Hello everyone my name is Alessandro and I was wondering if you guys could give me any tips regarding college admissions.
My situation isn't very common: I have a dual citizenship (my dad is Italian and my mom is American), I've been schooled in Italy but I'm also a New York State resident so I wouldn't be applying to college as an international.
I go to what is probably the most challenging public high school in the country, I'm in a experimental section where we not only study subjects in italian but in english as well and take 7 IGCSE exams from Cambridge.
I don't have straight As but hardly anyone here does, I'm fluent in french as well and have various ECs showing my leadership skills.
I hope that you could advise me on what schools are in my range.
I took my SATs only once and scored 1990, I'm taking them again in October hoping to score at least 2100. I'm really strong in Math and Physics so I will be taking the Subject tests.
I'm looking to study engineering but I don't really know where to apply. I'm really interested in Penn and Johns Hopkins because they have study abroad programs in the city I live in so they probably know my high school (it's pretty prestigious).
Would those schools be too much of a reach? I wanted to apply to a SUNY school and Tulane University as well.
In your opinion do I have any kind of advantage being an Italian/American who lives in Italy so that schools may look past my grades? In addition would being Italian in a prevalent Asian major help? What do you think I should do?
Thanks for reading and have a great day!
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