Just Want to Ask

love1016
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:22:55 +0000

Do I have a chance to get to the top schools considering that I had lived in the Philippines for the past 16 years and just came in the United States a year ago. It seems unfair because my school in my country does not offer any honor courses so I end up being stuck in A level classes. But it is definitely not my fault. But then now that I am a junior, I end up finding a way to get to chem honors and algebra 2 honors. The school let me repeat the things that I had studied in my country. It is really difficult. I don’t want to have false hopes but do I still have a fat chance if I prove myself in the SAT and extracurriculars? I am 17 right now turning senior next year… I definitely gonna take the science and math honors but I cant take the english and history honors because I need to take US 2 during my senior year and the english honors for seniors is collaborated with AP european history. There is no way to fit it in my schedule. I am definitely behind but it is not my fault… Can I reason this out to the colleges that I am going to apply. I am a Filipino-Chinese. I can speak Chinese too… I am just disappointed for the crookedness of not having a chance to have rigorous courses! I just want to challenge myself but the system here will not even give me a chance. I am highly motivated and first in my family to get to college.