To help you decide whether or not you want to become an exchange student, ask yourself questions such as these:
Do I want to learn to speak another language? Can I keep up in a school that may make unfamiliar academic demands on me?
Can I handle day-to-day challenges and frustrations? Cope with occasional loneliness? Tolerate attitudes, ideas and values that are different from my own?
Am I willing to compromise? Make more decisions on my own? Laugh at myself when I do or say something others may think is silly or inapproriate?