moving back to korea from america to apply..?

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<p>Most of the east-asian countries have different grade-system
(they start a new school year in february/march) </p>

<p>so if i am a junior now (in america) technically,
i'm a sophomore when i go back to korea, right? (they're like 6 months behind) </p>

<p>The problem is, if i go back to korea at the end of my junior year here, that means i'm going to be attending another year of "korean junior year" in a korean high school. Will this be like a minus factor when applying to american colleges? (having 2 years of junior year and thus applying to college a year later than my peers here in american high school..??) ahhh so confused!!</p>

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<p>why do u want to go back to korea... i mean u can study one more year in the U.S. and go to american college.</p>

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<p>uh...b/c my dad's a diplomat and his term ends this summer...so i sort of have no choice...there's no way i am staying here by myself with no one to sponsor me ...etc.</p>