<p>About my work situation, I’m now trying to convince my parents to let me work at the mall once my father gets home from work (this will be tough, since my father is a patron of the old branch of thinking where fathers take no part in child-rearing save for disciplinary measures, and my brother is far too incompetent to do my job himself). I’ve tried out the tutoring thing, but Kumon, Huntington, and especially NJHS/NHS have such a monopoly on tutoring in my area that nobody would even hire me for $5 an hour.</p>
<p>I’m aiming for around 2150+ on my SAT, which seems like a big leap from my PSAT, but I’ve been doing really well on my practice sessions. I’m hoping that I’ll be admitted into a prestigious and top-tier school, but if a lower ranked second-tier school catches my attention and offers a full ride, I might stay for that. I just want to go to a recognizable school with stellar academics since I want to have an international sort of career.</p>
<p>And I’m not really sure I’m following what you’re saying in your last paragraph. Are suggesting that I go to school in the Philippines but come here to work at intervals?</p>
<p>EDIT: As for QuestBridge, I’m not sure if I qualify since my parents may be making over $60,000 a year. But I’m not sure, since my dad was a dislocated worker for a long time and now is in a temporary stage of his new job and my mom just recently started working. Maybe it’ll apply as a special financial circumstance. I’m not really privy to information such as their salaries, but I’ll badger them about it.</p>