Can an international complete last year of High School in the US?

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<p>Hi,
I am a student from easter Europe and I'm building the "scheme" of my higher education inUSA in my mind already. I'm in second year of High School and I have already decided that I will go to Ohio State University after high school to study Computer Science. Me and my family have already been taking care of the financial stuff and my uncle in Ohio is willing to support me and cover all my acommodation costs, including food.</p>

<p>I was wondering though, as I have already discussed this with my parents, is somebody like me allowed to go to the US one year earlier and complete my last year of High School AND then going to University, without coming back to my home country or needing to apply for extra permissions?</p>

<p>I have only two months to finish this academic year, is it possible or am I too late? Are high schools in the US as competitive as universities? Is it impossible for international students?
I have plenty of people my age that were in the same school as me and now they went to the US to finish their two last years of high school, but the, just like me, didn't start high school there. And I just can't ask them because they always whine about this topic and find a way to change subject.
Anyways, any reply on this would be highly appreciated, would I have to pay as much as an university? If not, how much? I'm just looking for a normal school, nothing special. Can I get a visa that will allow me to finish the 1 year of high school AND proceed with university without having to get a new visa, or is that impossible?</p>

<p>EDIT: Also, there are no exchange programs available for students from my country to go to the US, I know this very good, that's not an option.
Thank you very much!
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<p>Are you talking about boarding school or would you live with your uncle?</p>

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Not boarding school, just a normal public high school, I will be living with my uncle.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>FYI, from the U.S. State Dept website:
[Foreign</a> Students (F-1) in Public Schools](<a href=“404 - Page Not Found”>404 - Page Not Found)

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<p>Thanks for the link, very informative.
So, does that apply to people who want to attend high school only? This would be perfect in my case, as I have only 1 year left of high school, but what about the 4 years I’ll spend at the university, do I apply for a visa extension or am I guaranteed to get the visa renewed once I apply at the desired college?</p>

<p>Also do you have any idea of what public schools cost? I looked at the Columbus City Schools (<a href=“http://www.columbus.k12.oh.us/index.html)'s%5B/url%5D”>http://www.columbus.k12.oh.us/index.html)'s</a> website but I can’t find any info about the tuition costs in their websites. I tried e-mailing each school but I guess I’ll have to wait until tomorrow.</p>

<p>Oh and as I said, am I still on time?</p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>

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<p>Try this:
[See</a> How Much Each Ohio School District Spends Per Student | StateImpact Ohio](<a href=“http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2012/01/17/see-how-much-each-ohio-school-district-spends-per-student/]See”>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2012/01/17/see-how-much-each-ohio-school-district-spends-per-student/)</p>

<p>The data is 2 years old, but at least you’ll get a rough idea.</p>

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<p>I’m sorry if I sound ignorant but I have some things I don’t understand about the table.
For the cost of tuition, do I have to refer to the “Expenditures per Pupil (Overall)”, “Expenditures per Pupil (Instructional)”, or the “Total Expenditures”? I am confusing the columns for the actual living costs, which include food.</p>

<p>And also I have to look by the geographical location of the School, the database doesn’t provide information about the specific school, right?</p>

<p>One last thing that blew off my “good news” about this, is that I read similar situations online and some people were saying that this is impossible to do because in only 1 year of time I can’t officially graduate from High School because I can’t take all the prerequisited to graduate in only 1 year of time, because of subjects such as American History, English or Civics that I just can’t complete in 1 year of High School.
Is this true??</p>