I.V League Universities?

What are my chances in getting into Ivy league universities?

• I'm really conserned about my chances of getting into ivy league schools, as at this stage I should decide whether to have a gap year or go to US high school for 1 year in ordet to get better scores and win some maths/economics competitions. Here are some info about me for you to evaluate my chances. 1) I'm an international student, I've been studying abroad since I got 15. 9 years in Russia, 1 year in SIngapore, 2.5 years in Britain. 2) I've got a certificate for finishing middle school in Russia with (A,A,A,B), certificate for finishing GCSE (A,A,A,A,B,) and A-levels in Britain (A-economics, B- Maths, B-history) bad A-levelvs results are due the difficulty of the course as it is equivalent to the 12th grade and 1st year of the US University. 3) I'm bilingual Russian/English. 4) I have participated in Student Investor Challenge (lost as I purchased too much shares of the company which lost the court case and their share price felt dramatically), President of the Debating society. 5) Going to do SAT in June, predicted score from 2000 to 2200. 6) Have some people ,who finished different Ivy league colleges,will recommend me as a student. 7) Doing a lot of sports. 3 years of tenns, 1 year of boxing, 2 years of thai boxing. Unfortunately haven't done any competitions as was moving from country to country. 8) Have got 2 good techer's recommendations. 9) If I'll have a gap year, than I'd go to russian army. I got accepted into elite russian milittary forces as a commando. This will develop my leader's skills and will allow me to participate in Athletics, long distance ones especially. Moreover, I would be able to participate in Boxing and Wrestling competitions. 10) Have 1 month of working experience in restaraunt sector. If I have low chances of getting in, than could you advice on the best next move for getting into Ivy league. Can I go straight to 12th grade, after finishing which I'll get a certificate of completing high school in the States? Or should I just be a little bit more realistic and apply to other colleges like NYU Additional Details Russian army is just 1 year long. Right now I'm living in the UK, so I got out of there already =). About GPA, unfortunately there is no such thing as GPA in Britain. But A-level results are ABB,but again A-levels are much harder than US high school. I've got predicted SAT which varies from 2000 to 2200, with 740-770 maths score. In addition to that I've got a good US history knowledge, 1890-1945 especially. I'm planning to stay in the US after graduation because, to my knowledge this country has a real working democracy, friendly views about jews,beautiful cities and interesting history, roaring 20s and Great Depression my favourite parts=) In A-levels you can study only 2-4 subjects. The marks for A-levels: History-B, maths-B, economics-A GC SE ( grade 10/11): maths-A business studies-A economics-A IT- B English-B Art and design -A Grade 9/10 in russian school: maths-A english-A russian-B history-A physics-A chemistry-B literature-A sociology-A Russian army is compulsory, so there is nothing I can do about it, other than to go to Russian University, which is not a very good idea... 47 minutes ago

• Answer:

  If you can find a way to stay legally in a country other than Russia, you will not have to go back to Russia and serve in the army. If you are Jewish (you mentioned friendly views about Jews), you probably can go to Israel. I would rather serve three years in the Israeli army than any time in the Russian army. Russian army recruits are treated as sub-human and subjected to horrible treatment by soldiers who have been in the army longer. I do not know how you will be able to stay in the US after graduation if you come here on a student visa. My answer to the rest of your question still stands.