MY EF EXCHANGE YEAR IN USA 2019/2020 | how my heart got broken by a virus

My Exchange Year
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well, it’s been one heck of a ride and this video pretty much sums up my whole exchange year in the united states!
i want to thank each one of you that was a part of making it an unforgettable experience. going on exchange was the best decision of my life so far, i’ve learnt so much in a year and i still cannot believe it’s over. so many memories fit into an 8 minute video took me longer than expected, but i hope i gave you an idea of how amazing it is to be an foreign exchange student and i would highly reccommend it :)
this video means a lot to me, so thanks for being supportive and for watching x
instagram: @aleksandrajoensen
program used in video: fcp and ae
music in video: Roslyn - Bon Iver & St. Vincent
Dream Catcher - Gyom

[@selina1381]

Eyyoo we watched your youtube video with our EF group omg

[@aleksandrajoensen]

ahh this makes me so happy omg :’) xx

[@laracvek8861]

I'm actually crying how bad I want this... This is definitely the best exchange year video I've seen so far❤

[@malwina3237]

Lara Cvek same😪

[@selenathetabby]

I've been wanting to do my high school's German exchange program (GAPP) since I found out about it around when I started high school but my parents never let me. I ended up just making conversation with the exchange students some of my classmates had and looking at pictures of their excursions. I'm a senior in college and all I can do is think about having a kid or two someday and becoming a host must they ever get involved in their school's German exchange program.

[@Lechrank]

Same with me

[@eslem8052]

Rn I'm crying too. I'm main candidate for AFS and today my country will selected and so does prices. My dad probably can't afford and I will finish my dreams today. AFS wasn't the only program I made it till the end. There was so many programs and it all ended up not going cuz my dad can't afford. That's the only one left. And I'm losing my hope. I'm crying because I have been dreaming for this experience for 3 years. İt was on my dreams countless times. İt all ended up with my waking up... For one time I want my dreams without waking up

[@sirbaxelord523]

@@selenathetabby do you live in the US? I don’t know if you’re still in high school or already in college but please google CBYX if you don’t know what it is. Maybe you’re still young enough to take part in it.❤ I’m from Germany and I’m taking part and it this year. It took me two years to be selected, so don’t cry if it doesn’t work the first time.🎉

[@Jana-yh5ru]

i love everything about this video.. honestly one of the best i've seen about exchange. so glad u got to experience it :)

[@aleksandrajoensen]

Jana wow thank you so much

[@dearcornelia]

I was gonna comment the exact same thing 😂

[@KarolinasLife]

I totally agree!! I already left a comment under this video earlier but I made a smiliar video and I know how much work is put into this video and i love when people make videos like that!! there is just so much heart put into one little "movie" and everything you appreciate about your exchange summed up!

[@janatnchr]

I just randomly found this video in my recommends and when I started watching the first seconds I couldn’t turn it off. This is probably the best exchange year rewind I ever saw and trust me I saw many of them. Thank you so much for sharing your feelings, your story, your life. This just made my day so much brighter. All the best for you❤️❤️

[@aleksandrajoensen]

jana wow this comment made my day! thank you so much girly

[@selinpolat1090]

Ok first of all you have like no Accent and it sound so perfect Second of all this video could be a movie like woooww great fricking job!😍 do more Videos of your exchange year!❤️

[@aleksandrajoensen]

The Eye aww that’s so sweet thank you sm ❤️

[@ellivancapellen6423]

wow!! I'm waiting to grow older and experience this year.. the day where I leave my home country and go to a family I knew nothing about at the start. waiting for the moment where I live with a second family, find new friends, even find love who knows. This persuaded me even more. Great video well put!!!

[@alondramorales8928]

Don’t mind me crying my eyes out in my room because this is is my biggest dream in the whole entire world and as much as I have been asking my parents they say no over and over again!! I pray to the Lord every single day that this might come true. I have faith but it is very hard to be strong when you want it so bad! Thank you for this! It was amazing!❤️

[@serri.81]

Same thing for me, its one of my biggest dreams but my parents don't support me & say no everytime i ask them but i still have faith :) Don't ever give up

[@superpferd0528]

Tell them everything you know and how many positive things this experience has. Maybe they will notice how much you want that and how many great things you can only experience there. Tell them about scholarships if the money is the problem. And just kepp going. I'm sure it will work! :)

[@jecrois4297]

Same thing for me too🙁🙁

[@lucindapinnellova190]

My dad wouldn't mind me going, but he said 16 (the only age I can take a gap year between high school and sixth form) isn't the right age for someone to go away for a year to live with strangers. And honestly, I understand his concern, but he for some reason thinks that host families aren't real families and will only treat me like a guest. he also thinks that I only think of it as a holiday I'll be going on instead of real life school and that me saying I want to experience different cultures and the way people live in other countries is just something I'm saying to persuade him to allow me to go and that it isn't real. My mum thinks the same thing as him, but on top of that she also said to me that I won't learn anything new over there and it isn't beneficial to me at all since my grades won't be carried over from there to here, plus I'll be a year older than everyone else when I start sixth form, and won't have friends. I have pretty much no chance of persuading my mum because what she said is kind of true too, so my life sucks :(

[@julianaroznik1940]

Literally same my parents think its dangerous cuz of guns and stuff but honestly it's my biggest dream

[@sarahassn2294]

It’s 4:00 am in the morning and I’m crying so hard rn, I’m an exchange student also 2019/2020 I had to leave the US obviously because of COVD19 💔 it’s been two weeks ... I miss everything I feel like I don’t belong back home anymore. Damn GOING ON EXCHANGE YEAR WAS THE BEST DECISION I’VE MADE IN MY LIFE ❤️

[@aphonieclouds7007]

Where are you from

[@david-liorusa6422]

That was the same for me... Ef class of '20

[@danaasher2591]

America says...Thank you for 7 months as a American teenager. Living a dream....small town America... Hope your high school comes out with a yearbook...and someone sends you one.......priceless...

[@manonnn]

Did I just cry watching that video ? Yes. Do I want to experience the exact same thing ? Definitely!! This one was the best exchange year video I've ever seen well done

[@pranktv5065]

I’m laying here in bed in a flood of tears bc this is my biggest dream and I feel like I’ve lived in America in my past life or something, but my dad doesn’t know how much it hurts when I ask if i can go and he just laughs and start talking ab something else💔

[@joepdeoude5202]

This was the best Exchange year video I have ever seen I really loved it , I hope that at one day its my time to go tho Exchange year in America. Thanks for making this video.

[@jasminespary1391]

I’ve wanted to go to America since I was a kid this inspired me even more to face my fears of leaving my life behind

[@superpferd0528]

I always get so emotional while watching this kind of videos. I actually can't believe I'll experience that in less than one year. Hopefully...

[@ivandeluca2368]

This is probably the most beautiful video which I have ever seen about “ a year as an exchange student”. I would love to be as lucky as you’ve been. I am in love with the US and it would be a dream to be an high school student in the United States.

[@abduwalimuse7482]

a dream to be a high school student in the United States? is that sarcasm? 😂 high schools in the U.S. are literal trash. The education system is garbage, the people aren't genuine and like to gossip about you, people act nice to your face and then talk bad about you behind your back, people judge you, people tease and bully you. It's a nightmare to be a high school student in the U.S. you should consider somewhere else. The U.S. is one of the worst countries.

[@SEBULIS]

Be free to visit any time :)

[@cristinafernandezmoreno7159]

This makes me so emotional, I'm going to new Zealand as an exchange student in a year and a half 🥺

[@marian6935]

wow chills. this was so beautifully made. my heart breaks for u that your year got cut short

[@renecordova6349]

I am so happy that you experienced the REAL AMERICA that I know and not the big city life that is usually portrayed in Hollywood films!! I am sure you had lots of fun and am so happy for you!! Your presence in my country delighted me so much, even though I live in Texas!!!

[@ematchligwana]

I can imagine how hard it has been for you to go back home because of the virus. I am supposed to fly to Colorado in a month, I am scared it get canceled. It is my dream since really young and your video is so inspiring! I hope you had the best year of your life. All my love during this time

[@aleksandrajoensen]

Ematch aw thank you so much girl, that means a lot. i wish you all the best and sending all prayers that it won’t get canceled. bestest of luck

[@niklaspahl139]

Actually the best video I watched in a while, I’m even more excited for my exchange year, but I have to wait a whole year.😭 I want this so bad for the last year and I can‘t wait anymore. I loved the video🤩

[@elliot4550]

great video, about to cry

[@sofiaortolani716]

this was so powerful, i’m literally crying

[@stijnbonnes632]

I am currently doing an exchange year in Michigan. Aldo i’m here for a month now, I’ve experienced so many cool things already and your video made me appreciate these things even more

[@janmatocha1496]

I am watching this, few weeks before my departure from the US, and I must say it is sad thinking about leaving:( I am so grateful, that you made this video, because I feel really similar, and you described the exchange situation perfectly! Thank you for making me tear up in the middle of my math class, it was worth it

[@judith5020]

Wow thank you so much for your video! It makes me pretty emotional. I was planning to go on an exchange year in summer of 2021. I had been planning this since I am out of primary school. I know my English isn't perfect and i am not the best at being without my loved ones. But I was dreaming so hardly of doing this and experience all this stuff (the positive AND the negative things). But now Corona has come. And I am so scared of not getting the opportunity to do this year. Even the thought of not going to the US makes me cry. I pray that all this stuff with the virus won't last long!

[@aleksandrajoensen]

aw love, thank you so much! don't worry about your english, no one is perfect at speaking a foreign language before going, that's a part of the reason why you are going right? if you go on exchange, you will do perfectly fine and your english will definitely develop, everyone starts somewhere! and yes, as the current situation being the virus being pretty serious, i feel so bad for both every student that got sent back too early, yet all the students that are planning on going this following year. but hey, time will change and everything will get better. if you decide to try it out (which i would highly recommend), the organization you pick will make sure you are safe at all time. i'm not sure what Class of 21 students are doing now, if their exchange year will be delayed, but I know for sure their organization has everything under control. hopefully virus won't last for long! wish you the best xx

[@juliaortwein3785]

I feel exactly the same!!! Let's hope for the best...

[@bobby6569]

same. i was planning on going in january 2021 but i'm not sure with the whole virus situation. this would be my last year because i can't study abroad during my senior year. i want to go to south america so the school year starts in february. rip :(

[@judith5020]

@@bobby6569 oh damn it. I wish you the very best. Maybe you could let me know if there are any news about your situation.

[@yousmilemoreyes347]

Hope future exchange students can watch this and see you don't always have to go to a well known state, or live in big city to enjoy life in America. "Use to calling it supper",That made me smile! Just curious,did you ever visit Storm Lake? Beautiful video. Wish you had more of them. Take Care!

[@mariette8625]

oh no! i was so ready to binge watch all of your videos, until I clicked to your channel and realized that this is the only video! It's beautiful by the way, very inspiring.. the way you edited it, the way you put all the different clips together, and the song that you picked.. they're beautiful.. ❤️

[@aleksandrajoensen]

mariette aww this put a smile on my face, thank you! stay tuned girl ❤️

[@mallyaadventures923]

I’m crying right now. It so beautiful

[@Squishyring]

this makes me cry 😢 my exchange student came in the same year and i didn’t notice how good it was having her here until she was gone ❤️i miss her so much and i really hope i can see her again one day

[@anaisbar9255]

your video was so emotional and perfect

[@anaelleperr0n]

this is one of the best video i’ve seen about exchange year, and i hope i’ll be able to experience the same thing

[@ali__na514]

Wow i love this🤩 and i am so sorry that u have to leave but u made so many memories and ppl that will be a big part of your life- forever

[@Ester-wm7gk]

Girl I just watched this video again after a few months and I BAWLED I’m so excited I’m going next year and I promise I’ll enjoy every moment❤️

[@janamogler5297]

This is honestly the best video I’ve seen ! I love it so much.

[@alinablazovich4900]

Love this video! I’m an au pair here in Iowa, great to see that you had a great year here :)

[@KateGoesGlobal]

This had me in tears!! literally best thing I have seen all year! well done girl ! XXX

[@maggie.ybarra]

this is so sad, but yet so exciting to watch. I hope you had the best time in Iowa!

[@dithleye8864]

This is amazing, I love everything about this video! Not doing an exchange year will always be my biggest regret.. Looks like you've had the time of your life!

[@callmetiana5849]

No words. Just chills. AAA THIS VID IS SO GOOD!

[@yaragwen]

i love this video so much!🥺🤍

[@jannemaria7547]

This is one of the most beautiful videos I‘ve seen😍🥺

[@olapanufnik9188]

This is the best exchange student video I’ve ever seen!! Amazing and thank you for this video😍😍

[@darynaskorobogatuh5]

I love this😍 The most incredible video about exchanging I’ve ever seen🥺

[@fatimamahar8201]

Im so emotional rn!! love this video🥺😍❤️

[@lani4731]

This is probably the best exchange year video I’ve ever seen!!! And it’s edited really good!!!

[@norawestin1730]

Okay but this video gave me shivers! Best one ever!!❤️❤️

[@kleahila]

this video just randomly popped on my recommended after i just heard back from EF Academy. the best video ive ever seen. i cried. i bet it was one of your best experiences. :)

[@sammeisters5609]

Wow!!! I love the way you made this video x

[@hinanotsuda1194]

I loved your video so much! I was also an exchange student in California and spent 8 months there. I got to experience so many things and I have family, friends, and teachers there. I miss America greatly and wanna come back right after the situation in the world gets better. Hope you will keep going to your dream and make even superior time in the future!!

[@matildelizvieira]

i got chills throughout the whole video!

[@Uxue-kj6lm]

I love this video so much, I feel like u put you're whole heart on it. I'd love having a exchange, thanks for this video it really motivated me, and I'm so sorry you couldn't finish your year xoxo🥰😭

[@zina9978]

this is definitely,one of my favourite exchange year videos it looked like a dream.

[@aesthetics_sounds]

So scared of making friends ahhhh

[@emeliemenke8762]

I love this video its gives me so much excitement for my upcoming exchange year in Denmark actually . I hade goosebumps while watching this thanks

[@alaaidris7066]

WOW😍 this is the best exchange video I have ever seen😍❤️

[@tessameerts6561]

I was an exchange student last year and I miss it so much. Thank you for making this, this is the purest and best video I've seen so far. It made me cry...

[@carlosvalverde2081]

Thank you Aleksandra, I am in the same situation and I cannot explain myself better than what you just said. Thank you from a sad Spanish exchange student.

[@azelyazahra896]

Randomly found this video , i want it so bad. The best exchange year video i've ever seen !!❤

[@irenebressanello6979]

This is amazing, I found this video randomly and I'm in love

[@mirjajordan4181]

This is actually one of the best exchange viedeos i have ever seen and i watched a lot😍

[@dailylucie1190]

Oh woaw you brought me back so many memories, love your video !

[@mayamaria6883]

This is the best video about an exchange year I’ve ever seen, no cap

[@renecordova6349]

It was so uplifting to see your exuberance of discovering a part of American high school!!!

[@angelicaconiglio1882]

I wasn't sure I was going to do this, but you have just convinced me, wishing u the best!!!

[@elifnejla6107]

wow I’m speechless This is literally the best exchange student video I’ve ever seen That looks like so much fun and I’m really crying because I want that too🤍

[@Simon-Doll]

I think it's the most emotion video about an exchange year which I ever saw. Thank you very much for this. It makes me cry and happy at the same time. I'm 18 years old an I hope soooo much, that I can experience this in the future :-)

[@cmiller6352]

Sådan en god video Aleksandra. You and all the other exchange students are so brave to leave your homes, your families, your everything to come here for ten months. It’s hard to imagine how much you’ll grow in that time. I’m sad you had to go home early, of course. We had to send our Norsk girl home early as well. Very sad for her and the things she missed out on. Fingers are crossed our schools will allow students again. We’ve already chosen a German girl, but have to wait until probably March to find out what’s going to happen.

[@jecrois4297]

just woow! i watch it everyday!!

[@sorinbudeanu101]

This is SO GOOD!! HOW U DONT HAVE EVEN 1000 SUBSCRIBERS?! LOVE U

[@zoeluedi]

gosh I cried so hard..So nice to see how your exchange year was and I can't believe that I will fly in 2 months in the US ✨

[@fijoji]

I am literally balling my eyes out I really hope that I can get the opportunity to experience an exchange year it sounds so amazing and I would love to visit the USA. I just don’t like it here anymore and this sounds like the perfect option for me building my selfconfidence up and being able to travel on my own I really hope I can get the money together. Amazing video

[@madeleine.p]

Wow this video is incredible, so beautiful!!

[@jawinmom8080]

I'm an exchange student from Cambodia🇰🇭, Glad that you shared your story❤. This is a very sad news that i had to return back home because of Coronavirus, but it's was a great experience and really enjoy my time over there! Love you America🇺🇸❤

[@tycholek7160]

In 1 year I am going to the us and I am so scared and excited. This video is exactly what I Needed to hear thanks!

[@anjadjurdjevic]

Bro u made me cry, this is so beautiful, I wish I can have a chance to go to the USA, maybe someday, who knows... This video is so emotional...Sending love from Serbia!!!!!!!!

[@signebjeldbak]

En af de bedste udviklings videoer jeg nogensinde har set!🎉😃 Virkelig inspirerede! Jeg har set den her video så mange gange❤️ - Hilsen fra Viborg, Danmark❤️🤍🇩🇰

[@giuliamarangon353]

This video is so well done and made me miss my exchange year so much!

[@luktendoo]

I‘m getting emotional, I live in germany and I‘m so envious about the life in 🇺🇸. You can go to an American highschool and find some new friends. The people there are so merciful and perfect, the people at school accept each other how they are. I’m Germany people are so grim and I hate it. I want to live there it‘s my biggest dream

[@Uhhhggghhh]

Same!!!

[@nadinevogel3701]

i live in Germany too and every time I watch these exchange year videos I started to cry (man hat irgendwie immer das Gefühl das in der USA alles besser ist )

[@infantryshooter]

We aren't perfect in America, that's for sure. But many people have learned that Mercy is better than Justice, and Grace is sweeter than Revenge. Life is too short for petty anger, and strife is just a waste of the little time one is gifted.

[@abduwalimuse7482]

omg please tell me you're joking. the U.S. is one of the worst countries. I'm ashamed to be born here. American high schools are literal trash, the people aren't genuine, they will be nice to your face but then talk bad about you behind your back. People gossip and make rumors about you. People are way too into your business and ask too many personal questions. You don't want to live here trust me. If you don't like your home country try visiting somewhere better, there's literally so many countries that are better than the U.S.

[@Hithere23940]

Dude Germany is so much better than the US

[@gretabalzarotti3687]

i love this video so so much 🥺❤

[@faridaelgharabawy4592]

THIS VIDEO IS A MASTERPIECE 🤩

[@laviniasteffens928]

This was without a doubt the BEST exchange video I have ever seen. My eyes are filled with tears and all the words used by you have described my exchange as well. Thank you for sharing your experience. I have a KZbin channel and you inspired me to do a exchange year rewind

[@aleksandrajoensen]

ohmygod, thanks so much girly! means a lot

[@Elena-jg7ml]

I’m crying so hard again. Today aas my last day of school and I cant believe my exchange year, my childhood dream, is gonna be over in 2 weeks! This captures perfectly how it is to be an exchange student

[@mahmoudchloride9122]

The best exchange year video reaaaaaaly Cooooool

[@oryane5134]

this video is sad and happy but Thank you for sharing your year with us. I am French and it is my dream to leave a year, to be a student exchange but I am so afraid. It’s so impressive. I'm happy for you that everything went well.

[@ida4469]

This gave me chills! I can’t wait for my exchange year❤

[@ida4469]

@snoweIIe I am hoping to go to Canada! I have never been there before and it is outside of europe so that is also a new experience for me! But if I suddenly feel like that is too frigthening my backup plan is England :)

[@gogu_7499]

This gave me chills OMG! I felt like watching a movie

[@erikabloch-frederiksen4661]

this is the best exchange year video I have ever seen!!! I love everything about it, and you can tell that you had a good time, and that you evolved as a person!

[@aleksandrajoensen]

Erika Bloch-Frederiksen this is so lovely, thank you xx

[@zosiastanton]

this is art!!! :)

[@VildeMoltu]

incredible video, gave me goosebumps!

[@hannaschmidt9441]

This video is so perfect! It describes an exchange year realistic and I can relate with everything you said! I was an exchange student in the us too and I also had to leave bc of the corona virus.... it was and still is the hardest time for me to leave all this behind and go back to my "normal" life in Germany... I just miss everything and I would do anything to just go back to a regular school day. Nothing special just seeing my friends and living one more day the american dream. I dont wanna believe this is over... but tha good thing is we gained a family, friends and so many experiences!

[@aleksandrajoensen]

wow, that's amazing, really couldn't have said it better! thanks so much xx

[@sunsetlover9962]

loved every second 😍

[@manuelafiuza5456]

So i had to tell you, that you really encourage me to participate in na exchange experience! Honestly thank you for making this video, it was amazing. :)

[@aleksandrajoensen]

Manuela Fiuza aww this made my day!!

[@Ester-wm7gk]

Haven’t even gone on my exchange year yet and I’m already crying for when it’s gonna be over 🥺🥺❤️

[@siljemoen7964]

I loved this video! This may be one of the best when it comes to exchange videos! You`re year looked so amazing. I was so excited to my exchange year in the USA this year. But because of covid- 19, I don`t think it will happen. It is so sad. I was really looking forward to my dream :(

[@aleksandrajoensen]

Silje Moen awe thank you so much! but hey, don’t lose hope! i know the current situation with the virus is not at its best, but we never know what’s gonna happen. really keeping my fingers crossed that class of 21 will have the chance to go, wether it gets delayed or not. wish you all the best girl xx

[@antoncoote5441]

Great video and glad to see you enjoyed your exchange. Covid has destroyed many dreams, mine included. I was meant to go to Japan for a year from March but was cancelled and I am unable to go next year due to my age, such a heartbreaking feeling. I just hope future exchange students dont have to experience what I and many others have.

[@AlinaKhuade]

my exchange year has just been cancelled so i know the feeling. so glad you got to experience it anyway though! hope you're well :)

[@aleksandrajoensen]

i am so so sorry to hear that. sending you much love

[@nataliaprade3758]

So beautiful!!

[@thavindhuimbuldeniya9134]

love this video....super creative and interesting..... shares the real feeling of being in the US.....well done!!

[@leanebz8578]

This video is so awesome, like your travel in USA !!!

[@letsgojules7187]

This video was so beautiful. Thank you!