Hello. I have always been interested in participating in a foreign exchange program, but was never able to push myself to further my investigations about it. Now I'm at my final year of high school and I really want to study abroad in Japan. Are there any programs for after high school that is not independant? I know that I might have a shot to go for an academic year because I turn 18 during the beginning of June, but I want to graduate and spent the month of may with my high school friends. I'm just caught inbetween a rock and a hard place, and I would really appreciate some advice.
P.S. I only took about a 2 months worth of Japanese...