I was just wondering if anyone has heard of this program. There website is currently down but it is
www.katimavik.org. It's a program for 17-21 year old Canadians. You are put in a group of 12 people and for nine months you live in three different provinces within Canada. You are supposed to get second language training. It looks like a good go. I applied in my last year of high school but no luck. This year I applied and got on the replacement list. There are two possible options to leave - Sept and January. I haven't yet talked to the people. They are supposed to phone but haven't yet. I don't know how it is going to work out because my mother is being difficult about it. I want to go and seeing how I am 20, and financially independent, it is my decision but I don't want a huge fight about it. I also don't know how taking a year of school and work will work with student loans and such. It's not like there is a danger of me not returning to school because I love university too much to not come back.
At any rate, I just wanted to see if any of you guys had heard about this program so I could get some first hand info on it and to see if you wise ones had any general advice for me. Thanks.