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| USA |
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Country |
USA (The United States of America) |
| Capital City |
Washington D.C. |
| Location |
North America |
| Size |
96,300,000㎢ |
| Population |
294,000,000 |
| Religion |
Protestantism(56%), Roman catholic,Judaism, etc. |
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| Climate of Principal City |
| AverageTemperature(℃) |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
June |
July |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
| Las Vegas |
13℃ |
14℃ |
14℃ |
16℃ |
18℃ |
19℃ |
22℃ |
22℃ |
21℃ |
19℃ |
16℃ |
14℃ |
| San Francisco |
9℃ |
11℃ |
11℃ |
13℃ |
14℃ |
16℃ |
17℃ |
18℃ |
18℃ |
16℃ |
13℃ |
10℃ |
| Los Angeles |
7℃ |
10℃ |
14℃ |
18℃ |
23℃ |
29℃ |
32℃ |
31℃ |
26℃ |
20℃ |
12℃ |
7℃ |
| New York |
0℃ |
1℃ |
6℃ |
11℃ |
17℃ |
22℃ |
25℃ |
24℃ |
20℃ |
14℃ |
9℃ |
3℃ |
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| National & Public Holiday |
| January |
1st |
New Year's Day |
| Monday of 3rd week |
Martin Lutter King's Day |
| February |
12th |
Lincoln's Birth Day |
| 22nd |
Washington's Birthday |
| 23rd |
Easter Sunday |
| 29th |
Memorial Day |
| July |
July 4th |
Independent Day |
| November |
Monday of 1st week |
Labor Day |
| October |
Monday of 2nd week |
Columbus Day |
| 31st |
Halloween |
| November |
11th |
Veterans Day |
| Thursday of 4th week |
Thanksgiving Day |
| December |
25th |
Christmas |
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| Time Difference |
| There are 6 time zones in the USA; CST (Central Standard Time) is applicable in New York, Boston/ PST (Pacific Standard Tim e) is applicable in Denver. Phoenix and there is one hour gap among 4 time zone of USA. For example, if it's 7 A.M in EST, it's 6 A.M. in CST, it's 5A.M. in MST and 4A.M. in PST. There is Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) from Sunday of 1st week on April to Sunday of the last week on October in the some place except Hawaii and Indiana of the USA. |
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| Monetary Standard |
| There are 4 standard coins including Quarter (25 cent), Dime(10 cent), Nickel (5cent), and Peny (1 cent) and United State Dollars such as $1, $5, $10, $20 and $100. |
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| Educational System of USA |
| Age |
Educational System |
| 5 years old |
Preschool & Kindergarten |
| From 6 to 11 years old |
Elementary School (Grade1 to Grade6)
=> compulsory education |
| From 12 to 17 years old |
Secondary School (Grade7 to Grade12)
=> compulsory education |
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| Elementary School |
| Elementary School is called as Grammar School sometimes and there will between 20 to 30 students per a teacher in the classroom. |
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| Middle School |
| Middle School is called as Junior High School or Intermediate School and Unlike Korea, includes Grade 7 and Grade 8 unlike Korea. In the case of Grade 8, it generally belongs to High School. According to the subjects, they move into other classrooms and have an elective class such as French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese Class. |
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| Secondary School |
You can have experience on subject related with major you would like to take in the University through special system such as AP, IB, DUAL Enrollment at the high school with high reputation. These schools are called as the College Preparatory School, too. |
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| Public Schools of the USA don't allow international students to enroll to their schools except international students of exchange school program or cultural exchange program. But, Private schools allow international students to enroll. For registration, at first students should submit required documents to each school and have an interview with Principal of school or international student administrator. |
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