While there is concern that foreign parents may be hoodwinked into thinking that educational quality at an American public high school is as strong as at a top U.S. boarding school, the flip side, notes Simon, is that foreign parents are not sending their kids to America simply for the academics. Foreign parents believe that the cultural and language experience is just as important, however hard the adjustments to diet, climate, and remote locales. Moreover, foreign parents believe that a recommendation from an American high school teacher could make all the difference in their child gaining acceptance to a top U.S. university.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 11:54