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At the heart of the AUCP’s commitment to its students’ cultural integration is an individual French homestay (one student per family, on a demi-pension basis: breakfast seven days a week, five weekday dinners and Sunday lunches). This privileged form of housing opens the doors to the private aspects of French life unavailable to participants in many study abroad programs. Through each day’s interaction and meals with their host families, students achieve an intimate understanding of such things as the daily and yearly rhythms of French life, the central cultural position of family and tradition, and the role of good food in the famous savoir vivre of the French.
Families are selected personally by the on-site director for their warmth and enthusiasm in providing a quality cultural experience for the student they welcome to their homes. In keeping with its importance to the overall AUCP experience, all housing arrangements and changes are made only with the consent of the AUCP administration, which has final authority in all matters related to housing.
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