<p>The needs of third culture kids are different. I have now seen 1 through college, 1 has 1 more week!</p>
<p>Look very, very carefully at the selected school. Does it really meet the needs of a TCK? Is it cosmopolitan enough (this can mean different things), open minded enough? Does your son have an advisor who really knows him? Are there are other TCK’s? </p>
<p>I think it is very important for some TCKs to be in proximity to their extended family. Are there people nearby?</p>
<p>Does he have a sense of affiliiation with the school- does he belong to a social group or organization which he really feels a part of? </p>
<p>As you are trying to figure out if you can make the school work, try to figure out if it really is the right school…now that he knows more.</p>
<p>Is he spending the summer with you? I think that as they get over the culture shock of moving back to the US, a summer in the US can really, really help…working, getting connected, etc.</p>