<p>Thanks for reading this I could really use some help.</p>
<p>I'm thinking of applying to:</p>
<p>Stanford
U Chicago
Brown
Duke
Georgetown
Rice
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
maybe a few others</p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>British standardized tests:</p>
<p>IGCSE:
English A*
Math A*
Physics A
Chemistry A*
Biology A
Computer A
Arabic A</p>
<p>A-Levels:
Math A
Physics A
Chemistry A</p>
<p>American tests:</p>
<p>SAT 1:
Math 780
CR 720
W 700</p>
<p>SAT 2
Math 2 790
Physics 780
Chemistry 750</p>
<p>I'm a US citizen, moved from Kansas to the United Arab Emirates in Nov 2001. Egyptian origin. I went to a crappy private school in a small town in the middle of the desert. Ranked first out of 9 students, got pretty much 80's and 90's during my last 4 years. I'l probably get really good reccomendations since i was the only good student in the whole city. I plan on studing physics, math, or engineering.</p>
<p>I have a few problems though:
1 - I already graduated in June, so im not doing anything right now
2 - I don't have any extra curriculars besides photography and tennis which i do on my own time and have no proof of
3 - Financial Aid is a must (we're a family of 6 and our total annual income is about $40,000) but im not sure what to do since the fafsa and css profile require info about taxes but we don't pay taxes because my parents are not us citizens</p>
<p>I just wanted to know if im aiming too high with these colleges and if you have any suggestions (safeties, etc ...). Also, please any suggestions on how to fix my three problems.</p>
<p>I would really appreciate your comments.</p>