People to people student ambassador program?

Okay so I got this thing in the mail that said it was from the people to people student ambassor program and asking me to go to australia by myself and stay w/ a different family from there 4 20 days!! Is this real or just something 2 get you in2 one of those human trafficing things???
Heres what it says:

Dear parents of ciara story:
Ciara is invited 2 travel and study in australia in the summer of 2009. Join middle school students from the terre haute area who were eligible 4 people 2 people an educational exploration program founded by president dwight d. Eisenhower. All students must b annually invited, so we are pleased 2 offer ciara this 1-time-only opportunity 2 travel on a 2009 program.
Ciara can experience 20 days or rewarding activites and meet the people of australia. Your local delegation will represent the united states overseas, experience new cultures, and make lifelong friends. Ciara will gain advance as a young leader through special access and focused excursions and will gain:
Confindence and leaderahip- take on a ropes course or soar across a ravine during team building with experienced outdoor guides. Snorkel @ the amazing great barrier reef and learn 2 surf @ one of australias pristine beaches.
Cultural understanding- play the didgeridoo or throw a boomerang as you enter the ancient world of australias aboriginals people. Learn whats so sports about cricket.
Worlds awarness- gain an insiders perspective or australias government during an offical breifing and hand-feed dolphins with marine biologists on a tropical island!
Friends and memories- stay w/ warm welcoming local family, cuddle a koala, and watch kangaroos, then bond with other delegates while cruising pearl harbour!!

So is a real or what?? Do you think I should go? I mean I have road on an airplane before but not 4 15 hours!!

omg!! I got a letter EXACTLY like this one about 2 years ago for this program
for austrailia !!!
I wasnt really interested so I didnt do it but my parents called the people from it
they have like some kind of meeting with the kids who were invited!!
it said something about how only students with good grades got to be invited only with the recammendation of a teacher

but I think its pretty legit though so you should look into it

dont go.

Alone - in a country you're not familiar with - people you don't know - better be thoroughly investigated !

I say do it.

I have done that before! I am not sure if this a legit one are not, but investigate it a little more... I hope you know this is NOT free!

My guess it that it's very clever marketing. They just havent told you yet how much it will cost...

Yup, it's legit. It does cost money. I went on the same program in 7th grade (which was about...10 years ago now). So they are legitimate enough to still be taking kids on trips. It cost me a good couple of grand, so it will cost you money. It was a bunch of smart kids that went. With two elderly women who were in charge of us. I stayed with families in Ireland and Scotland, and it was an amazing experience. They cover airfare, food and boarding in the price. It is fairly expensive. But it was an amazing learning experience. I still have my People 2 People tshirt.

I got the SAME letter only for a different area and it's a trip to a few countries in Europe. I've been doing some research since then and I've found out so far that whoever's gone thought it was pretty nice trip but there's also some bad things that happened such as two kids died on a trip [one from train jumping or something like that, the other from medical causes] and that letters are sent to just about ANYONE since they purchase lists of student names. I'm going to the meeting though still, just for the heck of it. I've read that these trips can cost around $5,000 though but that they promote fundraising and getting donations from companies and such. They also give out scholarships if you sign up for them and get chosen.

Once again though, this is just what I read. I guess the decision is up to you about what you should do.

Lol, its real dear (:
I got one ofthose this year to go to japan.
I heard the trip cost $5000.
Ifyou want to look into it more just go to the student ambassador website and sign up for your local meeting.
Thats what I am doing.
This looks really good on your collage application and you get high school credit for it.
My friend went last year and she loved it.

Lol, its real dear (:
I got one ofthose this year to go to japan.
I heard the trip cost $5000.
Ifyou want to look into it more just go to the student ambassador website and sign up for your local meeting.
Thats what I am doing.
This looks really good on your collage application and you get high school credit for it.
My friend went last year and she loved it.

Hey, I got the same letter too!

But my friend got one last year in ninth grade and she told me that at the information meeting, it was too expensive.

And I just searched for the cost and it's $5200 PLUS $800 transportation.

WHOA!! THATS A LITTLE 2 HIGH>>>
But hey, nothing is free anymore!!

Yea I do believe there is extra from passports and all that junk =]

I went last year with People to People for 19 days to England and France. You don't stay with a family for 20 days, homestays are about 3 days. You travel with 40 or less people in your area, for every 10 students there is one leader. The trips are amazing. I am going in 2009 to Australia for 20 days doing a 5 day extension. It isn't free, it cost around 6,000 some trips cost around 5,000. You have to keep in mind it is expensive. But trust me, it is all worth it in the end. I would go on my trip again in a heart beat. Go to your info meeting. There is a reason why you aren't told the price in the letter, they don't want people to turn away without seeing what the program is about and that you can FUNDRAISE the money, I know many people who funded the who trip. One parent had 2 kids who went many years, 13 trips in total and each of them raised all the money themselves. I raised about half of mine. Hotels, food, museums, airfare, and so much more is included. People to people offers more than the average trip. I got to stay over night at Warwick Castle for 1 night. No one has stayed overnight except for people to people since people actually lived at the castle. I have made friends that lasted me a life time. Australian Adventure is one of the cheaper Aussie trips. Compared to Australia and New Zealand which is 7,000, Australia for 20 days cost a lot less. The leaders are very cool(mind were totally AWESOME). A great website to go on is the student ambassador alumni website. New ambassadors are welcome, we give great advice to student ambassadors looking to travel in 2009, it was a great help for my first trip in 2008. Go to the student ambassador offical website and click on community. My account on there is Browneyedgirl1c4, feel free to ask me any questions on there, or if you have any other questions, just ask. I will try to answer them to the best of my ability.

PS: homestays are awesome! Mine was 3 days in England, I loved it!!!

Oh, and I do have a website about my trip last summer. It is a freeweb website. Type freewebs .com/ p2p4life(delete the spaces).

I have the same thing but it sayz that I was invited 2 travel and study in ireland,wales,england,france,belgium,and the netherlands this summer and I don't know if it will cost a lot but from what I read it does cost a lot and I don't know what 2 do now that I have found out the cost of it my mom and dad will freak lol