ODTE exchange program
Hi VVV,
another student exchange program is WAT (Work And Travel USA) from ODTE Program cost is 1,870 U$ incl. airfare and accomodation.
I am currently helping my friend who is a medicine student in Santo Domingo. Payments and selection for that program have finished now and she has got a summerjob in Williamsburg, VA as housekeeper in a hotel. I have known her for 3 years and trust her enough to help her in this, she is a bright kid from a poor family and she wants to use the money she will make in the US (minus my loan) to pay for the remainder of her studies, which should be perfectly possible since she is studying at the UASD (public university).
Some words of advice:
- this opportunity comes around every year, so don't feel pressured. Students can apply year after year and go back several times. Ask him what he plans to do with the money earned in the US.
- ask him what the name of the program is and look it up on the internet.
- do you really believe that he first collected 1,500U$ and only then starts asking you for the last 500U$? Is it realistic for him to have 1,500U$?
- don't do this with people you don't know really well.
Bartolomeo