Hi! My name is Zachary Best, and I am a semi-finalist for 2015-2016 school year with CBYX (FLAG) “What is that??!!” You ask. Well the CBYX website states: “The U.S. State Department funded Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) is for motivated high school students who want to fully immerse themselves in German culture by living with a host family and attending a local high school. No previous language experience is required.”
I just had my interview this morning, March 10th, 2015. It wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be. My interviewers were very nice, easy to talk to and I felt very comfortable. I wore a nice pair of slacks, button down shirt and a tie. I wanted to look nice.
We should hear from FLAG about finalists on April 1. Yeah, April Fools Day. Ironic? I think the next three weeks are going to craaaaaaaaaaawl by.
I am going to keep up this blog to hopefully keep friends and family up to date, but also for those who will be in my shoes in the future.
Keep your fingers crossed for me!
I think I will also post about every thing up to this point, like the application process and how much it entailed.
~Zach
Hey, my name is Sophia. I am a finalist, but I'm with YFU. Did you happen to get your results yet? :)
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DeleteI do. FLAG participants got notified yesterday. I am going to Germany :)
Your blog is great! I'm a finalist with ASSE. I'm trying to compile a list of all of the 2015/2016 CBYX blogs, on a page on my blog (danasdeutschabenteuer.blogspot.com). That way whoever wants to can copy and paste it to their own blog, and future applicants (like for the next year) will have an easier time finding them all! Let me know if it's ok to add your blog link to the list. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSure, you can add mine and I'll add yours to mine!
DeleteCool, thanks! Hope to meet you in Berlin, if not earlier! Here's a link to my list of other CBYX blogs. You can copy and paste it to your list if you'd like :) http://danasdeutschabenteuer.blogspot.com/p/other-20152016-cbyx-blogs.html
DeleteYes that would be awesome! I can't believe how fast the time seems to be going. I will add the others :) It will definitely help others. When we were trying to learn more about the program, it was hard to find a lot of blogs... at least... for those who kept blogging. I found a lot that only had like 3 entries or so. Thanks!
DeleteIt is going really fast! When do you depart with FLAG? My organization (ASSE) is getting to DC on Aug. 3rd and leaving for Germany on Aug 5th!
DeleteI know! I found so many blogs that were never updated after orientation or language camp. I'm sure that we'll be really busy there, but I'm going to try my best to update my blog often!
We're going to go to DC early and sight see. FLAG is meeting a few days after you leave, so it looks like we will miss each other in DC. Hopefully see you in language camp!
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ReplyDeleteHey! I was an alternate for CBYX FLAG 2015-2016, and I just got moved up to finalist status!!! I can't wait to meet all of the FLAG finalists in DC! :) Maybe we'll see each other there.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! Hope to see you in DC!
DeleteHello, I am also a finalist with FLAG! Hope to see you soon!
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