University for 17yo Intl. Student Breaking Into Quant/HF/S&T

I'm a student applying to schools in the US, UK, and Singapore with the goal to break into QT, HF, or S&T.

I am based out of the US, have a 3.9/4.0 GPA (Only struggle with english/spanish classes), high enough SAT and good enough AP scores to practically guarantee a position at Warwick MORSE and a couple T50s in the US. I am currently spending my summer at a multi-billion dollar AM fund in Midtown, and have a decent collection of quant-related projects and trading algorithms, including stat-arbs, weird derivatives stuff, and de-fi algos.

However, as the title says, I am considered an intl. applicant for the US, UK, and Singapore. Would love some perspective from ppl in the industry regarding what schools I should target and realistic odds of me breaking in. Thanks!

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