For my year abroad I decided to enter two different
scholarships that are funded by the State Department, here are the details
about those two.
Congress-Bundestag Youth
Exchange: CBYX offers American students the opportunity to live and study
abroad in Germany for an academic year through joint sponsorship by the US
Congress and the German Bundestag. Congress-Bundestag students serve as youth
ambassadors of the United States, sharing their life and culture with their
German hosts and building greater international understanding of the United
States and its diversity.
Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and
Study Abroad Program: 65 full scholarships are available through YES Abroad for
American high school students and recent graduates to study for up to one year
in select countries with significant Muslim populations.
First authorized by the U.S.
Congress in the aftermath of September 11th, the YES program seeks to increase
mutual understanding between the U.S. and countries with significant Muslim
populations. In 2007, the YES program was expanded to include YES Abroad,
giving American high school students the opportunity to live and study abroad
in a YES partner country.
The
YES program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs.
Find out more about CBYX here: http://www.usagermanyscholarship.org/
Find out more about YES here: http://www.yesprograms.org/yesabroad
