Are your parents in the US? Then have your guidance counselor call in a translator so they can talk these things through. Even if they aren’t here, your counselor can arrange a three-way call with a translator.
Are you a US citizen or green card holder? If so, then where you go to college doesn’t matter so much, because if you work hard in college you can get a good job here. If you have a different immigration status and need to return to China after graduation, things are different. You may well need to go to a brand-name university so that you can get a job there.