Emelie, congratulations for taking on such a tough challenge by leaving your home country to live in the USA. Being away from loved ones isn't easy at all. Demand your friends take you to Crater Lake, Red Woods, Yosemite, Kings Canyon/Sequoia NPs, and of course the Grand Canyon!!!!
Your pictures are beautiful and so is the state of Utah! I admire you coming out of your comfort zone to come to such a big country as the United States without your family or people that you know.
Great video Emelie. I'm really glad you had such a great time in Utah. I'm in Colorado so I understand loving the natural beauty that you had the chance to live in. It is disappointing that EF failed you though. That is sad to hear. Good luck on your trip back to Utah. It sounds you may have made friends for life on the opposite side of the planet. I have internet friends in Norway that I will visit this summer. If I am lucky I'll get the same. I don't know why the Scandinavians and the Dutch are so hard on themselves concerning their English skills. Everyone I have talked to has had amazing English. What would be a joke would be me trying to speak Danish, Norwegian or Sweden haha.
Why did I just saw that now, this is the most beautiful I ever watched. I think about doing an exchange year in America. And it's my biggest dream to go to the USA one time. I'm just crying cause this is so beautiful and all your impressions...😍😭🙌🏽
Your English is so good! You sound like a native American. You seem a little bit nervous, but also brave to overcome that. In America we like that. Welcome!
Im from Poland and im currently exchange student in NY state. What you said in this video is so true. Wherever you gonna be its gonna be hard, but u will never experience anything like that, its so unique year and we can't give up. Good luck for the rest of your exchange and if u ever will think to visit Poland let me know.
America can be hard but anything worth doing takes effort. Look what she has become -- she made a good effort to get a taste of big city and country life. Now to be honest she has only scratched the surface of our great nation. She will return many times and America will always be there for her --- she has grown into who she wants to be ! Wonderful young people -- living their lives and dreams in the land of the free - home of the brave....
Great video. Your English is capital E excellent! I'm glad you had a great time and I'm sure the experience will help you your whole life. Beautiful country where you were. Lots of the greatest westerns (cowboy movies) were filmed out in those areas!
Hi, I just moved to America from France. I am a senior right now and to be honest I am kinda lost. Everybody has their friend groups, and i feel a bit lonely. And I took 4 AP classes and 2 regular classes, so i habe a looot of work, and teachers treat me as a regular student, when actually it takes me longer to do things because... English you know...Idk how i got into 4 ap courses ( ap us history, ap calculus bc, ap physics 2, ib psychology)... Do you people think i am going to survive???
I'm an exchange student in US too!! And I feel you %100 because I have same problems right now. If you want to talk, you're always welcome:) because I would love to talk with someone who can understand me!
When I was in school we had two girls from Russia and one was kinda like you are. She was pretty shy and timid but you may not really be like that. Best advice I couldgive you has already been given just try talking to people. If you aren't sure what kinda of group you want to hang with just look for one similar to your own style. Trust me you will survive as you seem like an intelligent person. Just make friends while your here the worst part is having to leave from what she told me. But you never know you can always find your way back and i'm sure be welcome no matter where you go. Hope you have an amazing time here. :P
You lived in Moab? That is a beautiful area, with Arches, Canyonlands, and so many other places that seem almost otherworldly because of the oddly shaped red rocks that you honestly can't find anywhere else on the planet.
Thanks for sharing your experience. We will be hosting a Swedish foreign exchange student. This will be our first time hosting. Our school starts this August 7. She will be with us for ten months. We are excited and hope she will will love her experience!
Hi! I applied through an exchange organisation, and I did it pretty early so I had to wait about 10 month until I went to America. But during this time there's a lot of stuff to prepare etc so apply as early as possible!!
I find it shocking how much we take living in the US for granted, when I hear foreigners (particularly European) speak about their experience in the US, it makes me re-appreciate how much we have, but also it makes me feel like we always will see the greener grass on the other side of the fence. To me Europe is beautiful, there are many things that we don't have here in the US, but yet the people living there take for granted. I guess Appreciate everything you can as a good experience and focus on how to be happy vs dwelling on negative things like a lot of people do, don't let one bad experience ruin an otherwise perfect adventure.
Yess do a q&a about exchange I want to be an exchange student and i have premission from my parants but i'm only 13 so i have to wait😂. And i love your vids❤️
Emilie, I come from a city in Illinois which was historically settled by Swedes and Italians. (There are now over 100 nationalities here.) I think your English is great, but I've grown up around people with accents, and yours is very minimal. You lived in Moab? What a beautiful little city, and the gateway to Arches (1st. picture) and Canyonlands National Parks, with Bryce Canyon and Zion not all that far away. Wow! I've vacationed in that area many times.
Glad you are having a good time and that you have grown through this experience. Not to sound cliche but growth comes through adversity. Your English is great, would not be concerned about that. Just continue Blogging and have a good time. Questions: Favorite foods back home, how cold does it get in the .Winters in Sweden? Have you gained any weight since being in the states...lol And lastly, what has been your biggest surprise about America? Take care and keep blogging
+Paula Cuesta I'm thinking about making a video on the subject! :) But just to answer your question: Talking to people, just asking questions etc is great so you interact a bit and get to know people! And once they realize you're an exchange student they'll most likely keep asking you questions. Asking if someone can show you to your class etc is great for getting to know people but also to find your way haha :)
+S. Noordermeer Hi girl! One way is to state all of the perks like how employers value exchange students and that you'll be fluent in English etc. But I'd definitely recommend you doing alot of reachers so they understand that you're serious about it! Find out what can be hard with exchange years and figure out how'd you handle it and also look up prices etc, this will show them that you really want it! I really hope this was helpful :)
Hey! I mean, my feelings have changed a little bit. Both because of how I've changed as a person but also because of talking to friends over there and keeping up with US news! I'd love to go back though and explore more of the country! I'm working right now but planning to go to university next year, in England :)
i'm from Texas and i'm going to be an exchange student into Korea. i'm honestly so fucking excited and my dreams have been taken over by korea. i heard that they have this "poopoo smell". i don't give a fuck, like try to find it on a map. anyway, if you're going to korea or live there, hmu. i *need* to know more
The US truly has beautiful nature! Moab, where I lived, is still one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen! It's amazing how just traveling for a few hours you'll end up in a place with a very different landscape.
Small towns are probably the most common to be placed in, although, if you were to end up in new york, for example, you'd probably be placed in a suburb and not in the middle of the city!
Was school in america as good as it was back home? And how did you pay for it? Most people say that the food in america is mostly bad ya fried. Did you at veggies too (Weird question)
+Hedda Amanda It's pretty personal, but when I wanted to change host families they instantly turned against me and I really didn't think they'd react that way. I was honestly really scared and unhappy at that point.. and the Swedish part of EF told me that their hands were tied. Hopefully you can get an idea of the situation I was in!
+mermaid 123 I did not feel supported by them at all, almost the other way around. I was not allowed to change host family even though my friends was willing to let my stay there. They did not listen to me and I was put in a lot of uncomfortable and stressful situations, thankfully I had great friends who supported me! I have a lot of friends who also have had bad experiences with them unfortunately. Hopefully this was helpful to you :)
Jag har gjort en video med ett mer utvecklat svar på den frågan: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Qge-HadYl0M.html&lc=z12gfdnyczzyihqas04cib1j0tjby11htsw0k :)