What do you need to immigrate to America?

1. You don't need an entrance exam to attend high school in America. Public schools only require you to live in the school district. Private schools only require that you can afford the tuition. If your English is not good, the school will arrange for you to attend special classes to make up your English. However, there are some courses (such as French, Spanish or Latin) or extracurricular activities that need to be scored from junior high school, so it will be difficult for you to participate unless you make up extra money.

I guess it's to prove what courses you have taken. Just have a report card. All high school courses have a prerequisite, that is, you must take other basic courses first. For example, if you want to study physics, you must study algebra first. So your report card should be as detailed as possible, and it is best to write down the specific course content. If the teacher can carefully write you a list of courses, you can even ask for exemption from taking some courses after you arrive at the new school, so that you can spare time to concentrate on learning the courses with gaps. In short, it must be detailed. In addition, you should bring proof of immunity. All vaccines required by the American government must be vaccinated, otherwise the school will not let you enter school.

3. Public schools do not need to apply. Private schools need it, but different schools have different requirements. Good private schools even have queues, that is, if you apply this year, maybe there will be vacancies for you to enter next year.

The biggest advantage of public schools is to save money. If you can live in a good school district, the quality of public schools is not worse than that of private schools. Schools in poor school districts can't stay. The best public schools are usually on or near university campuses. If you live in a poor school district, you must go to a private school in order to get a good education. Private schools generally have good facilities and rich extracurricular activities. The biggest disadvantage of private schools is that there are too many rich children and the style of study is not necessarily very good.

If you can choose where to live, choose a university campus with a good public high school.

Supplement:

Only a few private high schools require SSAT. And it's usually that kind of boarding school. Public schools don't need exams. However, transfer students have to take the placement test to decide which grade you want to enter. Whether you need to repeat the third grade (ninth grade in the United States) will depend on your performance in the placement exam.

In addition, Mr. Wang's answer that he wants to open a bar is somewhat inaccurate. According to the law, public schools must accept all students in their own school district, and it is not difficult to enroll. Only students from other school districts will have restrictions. Good public schools, like private schools, charge tuition for students from foreign school districts. As for the registration time, there is no limit for families who have just moved to this school district.

The notarial certificate mentioned by Mr. Wang who wants to open a bar is basically unnecessary. The attitude towards notarization in the United States is quite different from that in China. Notarization does not prove the authenticity of the document, but only proves that the copy is the same as the original. For example, the age is based on the date of birth on your passport, and notarization is useless. Notarization of student status and grades is not as useful as the report card and recommendation letter written by your current teacher. Notarization with no criminal record and notarization of parents may be useful.