Gap Year--The Most Wonderful!! Gift, If You Can Swing It, For Your Kid

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<p>Mwigal, a search of this site indicates that SWHarborfan has not posted since August of 2011, when her D matriculated. You might try to PM her instead; however, based on posts 192-195 of the following thread, you might not bother: </p>

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<p>YFU or AFS offer gap year exchange programs to Spanish speaking countries. If your son would like to consider one of them he would need to get on it right away: [Student</a> Exchange | AFS USA Exchange Student Programs](<a href=“http://www.afsusa.org%5DStudent”>http://www.afsusa.org) or [Youth</a> for Understanding](<a href=“http://www.yfu.org%5DYouth”>http://www.yfu.org) Both of these organizations are long standing highly reputable programs. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Apollo6,
Thanks for the suggestions. Ironically, went to Gap Year Fair today near Chicago. Met reps from both of these organizations and was impressed. Will investigate further. I appreciate it.
mwlgal</p>