Living abroad in HS/effect on college admissions

[Anonymous]

Do it and major in linguistics.
Huge leg up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do not have them move back to the US for 1 year of senior year if you can help it. That year is all about memories and nostalgia. Not good if you haven’t been there.

No this is incorrect, depending on the kid it will be fine.

Feel free to have your kid be the guinea pig for this. If your asking for advice for someone who’s BTDT I would say, don’t do it.

I've done it myself and my kids have done it. There are people who lead very international lives and know more about it than you.

There is no way that I would do this to my kid in senior year. In fact, we returned to the US for HS to avoid this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do not have them move back to the US for 1 year of senior year if you can help it. That year is all about memories and nostalgia. Not good if you haven’t been there.

No this is incorrect, depending on the kid it will be fine.

Feel free to have your kid be the guinea pig for this. If your asking for advice for someone who’s BTDT I would say, don’t do it.

I've done it myself and my kids have done it. There are people who lead very international lives and know more about it than you.

There is no way that I would do this to my kid in senior year. In fact, we returned to the US for HS to avoid this.

congratulations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do not have them move back to the US for 1 year of senior year if you can help it. That year is all about memories and nostalgia. Not good if you haven’t been there.

No this is incorrect, depending on the kid it will be fine.

Feel free to have your kid be the guinea pig for this. If your asking for advice for someone who’s BTDT I would say, don’t do it.

I've done it myself and my kids have done it. There are people who lead very international lives and know more about it than you.

There is no way that I would do this to my kid in senior year. In fact, we returned to the US for HS to avoid this.

congratulations.

thanks!

[Anonymous]

It was a disadvantage for my cousin. She did 3 years of highschool in West Africa at an international school after growing up in Seattle. She struggled academically when the family moved back to the US, like had to take summer school classes to try to catch up. She dropped out of a state college after her first year.

That said I'm sure it depends on the location and the kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do it and major in linguistics.
Huge leg up.

Only if the kid is interested in linguistics. Otherwise you are setting them up to be miserable.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, it’s not necessarily a requirement that linguistics or languages as a major and going to an international school go hand in hand. The school should be in English anyway, if it is being taught on American curriculum.

Kid should study what they are good at and naturally interested in.

[Anonymous]

My kid did all 4 HS years abroad. It was supposed to be 3 but I’m glad they could finish their senior year. I think it helped with admissions but they applied from abroad so they had international AOs reading the application. I think if we moved back in the 3rd year the application would have been in the domestic region pile and I do think it makes a difference. We were prepared for a massive transition back to the US during HS, it can be done obviously, but it would have been a massive disruption socially, emotionally, etc etc. You know your kid best and how they will handle all of it. Is it a boost in application process? Possibly. It depends on whether your kid can maintain the grades through all that movement and transition.

[Anonymous]

It will be a plus for the college process, yes, but more importantly, worldliness is a plus for your overall life.