<p>As an international, you DO NOT need a straight A to be accepted by ivies, you do not need that in the USA either. But you have to beat everyone else in YOUR country to be admitted into the ivies, as stated before, they take one or two or three from each small country like yours, so ther are only few got admitted. For a country like China or India, they take in more, but that is limited as well. In some country, it is impossible to get A’s, their high school is so hard that the grades deflation is rampant. So the international adcoms know what is good and bad. If you know you have a good grade, it does not matter if it is 3.0 or 2.8, if you can beat everyone in your country, you will get in.</p>
<p>If you come into the USA in your sr. year, unless you are going to the American school system in YOUR Country right now, it will be too much an adjustment for you, you may do better or worse, but the Sr. grades don’t even count much in the College Application.
Its better to come here NOW, if you really want get into the US education system.</p>
<p>take SAT II French is not cheating, even if you are a French National. You can get 800, but it does not add too much to your portfolio. SAT I or ACT is what they are looking for, of course there is your GPA. </p>
<p>Please do dream Brown, but only limited it to Dreams. You should spend $70 to apply but do not expect it, when you get in, you won the lottery. It would be an expensive proposition to apply for Brown PLME, since they require on campus interview for EVERY student that apply to the program. My friend, five years ago, flew with her S all over the USA in attempt to enter a BS/MD program and failed. They probably spent $30-50,000 USD just for applying, consider all the travels and time off.</p>