I would recommend getting a year or two of local community college under their belts before jumping to international universities. I started at a community college myself and it was such a good experience coming out of high school not the best student but loved learning. You get to have a feel for the flow of college at the community college and the cost of it is SO much lower than jumping straight to a big university. Some people can’t handle the college atmosphere or need to time to adjust. This was a good adjustment for me and I made deans list most semesters after my first two in school once I got better accustomed to it all. Just my two cents!