<p>I'm chinese and I went to highschool in the states, and next year I'll be going to Wellesley... (it's not harvard, but hey, Hilary Clinton went there, and if its good enough for her its should be good enough for me) </p>
<p>But anyways, I have a cousin in china, and she wants to come here for college. she will be starting highschool in the fall, and she turns 14 in May. She was thinking of going to Wellesley since if I go there it might help her chances, but I want her to go to a better school. I feel kind of bad that I didn't get in Princeton, Yale, Stanford... but now that I have a little bit of experience with the essays and SAT and stuff, I want to help her.</p>
<p>I am completely lost on how the international system works. I heard of
A levels, IB
but I don't really know what they are and how one takes them or go about preparing for them... she is in Xian, Shaanxi, China right now attending the best middle school and presumably after her middle school exams the best highschool in the city. I think it would be easier if she was from Beijing, but that issue cannot be helped. I really need some help and advise on the international process. I can help her with the SAT and essay and such, but I don't know what else to guide her on. I know you need some extracurricular and humanity volunteer work, so I'll tell her that, but academics or anything else I am missing I am compeletely lost on, so PLEASE! any help would be appreciated... THANX!</p>