mais c'est une solution peu onéreuse si l'autre possibilité tombe à l'eau. Enfin, en mettant de l'argent de ton babysitting de côté, tu auras plus de possibilités.
Merci pour ta réponse qui m'a bien aidé ! Je vais essayer de contacter les organismes, je parle déjà avec la dame du Rotary de ma région, je pourrai commencer à faire mon dossier mais je ne suis vraiment pas sûre d'être prise donc je ne sais pas si je dois tenter ou pas avec un autre organisme...
Je pensais que tu n'avais pas été prise par le Rotary?
Le Rotary est une association qui fait toutes sortes de choses localement et internationalement, et choisit de sponsoriser UN jeune par district.
WEP, PIE, STS... sont des organismes spécialisés qui sélectionnent autant de jeunes qu'il y a de place, mais bien sûr c'est payant.
Tu demandes les catalogues (brochures, prospectus) d'information, tu les lis, ça te t'engage à rien. C'est seulement après que tu fais un dossier.
Je n'ai pas été prise l'année dernière mais je retente cette année :)
Mes parents n'ont pas du tout les moyens de mettre cher pour un an aux USA parce que il doivent aussi payer les études à mes frères (J'en ai 4) et si je le fais, eux voudront peut être le faire mais mes parents ne pourront pas le payer donc ils ne veulent pas faire de "favoritisme" alors partir avec un autre organisme c'est certainement pas possible...
Mes parents n'ont pas du tout les moyens de mettre cher pour un an aux USA parce que il doivent aussi payer les études à mes frères (J'en ai 4) et si je le fais, eux voudront peut être le faire mais mes parents ne pourront pas le payer donc ils ne veulent pas faire de "favoritisme" alors partir avec un autre organisme c'est certainement pas possible...
Vu la probabilité infime d'être pris via le Rotary, je ferais les demandes de brochures aux 3 organismes et je
me renseignerais concernant la possibilité de bourses. Si tu gagnes une bourse, tout est réglé.
Si tu n'en gagnes pas, tu fais tout ce qu'il faut pour partir au pair (où cela coûte très peu cher au départ,
pour les formalité administratives, et ensuite tu es payée, cf. ci-dessus).
Es-tu l'aînée? A mon avis ça doit être donnant-donnant: si tes parents investissent une somme pour toi et qu'ils ont peur de ne pas en disposer pour tes frères, tu t'engages à travailler et à mettre de côté la somme complémentaire pour eux. Comme ça tout le monde est gagnant. Tu peux promettre que si l'un de tes frères souhaite le faire plus tard, tu leur donneras le complément de fonds sur ton salaire, ou que tu feras un petit boulot que tu reverseras intégralement sur un compte. De plus, rien ne garantit qu'eux aussi seront refusés par le Rotary quand ils feront la demande, si jamais ils veulent partir, ce qui n'est pas sûr du tout.
Enfin, tes frères auront peut-être d'autres projets que les tiens: un club de sport, de modélisme, une école quelque part... Ton projet à toi n'est pas nécessairement le leur et t'empêcher de partir pour l'éventualité où tes frères te copieraient n'est pas logique. C'est comme si ton frère voulait faire partie d'un club d'astronomie et qu'on lui interdisait parce que toi tu n'y es pas... alors que l'astronomie ne t'intéresse pas. On ne peut pas sacrifier ton projet pour l'éventualité de projets non avérés chez d'autres.
Je comprends que tes parents voudraient pouvoir dépenser autant pour chacun, mais admettons que toi ton rêve c'est une année en HS, ton 1er frère son rêve c'est d'avoir un scooter, ton 2e frère son projet c'est pour dans 5 ans faire le tour d'Europe avec les Compagnons du devoir, ton 3e frère ne sait pas du tout. L'important n'est pas la somme investie, mais que vous ayez ce qu'il faut. Si ton 2e frère a un scooter il ne va pas pleurer parce qu'il n'a pas coûté 3000 euros. Et le temps que ton 3e frère commence son projet à lui, tu seras revenue et tu auras commencé un petit boulot, comme donner des cours d'anglais maintenant que tu es bilingue, où tu mettras de l'argent de côté pour qu'il puisse disposer lui aussi de la somme investie sur toi.
Es-tu l'aînée? A mon avis ça doit être donnant-donnant: si tes parents investissent une somme pour toi et qu'ils ont peur de ne pas en disposer pour tes frères, tu t'engages à travailler et à mettre de côté la somme complémentaire pour eux. Comme ça tout le monde est gagnant. Tu peux promettre que si l'un de tes frères souhaite le faire plus tard, tu leur donneras le complément de fonds sur ton salaire, ou que tu feras un petit boulot que tu reverseras intégralement sur un compte. De plus, rien ne garantit qu'eux aussi seront refusés par le Rotary quand ils feront la demande, si jamais ils veulent partir, ce qui n'est pas sûr du tout.
Enfin, tes frères auront peut-être d'autres projets que les tiens: un club de sport, de modélisme, une école quelque part... Ton projet à toi n'est pas nécessairement le leur et t'empêcher de partir pour l'éventualité où tes frères te copieraient n'est pas logique. C'est comme si ton frère voulait faire partie d'un club d'astronomie et qu'on lui interdisait parce que toi tu n'y es pas... alors que l'astronomie ne t'intéresse pas. On ne peut pas sacrifier ton projet pour l'éventualité de projets non avérés chez d'autres.
Je comprends que tes parents voudraient pouvoir dépenser autant pour chacun, mais admettons que toi ton rêve c'est une année en HS, ton 1er frère son rêve c'est d'avoir un scooter, ton 2e frère son projet c'est pour dans 5 ans faire le tour d'Europe avec les Compagnons du devoir, ton 3e frère ne sait pas du tout. L'important n'est pas la somme investie, mais que vous ayez ce qu'il faut. Si ton 2e frère a un scooter il ne va pas pleurer parce qu'il n'a pas coûté 3000 euros. Et le temps que ton 3e frère commence son projet à lui, tu seras revenue et tu auras commencé un petit boulot, comme donner des cours d'anglais maintenant que tu es bilingue, où tu mettras de l'argent de côté pour qu'il puisse disposer lui aussi de la somme investie sur toi.
Bonjour, donc voila je me présente j'ai 17 et bientôt 18 l'année prochaine quand je serais en terminale ES. Alors voilà j'aimerai réellement depuis 3ans partir en tant qu'exchange student aux USA avec le Rotary, oui mais le problème c'est qu'après cela j'aimerai intégrer une école de commerce alors selon vous, mieux vaux que je laisse tomber cette année aux USA ou que je risque quand même et qu'il y'a des possibilités que des écoles accepte que je parte une année et que j'intègre l'école a mon retour? Voila merci de répondre a mes question !
Et concernant le rotary la personne qui m'accueillera aura forcément envoyer un de ses enfants dans un autre pays ou pas ?
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I’m looking for info on villages around Aix, like Fuveau, Bouc-Bel-Air, or even Éguilles and Venelles? We’re a couple with a child living in the Paris region, and I’ll be relocating to Aix-en-Provence in spring 2026. We’d love to swap our apartment for a house with a pool within 20-30 minutes max of central Aix, with a budget of around 650k €.
In terms of climate and geography, I’ve read that Aix is in a basin where it can get really hot. What about the surrounding villages that are a bit more elevated, like Venelles? Is it just as stifling?
For a family, which area would you recommend?
Thanks in advance for your replies!
I’m looking for info on villages around Aix, like Fuveau, Bouc-Bel-Air, or even Éguilles and Venelles? We’re a couple with a child living in the Paris region, and I’ll be relocating to Aix-en-Provence in spring 2026. We’d love to swap our apartment for a house with a pool within 20-30 minutes max of central Aix, with a budget of around 650k €.
In terms of climate and geography, I’ve read that Aix is in a basin where it can get really hot. What about the surrounding villages that are a bit more elevated, like Venelles? Is it just as stifling?
For a family, which area would you recommend?
Thanks in advance for your replies!
Starting this spring, we want to settle near Aix-en-Provence. We're tired of living in the mountains with all the snow—we really need some sunshine and a fresh start. Is it hard to find a house to rent there? What about prices? If you have any great tips or useful info about the area, we’d love to hear it. I work in education and want to do prevention work in Marseille or Aix—are there jobs in the social sector?
Anyway, we need tons of info, but we’re sure we’re going to take the leap—no hesitation, adventure is adventure!!! Thanks for your help and any experiences you can share.
Anyway, we need tons of info, but we’re sure we’re going to take the leap—no hesitation, adventure is adventure!!! Thanks for your help and any experiences you can share.
Hi,
I’m an osteopath and I’d like to set up and open an osteopathy practice in Thailand. I don’t have a precise location in mind yet, but I’m thinking maybe Hua Hin. I saw there’s an osteopath based in Phuket, so I wrote to him for some info, but he still hasn’t replied🤪!
So I’m reaching out to people who live there or know the country well: I’d like to know what the best ways are to advertise and get known in Thailand. Are there any local classifieds newspapers? First, I’d like to practice from my apartment. Is that allowed in Thailand? Ideally, I’d like to work part-time in a private hospital as an osteopath. I’m thinking that in Thailand, the medical field is much more open than in Europe!!! Has anyone seen an osteopath or chiropractor working in a Thai hospital? Do you know the price of a consultation?
Any info you can share will be super helpful! Thanks in advance[;)!!!]
I’m an osteopath and I’d like to set up and open an osteopathy practice in Thailand. I don’t have a precise location in mind yet, but I’m thinking maybe Hua Hin. I saw there’s an osteopath based in Phuket, so I wrote to him for some info, but he still hasn’t replied🤪!
So I’m reaching out to people who live there or know the country well: I’d like to know what the best ways are to advertise and get known in Thailand. Are there any local classifieds newspapers? First, I’d like to practice from my apartment. Is that allowed in Thailand? Ideally, I’d like to work part-time in a private hospital as an osteopath. I’m thinking that in Thailand, the medical field is much more open than in Europe!!! Has anyone seen an osteopath or chiropractor working in a Thai hospital? Do you know the price of a consultation?
Any info you can share will be super helpful! Thanks in advance[;)!!!]
Hello everyone,
We’re a small family from the south of France, with a 2-year-old little boy, and we’re dreaming of starting a new adventure abroad by opening our own business. For now, we haven’t chosen a specific destination yet.
We mainly speak French, with a basic level of Spanish and English, and we’re ready to improve these two languages if needed. We’re looking for a multicultural, safe country with quality healthcare and good schools accessible for our son. We’d also love a pleasant place with a mild climate where life is good.
Our idea is to travel to different countries to explore, compare, and refine our project. We’d be really happy to read your tips, experiences, or anecdotes if you’ve already undertaken a similar project or if you know key points to anticipate.
Thanks in advance for your shares and help—it would really help us move forward with our project! 😄
Hi everyone,
I’m heading to Dublin as an au pair in a few weeks.
I’m looking for a reputable language school. It’s so hard to choose! Has anyone already done a language stay in Dublin? Any tips? Thanks so much! :)
Hi everyone, so I’m planning to go study at a community college in the U.S., but the only snag is which one—there are so many options over there! I’ve heard about one in California, Diablo Valley College, and another in Florida, Valencia College. I know both states are super attractive for tourism, but my main criteria are teaching quality and price. I’m open to any advice, comments, or suggestions—thanks in advance! The start of the semester is coming up, and I’m a little nervous...
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Has anyone gone on a language study trip in Europe? If so, which agencies did you use? What can you tell me about it? Thanks a lot! Kelkune
Has anyone gone on a language study trip in Europe? If so, which agencies did you use? What can you tell me about it? Thanks a lot! Kelkune
Hi! I’m looking for an apartment in Malaga from September (2025) until January for my Erasmus exchange, but I’m not finding much, and it seems like there are a lot of scams. Does anyone have any leads or tips? Thanks!^^





