ABC Education Group

THIS IS EDITED*ABC Education Group is also able to serve: Montenegro, Portugal, Croatia, and Kyrgyzstan

ABC’s Study Abroad Program (F-1 Inbound Program) is dedicated to the promotion of cultural understanding between people from around the world. It is the ABC’s Study Abroad Program (F-1 Inbound Program) philosophy that greater understanding and tolerance of others develops through interaction on a personal level. ABC’s Study Abroad Program (F-1 Inbound Program) offers a high school academic year program, inbound and outbound, and the short-term homestay programs.

ABC’s Study Abroad Program (F-1 Inbound Program) operates through a network of local coordinators throughout the United States who provide support on a local level. Coordinators interview and screen host families and supervise the program during the students’ stay. Local coordinators, as well as all parties concerned, are required to submit progress reports three times a year. Local coordinators also submit monthly reports.

Academic Year Program – United States—International students ages 14 to 18 travel to the United States, attend school for one semester or ten months, and live with a U.S. host family. Students must complete an application in English, pass a language proficiency test, submit transcripts indicating above-average grades, and write an autobiographical essay. Students and parents are interviewed prior to acceptance. Students are encouraged to take English, U.S. history, and geography classes at their high school prior to departure. Upon acceptance, students are required to attend several orientations. The orientations, which are conducted in December and July, address issues such as American culture, English language, program rules, and how to make the most of the U.S. high school experience.

In addition, most ABC’s Study Abroad Program (F-1 Inbound Program) students are required to attend an intensive U.S. orientation course in the United States prior to their arrival in the host community. The primary focus of the course is to acclimate students to U.S. culture, review program policies procedures and safety, and prepare them for their academic year stay.

Host families are matched to students appropriately based on their family’s lifestyle and interests. This is to ensure both parties have the best hosting/student experience possible.