I've just finished High-school in Portugal and I want to pursue a career in high-finance. I need help:
1. in determining which universities I can get accepted into with my credentials;
2. to decide between applying now to portuguese schools or waiting an year and applying to those universities.
Here's my profile:
I have an overall equivalent to a 3.7 GPA (unweighted) or 18,5/20.
19/20 on the Math national exam, 19/20 on the Portuguese one, 18,5/20 on the Physics/Chemistry one and 18,8/20 on the Biology/Geology exam.
Won a regional entrepreneurship competition and a prize on the national science fair. I'm currently participating in another two science competitions, one national and another one international, and started participating in a local Toastmasters club.
Question 1: do I have what it takes to get accepted to Oxbridge, LSE, Bocconi or a Top 10 US school, on a degree related to Finance and Economics?
In my country, I'm certain to get admitted to either Nova or Catolica Lisbon (economics or management degree), and I wouldn't have to pay tuition at Catolica.
I missed the applications deadline in the UK, US and Italy, so I would have to wait an year to apply to those schools I first mentioned. However, I want to work outside Portugal, to achieve top notch compensation and pretty much climb the ladder as high as possible.
Question 2: Should I wait and try to get into Oxbridge, LSE, etc... next year, or just go to Catolica/Nova this year? Would it be worth finishing my degree at 22 instead of 21 y.o. for the prestige and added opportunity?
Sorry for the tl;dr and thanks in advance!