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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did a one year program with YFU back in the mid-80’s to Australia.  It was a great program, but it really did screw up the academics b/c of different standards and being there 1/2 of 10th and 1/2 of 11th due to the school year being opposite.  If you’re on the same school calendar, it may be fine.  Just make sure your current high school signs off on what you take and will give you credit.  Otherwise it was a great experience.[/quote]

OP here. My son would love to go to New Zealand or Latin America both places where the school year starts in Feb. 
it sounds like it was still worth it though. Would it have been better half of 9th then first hlaf of 10th?[/quote]

No.  In fact, it would have been better 1/2 11th and 1/2 12th.  The school system there has set classes through 10th, then you break off for 11th and 12th depending on whether you’re taking the A level college entrance exams. 11th and 12th college prep are more like our high schools so they placed me in 11th there, but it was really hard b/c I practically jumped a grade and their classes were much tougher than ours (think first year college for us).  Plus, I was coming from a very small Midwest town and the academics weren’t as good.  It could be totally different now, but this was mid-80s. Still loved it, but I would have rather taken it for no credit and took more fun classes as opposed to their hard college prep classes.  Anyway, 9th grade and honestly even 10th grade is way too early - both for maturity and being able to take advantage of everything. [/quote]

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