<p>My dad got a job in Africa-Liberia to be specific.
I'm a junior currently. What we are planning to do is take one more trimester here in the us so I can finish my English requirements and graduate from my high school back here and walk in the spring. Then apply to colleges with those grades. Then enroll in the international school there which isn't very good from what we have heard. Would I have to send the mid year grades from this school and later grades after i have been accepted or could i just use the other grades since i have already graduated from high school?
My other question is how would this affect my instate tuition status at Iowa State since we wouldn't be living here?
My third question is would i be treated as an international or as an american?</p>
<p>1) You need to check with Iowa State about the in-state status. They are the ones who would decide.</p>
<p>2) If you are a US citizen or a legal permanent resident, you are a US applicant.</p>
<p>3) If you actually graduate from your current high school early, there is no reason to enroll in a high school program in the new country unless you are treating it as a student exchange program. Will they even let you enroll given that you will have graduated here? It might make more sense for you to just take a Gap Year and do some community service or volunteer work there instead of taking classes.</p>
<p>4) I take it that your mom is staying in the US while you finish up your last trimester so you can graduate. Would it be possible for you to apply to ISU now for admission second semester? If that would allow you to enroll with in-state status, and if by doing so you would continue with in-state status for your time there, that could be something to think about.</p>
<p>5) Or, why not throw caution to the winds, go to Liberia as soon as school ends this spring, finish your senior year there, have some adventures, and come up with a whole new college application list? If the school you would be attending is the one most of the US expatriate students attend the guidance counselor will be able to cope with the whole newly arrived senior thing.</p>
<p>Enrolling in an International School for the experience after you graduate from American high school will definitively set you apart from the other applicants - especially since it’ll be in Liberia, a country that’s experienced and is experiencing tremendous change (and dramatic, both meanings of the term). You won’t be enrolled for the exact content of the classes, but rather to see a different approach to learning, to meet new classmates with a different background and different life experiences from your own and your current friends’, perhaps discover a new subject or two (history is not likely to cover the same material nor have the same perspective! You may be able to start on a new language…)
You might want to expand your college options, too. With an experience that rare and potentially life-changing, you’ll be able to access potentially richer financial-aid wise, more academically-enclined, small schools. (Not that Iowa state isn’t a fine choice, but you may want to broaden that a bit after “seeing the world”.)</p>
<p>From the College Board’s webpage on state residency requirements
[Guide</a> to State Residency](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/international/state]Guide”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board)
You should contact Iowa State’s Admissions Office now, and explain to them your situation and get clarity on your status.</p>
<p>On the separate issue about enrolling in a lackluster int’l school in Liberia, we also moved to a country with an underwhelming int’l school. When the older child finished middle school there, we decided to repatriate him for HS, and he is now in a boarding school with top notch academics.</p>
<p>Is the school in Liberia a Liberian school, or is it a US-style “International School” that follows the US curriculum? Those are two very different things. In the first case, studying there would be more like a foreign exchange experience. In the second case it simply makes no sense at all if you will have already graduated from a high school in the US - unless your parents just want you to be occupied and hanging out with kids your own age while they do other stuff.</p>
<p>^precisely they want me occupied while they are doing other thing.</p>
<p>ISU isn’t my top choice just a ultimate safety so it is unlikely I would end up there anyways. And I always have Bama</p>
<p>Going to a boarding school is another option we are considering.</p>
<p>It is a us based curriculum but there are very few high school students and most of the classes are online.
My parents just want me to meet others my age and not just sit around.
Or I may do some service work, travel have a nice break before college</p>
<p>If u do pursue the boarding school route, be aware that there are typically few slots available for new seniors, and many schools will recommend that u attend for 2 years as either:</p>
<ul>
<li>Repeat junior + senior year, or</li>
<li>Senior + post graduate year</li>
</ul>
<p>I suggest u take a look at the Prep School Admissions forum. There’s a lot of good information there.</p>
<p>Good luck to your family-- it will be an adventure!</p>
<p>Is there a safe local school you could attend?
If you have already graduated from your American high school, it’d only be for the cultural experience so you wouldn’t have to care about the quality of the school.
Attending a US school with many online classes doesn’t sound enriching at all, even if living in a foreign country always is.</p>