<pre><code>I'll apply for some universities at the end of the year,but before that,I must know whether I have a chance at good universities.First of all,I'm a brazillian student that finished high school last year,when I was 16 years old:that's because I skipped 1 year at school when I was a kid(the school principal and all teachers said I was above all class),so,do colleges consider it as a advantage?
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<p>Second,my high school grades are at least 9/10 at my first school,but then I moved to a very difficult one(almost half of class always failed math/physics/chemistry/biology tests),my scores are at least 7/10,going to 9/10,and I was one of the best students.The question is:do they consider the school's difficulty level?Am I almost automatically out of top universities with these test scores?</p>
<p>I'll go to California in August,if I apply for some college there,will I be considered an instate if I live and study there for some months? Is it easier to get in whether you are instate?</p>
<p>And my last question subject,do athletes have some kind of vantage when applying,for example,do they usually need lower grades to get in?Do they need to have medals or play for some team,or just say you play soccer is considered?</p>
<p>This year I'm studying exclusively for SAT and TOEFL,so every help is useful.</p>