electives + away rotations advice?

current 2nd year here! I have to arrange my own electives and I am allowed to do so anywhere in the us. Clinicals is starting in July. My school hasn't given me any information on how we are to go about arranging our own electives but just told us we can go anywhere and that we have to figure it out ourselves and they will only answer more questions on the matter when clinicals start in July. I don't come from a family with anyone who is in medicine or done this to get advice from and I am clueless. I have a lot of life planning I need to think about so can anyone give me a rundown of how students go about this? I heard about VSLO? I ultimately want to return to my homestate but I have personal contacts whom I can rotate with. If I did, how would that even work?

I don't know why schools like to yank us around at the drop of a hat (I know this is something I have to get used to in this field) but I swear, I would show up a much better version of myself if institutions were clear with us first and I know what to expect!