student visa for mexico?
i will be moveing to mexico very soon with my mom and my family iam 18 and not yet finshed high school what do i need to be able to attend a high school there?
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If you are only going to be on a tourist visa, you will need to pay tuition even if it is a public school. If you have an FM3 visa, you should not have to pay tuition in a public school. Bring copies of all your previous records. Do you speak Spanish fluently? Will you be able to keep up in a regular, Spanish-speaking school? There are some private schools in areas with lots of Americans in English...but these are few. Most high schools offer English as a class, but other classes are in Spanish. There are many private schools as well as public schools. In some places the public schools have very high standards and are excellent...depends on where you are. To enter high school, there is a very stiff qualifying test. Kids who cannot pass that test must attend a private school ( they will admit anyone with money) until they can pass that test. When you arrive in the city where you will be living...you and your parents need to talk to neighbors, employer, etc. and ask about the best school for you...then go and talk to the director of the school. High school in Mexico does not involve goofing off and misbehavior...that kind of thing is simply not tolerated and kids who even think about it are out. It is dead serious with lots of hard work. most kids who graduate from high school here are at least at the level of kids who have finished at least one year of college in the U.S. I have a wonderful young friend who is not quite 18 and is in his last year of prepatoria...high school. he works very hard...he needs to be sure he can qualify to enter university next fall... and that is totally dependent on his performance this year. If you decide to attend university later, in mexico, then you will need to apply for a student visa through the local INM ( immigration ) office.
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i agree with what the other person said. especially about the standards, theres no advance classes, honors etc etc, eveyone get on the same program and it means that all get on the ball with calculus for example in order to graduate. i moved to do highschool in the US and can tell you i got the slack time of of my life and kept a 3.85 gpa some classes didnt get challenging until junior year, especially math and sciences. sp be ready to put some hard work and NOT get any pretty bragging name for it, you fail theres no become a junior if you didint pass all sophomore, you re-do sophomore and things like that. if you talk to the teacher disrespectfully you can be in serius trouble. one thing you may love is that many other things are very relaxed, like on breaks between clases many of my friends would just go to the bar close by the school and have a beer, (yes you can leave the school at any time pretty much and come back) smoking in open areas also if youre into that AND youll nnever experience a prom night like a mexican graduation ;-) im serius, middle school graduation parties are even better than prom in the US.
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