<p>Can you tell me about the international schools?
My son says the teaching style is very different at his school. He thinks it’s more college like, with a lot of self learning. I think it depends on what you’re used to.</p>
<p>There is alot of paperwork, recommendations from teachers, guid councelors etc. At SAS it wasn’t so much competitive to get in by grades, but there were a limited number of spots, so it was first come first served. All the recommendations and transcripts were mostly to weed out kids that have any kinds of learning problems. They won’t deal with any of that. Even though the tuition is high,and they could afford to deal with kids with problems, they wont. SAS is a great school. There are two. One is much more “asian uptight” than the other, but their scores are pretty much the same. What kind of student are you now? Do you go to a good school?</p>
<p>My son took tests in the summer just to make sure he was in the right classes. People come from all over the world from schools with different standards. Not everyones calculus is the same etc. It’s just to make sure you end up in the right class and succeed. Lots of average kids there really.
The length of the school day is pretty much the same.</p>
<p>My son has quite a big circle of friends, half asian, and didn’t have any trouble making them. Lots of kids new to the school every year and in the same boat.</p>
<p>You need a VPN to get around the “firewall” and see facebook, youtube, etc. but it’s no big deal.</p>