<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 -- top choice
columbia
stanford
berkeley
UCLA
Carnegie
UCSD
Yale--i know, it's absurd
Harvard--i know, it's outrageous
Princeton--......</p>
<p>I know all of these are reaches/high reaches for me...but im just in freshman year, i can still improve and do stuff that would help, if you guys tell me....if you are curios abot my safties...i dont know yet..but probably four of the best schools in my country..</p>
<p>and please tell me in what school i should apply ED</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>