high schools in us?

Question

i'm 15 from indonesia and i would like to study in US high schools. how can i get in and how does things work there?

Answer 1

You would need to have copies of your academic, medical, and dental records (including records of your shot immunizations). Then you would need to contact the particular school systems.
Then you would be all set assuming you got a proper visa though http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis

Good Luck!!!

Answer 2

Yes...you need your transcript of school records, immunization records, recommendation letters... and probably TOEFL scores. You also need a proper visa...but to GET that student (F-1) visa, you are going to need an I-20 document. This is usually issued only by private schools in the US (public schools do not generally issue this document)...which means you are going to need to pay a tuition amount to the private school. Most private schools require at least one semester's tuition in advance...many ask for the entire year's tuition before they will issue the I-20 document.

Once you are "in" the system and attending school, you will be required to complete the high school graduation requirements in order to obtain your diploma. Each year, you will renew your I-20 (more often if you desire to travel outside of the US) and pay the tuition amount required by the school.

Now, you CAN leave high school and attend a local junior college when you turn 18...yes, without getting a diploma from high school. I don't recommend this... but it can be done. Once you are 18 years old, you can register at a junior college (two-year college, issues an AA, not BA or BS degree) and pay their international student rate and obtain your I-20 needed to keep your student visa current.

The high schools and colleges that issue the I-20 document record that information with SEVIS - which is the immigration's program for tracking international students. If you leave a school for any reason, you are dropped from SEVIS and immigration is notified. This puts you in jeopardy of losing your F-1 student visa status and being deported back to your country.

Now that you know all of that... don't forget that you also will need a place to live and an adult over the age of 25 to sign as your legal guardian...responsible for you should you do anything wrong, not pay a bill, get in trouble...get arrested... all of that.

Some private schools are also boarding schools. Many are day-schools which requires you to live off-campus.

Many schools will NOT take you in the middle of their school year. You may have to wait until next school year (usually starts mid-August) to enroll. Get the process started now though! It takes a while to obtain your student visa.

Answer 3

Foreign exchange might be the easiest way to go, they place high school students with sponser families.
http://sea-usa.org/?OVRAW=Foreign%20Exchange%20High%20School&OVKEY=high%20school%20foreign%20exchange&OVMTC=standard