點解咁少人送子女去美國讀中學？

frenchfries

小朋友小一，我想小朋友在本地學校讀完初中後去外國讀高中大學。現想先了解一下做些準備。但唔知去邊個國家好。見很多人去英國。除了公務員因素外，是什麼原因呢？

smallfoothk

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Shootastar

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Totally agree.

elbar

原帖由 frenchfries 於 12-08-21 發表
小朋友小一，我想小朋友在本地學校讀完初中後去外國讀高中大學。現想先了解一下做些準備。但唔知去邊個國家 ...

校園槍擊事件都可能有影響

martialartsmum

邊一個國家的畢業生都好， there is the good and bad. It is solely a matter of preference. I fully admit that I was daunted by the number of pre-exams to go to the US to study. Also, it was sort of the family tradition to go UK if we go abroad.

I love my time studying in the UK and now, my son is also studying in the UK. He loves it there. I would still like to encourage him to go to the US if he wants to do a post graduate degree.

luima

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That was my concern when I sent my daughter to US high school 3 years ago. But in fact many boarding schools are not that "free" -- they impose many rules and regulations, and my girl sometimes complains that her school is even stricter than UK schools which her friends attend. She is finishing her high school this year and I haven't had any regret of making US as a choice.

Ding

同意，我覺得美國太自由，怕佢易學壞，又多校園槍擊案。可能係我偏見卦

martialartsmum

Oh, and I DO LOVE the flexibility in the US Unis. Wish I had that. Still, no regrets choosing UK for both myself and my offspring.

martialartsmum

I think it is a matter of personal preference. All countries have good and bad universities and schools. Not all graduates of US unis have great jobs. Having said that, neither do all graduates of UK unis have great jobs. I went to UK for my education and worked in blue chip US firms. In fact, I worked in US firms almost all my life up to a senior management level. I had a great time. The Americans found my Southern British accent interesting on a Chinese while I found them to be great people to work with. I once had three American educated staff reporting to me and it was great.

US is great for certain subjects and UK, for others. For example, if I want to major in English, I'd go to a UK Uni. If, on the other hand, I want to major in journalism, I would go to the US. Business degree? Definitely US!!! Some of the best business programs are in many of the US Unis.  

Although, it is hilarious that some of my friends' children want to go to the UK because the UK accent appeals to her. Oh, and some of them are fans of Harry Potter and not yet a teenager. I had to let them know that the boarding schools in the UK are nothing like the Hogwarths.

anguish

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UK, AUS, NZ graduates also need to take an exam to get a license in HK........

martialartsmum

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因爲英國的基本課程教學好，不用再考SAT, 就可以升大學。而且美國私校應該係好貴。我都覺得讀完學位再去美國讀Masters is the best.

Nic

我覺得唔太安全,太多槍械

chacolmom

i must speak for Scotman... if one would study aboard, very likely would get a professional recognition.  

be aware of whether the license is recognized in hk, which most Medical field (such as Doctor, Nurse, Physio, OT...etc) are not recognized.  one needs to take another exam or even repeat the trainings in order to get a job in hk.

another thing is US has been using the 3-3-4 system and was not straightly convertible from the old hk 5-2-3 system.   i bet now hk is using 3-3-4, more ppl may consider studying in usa.

of course, financial consideration is important too...

Shootastar

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Thanks for sharing.

Yanamami

kkbbkk 發表於 12-9-24 20:59

"Some agent's websites do say that some public schools accept international students but with small number of places. And there is student exchange programme for 15-18 year old students in public schools. Fees are low. Interested parties can check the websites of those agents. "
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I've just read an ad in the newspaper about exchange students to the States.

www.litzusa.com

Shootastar

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Thanks for your sharing.

kkbbkk

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Dear Shootastar,
As you may be aware, my S studies in the States from grade 10 in a pretty good prep school. He is now in a University with national ranking between 20th to 30th. I have no experience of applying to public high schools in the States. But as far as I understand, public schools admission is first based on catchment areas. For instance, Boston Latin, will only accept students from the nearby areas only.

http://www.bls.org/podium/default.aspx?t=113645&rc=0

So good public schools have long queue of application for admission. And I don't think popular public schools will have places offering to international students.

Some agent's websites do say that some public schools accept international students but with small number of places. And there is student exchange programme for 15-18 year old students in public schools. Fees are low. Interested parties can check the websites of those agents.

As for top-rated private pre-schools, I personally know only 3 students studied there. All from international schools of HK. One to Deerfield, one Andover and one Exeter. They are all very smart students. How good they are then I don't know. For those who has intention to find out more can first go the the "boardingschoolreview" website to look for the basic data.

The steps I suggest are:

1) http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/?gclid=CP-349mezrICFUtT4god03AAtw
2) Then search for e.g Andover, you will have a profile of Philip Andover.
http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/5

From there you will know the admission of rate of the school  (14%) and the SSAT range (94% percentile).

3)If you want to have greater detail of the school, click into its website, "Visit school website". Go to "About Us" and then "Fast Facts". You will then have the latest update of the school information. (boardingschoolreview's data could be more than 1 year old), including tuition.(the tuition quoted by high school are inclusive of boarding fee. as opposite to college or university quotation where tuition fee and boarding fee are seperated).

4) For academic achievement., go the "Academics" ---> look for "college counselling ----> college placements / matriculations list. You will see what universities their students go to.

The website layout of most high schools or pre- schools are similar.

Shootastar

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(1) How difficult is it to get into the "Ten Schools" such as Exeter, Andover, St. Paul etc.?

(2) How much does it cost annually?

(3) If one is not an American or not holding a green card, can be be admitted to a public school in the US?

(4) If so, how much does it cost annually?

kkbbkk

All the shooting cases happened these 5/6 years (I don't know history longer than that period) happened in public schools.

I speak only for private schools. These schools are "very" strict in discipline, though "drugs" issues are not unheard of. And there are, from time to time, students are kicking out of school because of drug and disciplinary problems. My feeling is it is pretty like the case in the international schools in HK.

Most of the private schools that accept international students are boarding schools and normally more than 70% of students are boarding. It will be difficult for boarding students to access to weapons.

My advice is to pick the good high schools in the good location. - richer states, not so close to downtown. Except for very good public schools in safer locations, private high school is more preferable.