<p>Hello. I'm a Portuguese student and I want get a degree in the US. I'm having a lot of trouble because there are so many colleges there. I want a good college with a good education. The best I could get in. But it's very hard to look through so many colleges, and after hours of research I wanted to know if you had any advice for me.</p>
<p>My grades were (I am at one of the most competitive schools in Portugal):
9th grade 4/5
10th grade (1st year of portuguese high school) - 15.7/20
11th grade (I took it as an exchange student in the US) - 3.393 GPA (unweighted). I ranked top 20%, but the school didn't weight the GPA, so a lot of kids with easy classes ranked above me. I took 2 AP, 1 Honors, 2 College level, and 2 regular classes.</p>
<p>I scored 34 on the ACT (8 on the writing).</p>
<p>I'm fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English.</p>
<p>As for EC's:</p>
<p>Young Reporters for the Environment
Participation in 2 editions of the National Science Fair
Environment and Math Olympiads
TEDx Event Organizer
Secretary-General of the Student Government Fiscal Council + Campaign President for the elections
Theater (US)
Engineering Club (US)
Speech Team (US)
Science Olympiad (US)
At least 1 hour of volunteering/week
Taking care of my little brother some afternoons every week (don't know if that counts)
Biology extracurricular 3 month long research project
Student coordinator of the environmental awareness program at my school
Extra english lessons every week
(and there are probably some other things....)</p>
<p>Sports: I don't really like them, but do 3 hours of gym/team sports every week, and I do 3 hours of swimming every week.</p>
<p>I don't really care about the size, I prefer smaller classes but I don't want to rule out larger colleges. I don't care too much about the location either. I want good academics, the best I could get into. Despite, I would like to have an active social life. I don't like partying too much, but every once in a while is fine. I also want somewhere where not playing sports isn't to big of a deal. I do not need financial ai.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading everything and thank you so much for you help!!!!</p>