cultures-shocked.org

Cultures-Shocked is the largest exchange student forum on the internet. It has 1,306 threads, 50,988 posts, and over 1,000 members. These members range from obsessed high school students such as myself to their helicopter parents, eager to learn new strategies to torture students from thousands of miles away. In truth, most of the adults there are really amazing people that take time to give advice to distressed high schoolers, take students into their homes, and keep a safe (1,000 mile+) distance from their children.

Anyway.

The point is, CS, as Cultures-Shocked is lovingly abbreviated to (no Counter Strike jokes please), is the #1 place on the web to gather information about exchanges, get different perspectives, meet new people, and generally waste time losing sanity and sleep. Even if you’re not an exchange student or planning to be one yourself, take a look, and if you are one that has never been to CS, definitely check it out and introduce yourself! It’s a beautiful little site with no ads and lots of people ready to help and encourage you.