Eastern States Student Exchange

Announcements

ESSEX Meeting

January 11-13, 2019

DoubleTree Hotel, King of Prussia, PA

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Deadline December 28, 2018

Applications and all forms for the 2019-20 exchange year are now available.

Applications must include a copy of a valid passport. To be valid, a passport must not expire before February, 2021. Students cannot be placed until the student has a valid passport. Students without passports should apply immediately. Students who have passports that expire before February, 2021 should renew passports immediately. Please do not wait.

Please read

Page Order for Completed 2019-20 Applications

before sending an application

Only one (1) complete application needs to be sent to

ESSEX this year!

The following countries are available for student placement. Please check frequently as the list will change as countries become unavailable.

All countries are availabe at this time.

2019-20 Long Term Application

(Revised -NAYEN 2011)

Savable Version

CLICK HERE

2019-20 ESSEX Application Check List (Word Doc)

2019-20 ESSEX Application Check List (PDF)

2019-20 ESSEX Guidelines, Conditions & Rules for OUTBOUND Students (Word Doc)

2019-20 ESSEX Guidelines, Conditions & Rules for OUTBOUND Students (PDF)?

2019-20 Outbound Age Chart

2019-20 Country Selection List (Word Doc)

updated 6 December 2018

2019-20 Country Selection List (PDF File)

updated 6 December 2018

For Students Applying to France

Copies of the student's and parents' essays in French must accompany the completed application if France is the student's 1st choice.

Please talk to your local

Rotary Club for information on youth exchange.

Short Term Application

Savable Version

CLICK HERE

Click link below for complete Short-Term Information

CLICK HERE

Currently Accepting Short-Term applications thru May 1st, 2019

(to get your first choice of country best to submit early)

WANT THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME? STUDY ABROAD!

Welcome to the ESSEX - Eastern States Student Exchange web site.

An exciting adventure awaits you, as a potential Rotary exchange student or host family, you look to expand your horizons as they've never been expanded before. We invite you to explore our site, learn more about the program, and, if it's right for you, take those first steps toward one of the most amazing, memorable, adventurous years of your life.

Yours in Rotary,

Chris Perlick, Chair 17-20

Eastern States Student Exchange

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it solely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime." Mark Twain