This young lady’s journey is interesting but here’s a quick vid she did that can serve as a primer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YO4x4F1yvY
Her journey starts here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPppQT3yXz4
youtube search “foreign exchange students in USA” and there’s lots of them.
Some are vblogs from start to finish, some are single posts.
Thanks!