<p>Question: My daughter will be entering high school this fall, and her father is considering applying for a Fulbright to Sweden, which would fall either during her sophomore or junior year. After going through the admissions process with her brother, who she considers brilliant, and seeing the difficulty he had, she is very concerned that [...]</p>
<p>You might want to check about the language of instruction. A friend of mine accepted a job as a museum curator in Stockholm. His younger child was placed in Swedish language medium classes whereas his older child, second or third grade age, was placed in an English medium classroom with other immigrants. This was a public school.</p>
<p>This is probably too late to be helpful but I came to CC to ask about my Swedish/American niece who has lived in Stockholm her whole life so I know a little about the schools there. There are lots of dual language public schools. My niece is in one-hers has 2 tracks, one for primary English speakers and one for Swedish speakers with a native English speaking parent. My niece has friends who started school with almost no Swedish and while it may have been less than perfect for them on the playground (middle school) it was fine in the classroom. My understanding is that the most desirable/competitive HS are science/math schools and they may require Swedish but look into this. Sweden is amazing and it’s educational system seems pretty great. At the HS level your daughter’s classmates would all speak really good English but they would probably love having a native speaker around. The opportunity sounds so fantastic I would jump at it.</p>
<p>I’d give your daughter a full ride to Lund, Uppsala, SU, or RIT and convince her to stay here! :D</p>
<p>Go to an International School that has the International Baccalaureate program. As long as she does complete Junior and Senior year there (at least finish the IB back home) she will be golden.</p>