<p>I want to move back to China to finish out my last three high schools years. At first I wanted to go to an International School, but just now my mom is attempting to obtain citizenship. Usually the process takes awhile so I’m not sure if I’ll get my passport in time to apply for a Intl school. Has anyone gone to a top high school in china? Any experiences or the like will be appreciated. My dad wants me to receive a very good education (obviously since I’m chinese) so price for entry into these schools is not much of concern. Thanks.</p>
<p>haha. of course there are some excellent chinese high schools.
depends on where you are looking at.
i know in beijing, the qinghua/renda fuzhongs are really good. and the beijing number 4 middle school’s also very good.</p>
<p>I’m looking at staying near where my dad currently works at. So that would be close to the Guangzhou area. Like within 2 hour distance would be fine. How is the english? Do most top schools still teach subjects in chinese? I don’t really know any chinese so…</p>
<p>The top local high schools in China are very competitive. It might be tough for you to get in. I’d recommend that you look for a good international school if you can afford it. You don’t need a passport to get in. It’s quite clear that you are a ‘foreigner’ so you should qualify.</p>
<p>Last year, 11 students from my alma mater applied for US colleges, and they end up in Harvard, Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Duke, Stanford, Connecticut, UVa, Middlebury, Brandeis, Colgate respectively. The only one who didn’t get any offer went to a top college in China. Out of the 10 admitted, all except UVa’er got full aid. Colgate, Duke, Dartmouth, Stanford all admitted more than one student. And acceptances which were declined include Stanford, Columbia, Caltech, Northwestern, Lafayette, Trinity, Bates, Grinnell, Colgate, Duke, Yale, Williams, UVa(Thomas Jefferson Scholarship), Colorado, Mt.Holyoke, etc.
If you can get in a really top high school and assuming you will get citizenship of the US and also considering your stronger ability to pay, it’s really not a bad thing to attend a local high school as long as you can catch up with the academics.</p>
<p>Oh thanks for the replies guys. I need to take entrance tests to be able to attend some of the top local schools, right?
Yeah, I want to go to an international school as well, but it seems they require a passport.
<a href=“http://www.aisgz.edu.cn/admin/online_application.html[/url]”>http://www.aisgz.edu.cn/admin/online_application.html</a></p>
<p>On arrival at school parents and students must: show a valid passport or ID card, provide copies (where applicable) of the student’s ID documents and previous school records, complete the application form, and pay the Deposit of RMB5000.
<a href=“http://www.clifford-school.org.cn/eng/enro.htm[/url]”>http://www.clifford-school.org.cn/eng/enro.htm</a></p>
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<p>Where did you see the requirement of a “US” passport? You travel with a passport (or at least a re-entry permit), don’t you?</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of an American International School that serves only US citizens. Some may have a priority for US citizens, but never exclusively so. I believe there may be a law against local Chinese attending international schools but that’s about it.</p>
<p>Btw, the school you mentioned offer ESL. Doesn’t that tell you anything?</p>
<p>I only travel with a chinese passport, but I am getting a re-entry permit so yeah I guess will try to use that. Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>don’t mean to scare you but typical chinese high schools will kill u w/ TONS of work. academics are hard as crap, esp. math and science (physics’s the devil) i was there for first semester and it’s insane; had school 6 days a week from 7:30-9…well maybe it’s just my school.</p>
<p>courses (except eng.) are all taught in chinese unless you go to a private/intel school</p>
<p>anyway wish u luck~ =)</p>
<p>I know one of my korean friend went to International school in China, and she hasn’t even been to the US. So you could probably get in?</p>
<p>I have finished 11th grade in China.
the truth is, we were learning something extremely hard!
the AP tests here have at most 30% difficulty of those in China.(think about it, 4 times more students than america need to relatively less colleges, and all of them wanted to go to top ones)
in china, 11th grader generouly have at least 15 hours working every day, almost no 11th or 12th grader could sleep before midnight, some until 2 AM,
I am a middle level chinese high school student, since i came here a few month ago, without a good english, i earned a straight As here with 4 APs, I did model AP physics c test and got about 150/160(missed a multiple choice and part of a free respounse)
and I don’t think any one go back to china could afford the Chinese course(could not avoid), the average score is about 60%, what on the reading section of the chinese language test is commonly ancient chinese literature composed thousands years ago, i could not understand it,
and, you could not choose what you will learn in chinese high school, no course selection.</p>
<p>Yeah, so I emailed the admissions officer from the intel school. She replied saying that a passport is required… </p>
<p>Thank you for your interest in American International School. We are unable to
accept an application without a foreign passport. We are licensed by
the Chinese government as a school for foreign children and must submit a copy
of foreign passports to them. You may apply to the Guangdong Bureau of
Education Foreign Affairs Office for an exception (86-20) 3762-8703. Should you
receive an exception, we will be glad to accept your children’s
application.</p>
<p>I would have to try to call GBEFA to make a exception… sigh… such a hassle… I might check out some private schools in China though. Since top HS’s in China are extremely difficult and too time consuming. Plus I barely know any chinese except like Taisonese lol.</p>
<p>No, they all suck. Don’t study in a Chinese high school. It would kill you.</p>