Each year, more than a thousand students from 35 countries experience America from a unique perspective. They participate in the American Institute For Foreign Study Foundation's Academic Year in America (AYA) program, where they join a caring American family and attend a U.S. high school.
AYA students share their customs and cultures with their host families and new American friends. In return, they receive a lifetime of treasured memories and friendships and gain a special understanding of America's cultural diversity and the English language.
You live with an American family and spend an exciting year with American teenagers in a U.S. high school. You experience the life of an American teenager. You become a member of an American family. By sharing everyday activities you come to know what it is like to be American.
Academic Year in America has made these experiences possible for two decades. It is sponsored by the American Institute For Foreign Study Foundation, a not-for-profit educational organization founded in 1967. Since the Foundation has been designated by the U.S. Department of State as an Exchange Visitor Program, participants obtain a J-1 exchange visitor visa for the duration of the program.
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