<p>hey peeps, im an international freshman with the following background:</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian(Filipino)
Location: Philippines
School: One of the best high schools in the country... accredited with the highest honor
(number four) by the school ranking organization thingy in our country----
Ateneo de Manila High School.
GPA: 3.6
Rank(as of now): roughly top 16% out of 600 students, it's very competitive.
AP's: My country does not offer AP's
SAT I: haven't taken, I'm gonna take it probably at junior year, expecting 720 or more on
Math, 670-700 for CR and 670-710 for Writing.
SAT II: same as the SAT I but I am expecting 700+ for Math and some other subject I am
good at (biology, chem, physics, etc)</p>
<p>EC's:
Been playing golf for 4 years now, member of the varsity of the school and of the team of my golf course. I have won a number of tournaments (local).</p>
<p>Futsal varsity for the freshman year....it can change to football team next year hopefully.</p>
<p>Been playing the guitar for 4 years now(acoustic, a little bit of electric)</p>
<p>Joining the Debate team.</p>
<p>Academics:
Been an honor student all my life, only disqualified at times cuz im noisy, like my older bro :) </p>
<p>Part of the semi-honors section in my batch----there are a total of 15 sections, composed of 12 regular sections, two semi-honors and one honors class; each class is composed of 40-44 students.</p>
<p>Regularly accepts subject excellences (a grade of A in a certain subject) in math and science and art....sometimes english; not very often for the others(filipino-local language, AP-social sciences and history combined, CLE-religion)</p>
<p>Colleges of choice (in the USA):</p>
<p>brown
columbia
stanford
berkeley
UCLA
UCSD
Yale--i know, it's absurd
Harvard--i know, it's outrageous
Princeton--......</p>
<p>Intended Major:Biology---Intended Career:Medicine;Doctor</p>
<p>I know being an international exponentially decreases my chances, but I have relatives in the USA who can adopt me and make me a citizen...Im considering studying there for junior year at a private high school, if it WILL HELP(pls tell me your opinions).</p>
<p><strong><em>important-----schools here in the philippines are different in schools there in the US in a way that after the 7th grade here, we go to high school already, which means we SKIP 8th grade there, in a way....so would i have a hard time catching up if i study high school there?</em></strong></p>
<p>well, what else can i do to increase my chances?</p>