sarah nguyen

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Kelly Hill, a CBYX finalist from the Northeast. Get in touch with her at dewuski(at)yahoo(dot)com.

I’m soooo excited to be going to Germany with CBYX! It is great to be able to share experiences with other exchange students across the country (and the World).

So far my experience consists of…

1. Apply
2. Wait
3. Home Interview
4. Wait and fill out more applications
5. Semi-Final Interview
6. Wait and worry
7. Check mail box every day for weeks
8. Wait and worry some more
9. Phone Rings - “oh no, I bet I didn’t get it : (”
10. AHHHHHH I won! I’m so excited
11. excited
12. excited
13. excited
14. excited

Sound familiar to any of you other CBYX’ers and/or exchange students???

I’ve been going shopping to get stuff I think I will need. There is a great book out there called Michelin Germany: Plan Discover Explore. I had the old copy, but I just got the new one for around twenty bucks at Borders. It has history, attractions and cities rated with stars, maps, places to eat, etc. It is great for someone to figure out what they should see and how to get there (it even gives prices and how much time you should allow). It is available for many other countries as well and I really recommend it. My parents used it a lot when they were in Germany.

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On Wednesday afternoon Sandy Chase left a message on the phone telling me to call her back. So Thursday morning, I did, and she said congratulations, because I am a finalist (that is, I am goinggg come late summer)! I told a few of my friends right away and am in the process of telling others when it comes up in conversation (trying to avoid being obnoxious/annoying about Germany). Oh, and I told Mr.Marra, who wrote one of the recs for me, and some of the people who revised my application essays (thanks).

Other than that, Sandy said I should receive an official letter in the mail regarding my acceptance, and we would have at least one orientation before we leave. I asked her who else from my session was accepted, and she said Kira, Joe, and Bianca were - Kira’s the only one I know for sure though because she confirmed it via facebook. The others haven’t gotten in touch with me yet.

Wheeeee, I don’t know what else to say. ^_^

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