<p>happymomof1, thanks for the reply. well, i’m currently 13 years old going to 7th grade. I feel old for my grade because most of my classmates turned 12 this year while I turned 13. In my home country, we got 4 years of pre school, 6 years of elementary and 4 years of high school. So 14 years in all to high school. Students were usually 16-17 yrs old to apply for college.</p>