<p>I myself am a senior here in the U.S. I came here in 7th grade so about 6 years ago from the Philippines.</p>
<p>My family has also given me the idea and option to go back to attend college there. But think about this way, you’ve spent so much already here in the U.S. for an education. Like say millions in pesos (thousands in dollars) if you went in a private school. Is it really worth it to go back to the Philippines where you would get in the same colleges for a much lower price if you went there for high school? If this makes sense, worded in my way…</p>
<p>I would not go back personally. Right now, I’m choosing between Cornell and RPI for engineering. They’re both great schools and highly regarded WORLDWIDE. RPI is known even as far away from NY state as Australia and the South East Asia. Cornell… well you already know that.</p>
<p>I would get into UP, any UP easy. My dad and grandfather taught at UPLB. I even grew up in Faculty (living area set aside for UP teachers only) that I’d get a scholarship and internships there easy since a lot of the teachers are family friends.</p>
<p>I would also get in easy to any top school there such as UST (again, family has taught there before), DLSU, (I’m much smarter than my cousin and she got in there…) etc. Are you willing to go to a school that wasn’t hard to get in?</p>
<p>Also, think of the age difference. You would be in the same year as students who are two years younger than you since there is no 7th and 8th grade in the Philippines. Would you be able to handle that? You would be graduating two years behind people your own age.</p>
<p>And when you get a job, people ask. Where did you go for HS? Oh the U.S.? Where did you go for college then? Oh in the Philippines? Why? You were already there?</p>
<p>And there is, as others have mentioned, the issue of the green card. I myself am almost 18 (in a few months) and we are racing against time to get my parents naturalized before I turn 18 so that when they become citizens, I automatically become one as well since I’m under 18. Is it worth it to give all that up?</p>