<p>As to how hard NSLI-Y is to get into, here’s a post from a couple of years ago with some stats: </p>
<p>[Cultures</a> Shocked forum - View Single Post - NSLI for youth?](<a href=“http://www.cultures-shocked.org/Joomla/forum/showpost.php?p=200729&postcount=154]Cultures”>http://www.cultures-shocked.org/Joomla/forum/showpost.php?p=200729&postcount=154) </p>
<p>600 finalists / 1977 apps = 30% acceptance rate. Keep in mind the number of apps has been increasing year over year for the same number (or fewer) spots.</p>
<p>That said, don’t let those numbers scare you. Apply!</p>
<p>My three of the four members of most host family spoke great English. This doesn’t hold true for all of the host fams, though.</p>
<p>I would also endorse the CIEE South Korea Scholarship, which I did this past summer. I saw the entire country and had some unforgettable experiences (going to the DMZ and being stared down by a North Korean solider, for one.)</p>