u/shark_moss

I am a high school student (10th year) from Argentina and I want to apply to foreign countries colleges to study either genetics or aerospace engineering. There is little to no information on how to do it and no counselors available which means I’m doing everything on my own. I been looking fowards to start planning my passion project but every idea seem unrealistic for the place I live and the lack of opportunities there are. Lately, I been thinking on the struggles I face as a Latino American student and one thing I found is that there is no space in my country for students to express their passion or interest besides forums or competitions. Based on this, my idea is to create a space for young passionate students to learn more about physics and biology and for them to be able to get to know other people with simile interests. I was thinking on doing a web site where they can contact me to create a group of 15 students of ages between 12-18 and do weekly online meetings to discuss new scientific projects or theories. I also thought that to reach more audience I could make a podcast were I could share this knowledge with others to make that information accessible as most of the information can’t be found in Spanish. I haven’t really put it together as it is just an idea for now but I wanted to know if it could potentially work and give a solid insight for an application. I haven’t started it yet and I am planning on doing surveys before and ask around for thoughts on the idea to sketch a plan and start the project next year.

I am a high school student (10th year) and I look forward to study either aerospace al engineering or genetics. I live in Argentina were my options are really limited, and I’m looking fowards to study in a university in other country (main options are Melbourne University for genetics and MIT for engineering). Lately I’ve been looking ways that my application can stand out and summer programs can be a good idea but I don’t know how can I get accepted into one that is actually prestigious and free as I can’t afford a 7000 dollar summer program in a Ivy League. My GPA is of 3.8 but I don’t know how can I improve my chances of getting accepted into the programs ,beside a well written essay, if I didn’t participate or win any competitions related to science as in my country they don’t offer them.

I'm in high school and I've known my whole life that I wanted to do something related to physics or biology. Over time, I thought my best options are either nuclear engineering/quantum engineering or becoming a geneticist. Unfortunately, the people I know who have pursued similar careers ended up being teachers, which is definitely not what I want for my life. Also, I read that the salaries aren't very good either, but I can't imagine following a different career path and being unhappy. I also know that there are few universities that offer the physics programs I like, and they’re hard to get into; my average is 9.3 throughout high school (I'm in my 4th year) and I was hoping to apply for a scholarship. Is the salary as bad as they say? Is there job demand? Cabe aclarar que tengo un nivel de inglés fluido (b2 casi C1) asi que empresas extranjeras también pueden ser una opción