美國中學生活體驗

luima

我的女兒將於九月赴美讀 Grade 10, 有誰可分享一些留學美國的心得？

acdad

Sorry, wrong post.

[ 本帖最後由 acdad 於 10-10-17 19:49 編輯 ]

luima

Dear hhsieh,

To answer your query u can browse through the responses in this topic. Basically the criteria I used for selecting schools for my daughter are:
1/
Single-sex school
(less distraction)
2/
Good SAT performance (> 1800), I know many parents will look for those high schools which have >2000 SAT performance, but we are not that ambitious
3/
East coast
(better study enviornment)
4/
Campus size
(more space for ETC)
5/  Acceptance rate
6/  % of boarding students vs day students
7/  Endowment size

Actually u can go to www.boardingschoolreview.com and there are many schools available for comparison.

Each school has its own set of application form, but they are pretty similar. By applying through SSAT Common Application, you can use its standard form of application which is acceptable by most schools. In that case you don't need to fill in so many sets of application forms, and your current school only needs to send recommendations and transcripts to SSAT and they will help u to distribute. SSAT will also send your SSAT results to those schools you apply.

However I'm not sure whether u can use SSAT Common Application if u did not take SSAT. U can visit www.ssat.org and have a look.

kkate

you can visit www.summerschool.com.hk

kkate

My son will have a plan for oversea study too. However before that, I am now arranging a SUMMER SCHOOL for him. I hope he can adapt and learn something. With the purpose of learning "dance" in UK, I believe my son would adapt life there easily as it is what he wants.

anna1121

CHRISTIAN LIFE SCHOOLS 在ROCKFORD 在TOP 100 有沒有份,謝

anna1121

HI,

   我女兒都是今天去US, 10. 您用哪機構,去哪裡

luima

Dear myip1995,

U can check out the following websites to get some ideas on the private and boarding schools in US:

www.boardingschoolreview.com
www.petersons.com

U can also visit www.iiehongkong.org/ (Institute of International Education), they organize US boarding school fair every November in Hong Kong.

Enrolling in SSAT and Toefl tests is necessary. Each school's requirement is different -- some require SSAT, some Toefl, some both. Check with the school's website. My daughter took both.

原帖由 myip1995 於 10-5-10 12:18 發表
Hi Ivyscyip,

Happy Mother's Day and many thanks for your information.

因為完全唔知道美國學校d資料， 而且又無人可以問，所以為了移民後亞囡讀書的事十分煩惱！！我好驚自己盲沖沖亂搵，最終搵到害到亞囡呀！

如果我想比 ...

myip1995

Hi Ivyscyip,

Happy Mother's Day and many thanks for your information.

因為完全唔知道美國學校d資料， 而且又無人可以問，所以為了移民後亞囡讀書的事十分煩惱！！我好驚自己盲沖沖亂搵，最終搵到害到亞囡呀！

如果我想比亞囡讀一ｄ好ｄ既 private school 或者 boarding school 會唔會好難入，在香港考定 SSAT & TOFEL 會有幫助嗎？請指教，謝謝！

原帖由 ivyscyip 於 10-5-5 13:03 發表
Stuyvesant HS is a great school.  However, it is a gifted public school.  Entrance exams must be taken.  Competition is very keen for a spot in the school.  it will also be a bit far if you live in Br ...

ivyscyip

Stuyvesant HS is a great school.  However, it is a gifted public school.  Entrance exams must be taken.  Competition is very keen for a spot in the school.  it will also be a bit far if you live in Brooklyn, as it is in lower Manhattan near the former world trade center.

原帖由 myip1995 於 10-5-4 12:44 發表
Dear kkbbkk Mom,

我地申請緊移民， 如無意外應該下年會到美國，亞囡今年１４歲（香港讀緊 Form 3)，Stuyvesant HS 的口碑好嗎？而我會住在 Brooklyn，亞囡可以申請這間學校嗎？

Thanks in advance. ...

myip1995

Hi kkbbkk,

Thanks for your help and the link for top 100 madel is very useful.

best,
myip

kkbbkk

Dear my 1995,

Form the link, you check for top 100 madel schools. Your target school was ranked 15th.

kkbbkk

原帖由 myip1995 於 10-5-4 12:44 發表
Dear kkbbkk Mom,

我地申請緊移民， 如無意外應該下年會到美國，亞囡今年１４歲（香港讀緊 Form 3)，Stuyvesant HS 的口碑好嗎？而我會住在 Brooklyn，亞囡可以申請這間學校嗎？

Thanks in advance. ...

Dear myip1995

I have to apologize that I don't know much about public high school in the States. But I believe that the following link would help.

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2007/11/29/americas-best-high-schools.html

myip1995

Dear kkbbkk Mom,

我地申請緊移民， 如無意外應該下年會到美國，亞囡今年１４歲（香港讀緊 Form 3)，Stuyvesant HS 的口碑好嗎？而我會住在 Brooklyn，亞囡可以申請這間學校嗎？

Thanks in advance.

Elem

kkbbkk,

Millions thanks for the detailed info.

johnmon

Dear kkbbkk,

Thank you very much for your usefull advice, I will think about it and hope to talk to you in the future.

kkbbkk

原帖由 Elem 於 10-4-27 11:07 發表
luima and kkbbkk,
Thank you very much for the info.

kkbbkk, can you give me some example of famous public and private schools? or where can I find the info.?

For Phillips Academy, what age do it ac ...

Dear Elma,

There is no official ranking. There are a lot of arguement on which one is better.

For private boarding school, some use Ivy league + MIt Placement as indicator. Some use SAT and some use Acceptance Rate, etc.

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/890284-2010-boarding-school-rankings.html?highlight=northfield+mount+hermon

For public school, there are un-official ranking as well. Public school are placed according to the district you live. There are another category called "Charter"? school, which are similar to selective schools in Australia. Entry exam is required for those charter schools.

Here are some of the good public school:

Boston Latin School, MA   (top 20 in 2007)
Lexington HS, MA   

Newsweek has ranking on US public school. I don't have the link. Please check on web.

I don't know if the Maths League ranking will give you some insight about academic standard of those private/public school. Normally public schools are denoted as HS(high school).

The Math League (National)  2010

Rank    Name of School    Final score
1    Stuyvesant HS, NY    180
2    Francis Lewis HS, NY    179
3    Mission San Jose HS, CA    179
4    The Windsor School, NY    179
5    Lexington HS, MA    178
6    Lynbrook HS, CA    178
7    South Vigo HS, IN    177
8    Torrey Pines HS, CA    177
9    Brookfield HS, CT    176
10    Palo Alto HS, CA    176
11    Saratoga HS, CA    176
12    Deerfield Beach HS, FL    176
13    Phillips Academy, MA    175
14 Northfield Mount Hermon 175

The admission grade of Phillips Academic Andover (both summer and boarding school) is grade 9, equivalent F.3 in HK.

Elem

luima and kkbbkk,
Thank you very much for the info.

kkbbkk, can you give me some example of famous public and private schools? or where can I find the info.?

For Phillips Academy, what age do it accept application of the students?

Many thanks.

kkbbkk

Dear Johnmon,

My son went for summer school in 08. At his time, there are few HK kids and all of them, except my son, are from international schools (HKIS, CIS,ESF).

If you look at the website of Phillips Academy, Andover summer session, they have a breakdown on the student nationalities. I would say the students are highly international. There are a lot more chance for your kid to practice Eng. Your kid will be placed to share a room with English - speaking students because there are also many US local students (mainly from public schools) to study summer course.

For the case of Phillips Andover, the institute offers Free Summer Boarding courses for some talented students from poor families.