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Exchange Student in Costa Rica
Exchange Student
Costa Rica. Spending an Academic Year or a Semester as an exchange student
in Costa Rica means living with a host family and attending high school
for 10-11 months or 4 to 6 months. In order to qualify as an exchange
student in Costa Rica, you must be
at least 15 years of age and no more than 18 years of age on the
date of your departure (some programs allow for exceptions to be made for
19-year-old students and some destinations allow students to participate
at the age of 14). You must
have at least a 2.75 GPA for academic year and semester programs and a 2.50
GPA for summer programs.
Students must
also meet any additional requirements specific to the country they choose,
for example a student may be required to have studied the language of the
destination country.
TWO WORLDS UNITED students
must be motivated, flexible, open-minded, curious, adaptable to new situations,
and should have a sense of humor.
Students should also possess good written
and oral communication skills.
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