iuytrede Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 In april, (ex)gf's younger sister, 15 y.o., wants to go to the US for one year as a high-school exchange student. It will be her 5th year in high-school (M 5). The family has so far done all preparatios through an agency called "IEP International Education Promotion" in Times Square Bdg, Sukhumvit Soi 12. Their service supposedly costs 300,000 B, 80,000 B is payable by the end of this month. (The stay in the US would cost only 200 USD per month) They have difficulties "finding" this money. Anybody knows, whether this agency is legit, the price is ok, and whether it would be possible and cheaper to arrange everything by themselves (visa, passport, finding a host family and a school)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 I thought, ggoing back to my high school days, it was then arranged through Rotary or something similar? Do a web search on "Exchange Students" Sounds a bit odd, normally school to school (At leastin Australia) DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo23 Posted October 5, 2004 Report Share Posted October 5, 2004 I know that my sister took part in a similar programm and the costs were similar (10000 Deutschmarks). I think organizing something by yourself might by possible, but very complex to organize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Contact maybe a few of the agencies that do this AFS (American field service?) and a few others, I believe you apply directly to them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyourdaddy Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 Her school may have exchange programs- both AFS and the rotary are heavily envolved in thailand. 300,000 seems as if they are taking a bit of the profit off of the top. I have heard of this rate a few times. AUA might have a suggestion on which agency to go through for the US. British council, IDP for Australia and the CEC for Canada also can connect you with agent partners. If they(IEP are in Times square they are probably legit. It would be hard to run a successful scam and keep a long term contract in such a building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwood13 Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 A google. search shows this Thai organization of which IEP is a member. http://www.tieca.com/ click on "members". and you get: http://www.studyinter.com/v2/index.htm and from there "exchange programs"> "high school exchange" which is all in Thai. Looks legit enough but I'd shop around. -redwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyourdaddy Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 TIECA is the top governing body of educational agents. Well respected name in the international ed. field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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