Applications are now available for the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Abroad program, an international student exchange program for American high school students.
Eligible students ( U.S. citizens ages 15 to 18.5) win merit-based scholarships to study in one of 11 countries while living with a host family.
Countries include Bosnia-Herzegovina, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Mali, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Thailand and Turkey.