I live in Korea and I want to go to a school in America?
I am a 14 year old teenage girl with okay grades. I am fluent in both Korean and English and I am confident that I will do well if I got to America. Here the school systems are different, school starts in March and in December. When I try to transfer from a Korean school to an American school do I have to go back a grade? And is there a home stay program that allows me to live in America?
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I think it depends whether you're going to an American public school or and American private school. It is harder for you to get into public school because your parents have to immigrate to the U.S. (they have to pay taxes). If you just want to go to an American school, I suggest you to go to American private school because they accept international/foreign students. You have to do their entrance exams and submit your info (personal info, entrance exam results, not sure if they check your family income statement). If you're an exceptional student, they might even offer you a scholarship. Most schools in the U.S. start at the end of August and end in June. Talk to the U.S. Embassy in your country (I assume Korea). Do some research on the private schools. Ask yourself questions like, "Where do I want to study?", "Can I afford the tuition there?" Good luck!
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Odds are coming from Korea to the US you won't lose a grade, but there is no guarantee you won't have to repeat a year when you return because of how the the US system is. I can think of only one HS program that allows home stays in the US - http://www.ayusa.org/study_us/apply I had a cousin who studied in France with them and they placed someone with her family from France. She really enjoyed her experience through them.
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