Thursday, November 6, 2008

ISV

I got accepted into the International Student Volunteer program over the summer! I'm so excited, but I'm also very unsure about whether or not I can do it. This is so awesome though because only 50 students get selected from each of the participating schools within the United States! However, it's incredibly expensive. I'm looking at $4500 for the program, airfare, and spending money. The limiting factor in this is being able to afford it, and how it will affect my summer since I want to get a job, hang out with friends, visit Brad/have Brad visit, and take classes at De Anza.
Doing this would be so awesome though. I'd get to go to a different country, Dominican Republic (my top choice), Costa Rica (second choice), New Zealand, Thailand, Australia, Ecuador, Fiji, New Zealand, or South Africa to volunteer with conservation projects and/or social community development projects for two weeks. Then after those two weeks are over, I have two weeks of exploring the country to do neat things like spelunking, surfing, snorkeling/scuba diving, rock climbing, cliff jumping, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, etc.
Ah!

6 comments:

Dhishoom said...

GO TO NEW ZEALAND ITS THE SHIT!!!!! I LOVE IT. 1 MORE DAY!!!!!! =)

Liz said...

OMG jealous!! That sounds like so much fun!!

chery said...

HOLY CRAP that is awesome!!! congratulations!

Dami said...

ooh i definately want to do something like that someday! congrats!

tamoteru said...

wow! that is quite an opportunity if only 50 applicants are accepted from the US. college summers are long! ask your 'rents -- it's a NOT TO MISS opportunity! you'd have a ton of fun :)

Natalie said...

that sounds SO awesome paulie! it's the kind of thing I think you would have so much fun with!