Hi all, finfernape here here is a bit about my background:
i was born and raised in California as an American-Born Chinese (ABC) and i’m from a specialized high school in the suburbs where i got awards for doing the best in my college business classes, specifically accounting, finance and marketing… Here’s a bit about my background:
GPA: 3.9/4/0
Extracurriculars:
- Varsity Soccer
- Varsity Basketball
- Varsity Lacrosse
- Intel Research
took 8 AP Classes: - AP Chem
- AP Government
- AP Chinese
- AP Economics
- AP Calculus AB
- AP US History
- AP English Language
- AP English Literature
for purposes of anonymity i go to a city school/a prestigious honors program that has <10% acceptance rate but am a little fazed out that although they have poli sci classes they lack a Global Affairs major at my school, and my school is very business-oriented which is why i want to apply to Yale NUS. Here’s a bit about my college background:
GPA: 3.7/4.0
- All A’s in International Relations classes, Political Science classes, Business & Economics Classes
Extracurriculars: - Founder and President of Model UN, Delegate, Co-Founder of Confucius Institute, Hertog Fellow in Washington DC (Political Studies program)
(note, my SAT’s weren’t stellar, i only got a 2000/2400 (Old SAT), but THIS YEAR, Yale-NUS is making their admissions TEST-OPTIONAL)
my goal is to work for the U.S State Department but i have side interests in Sales & Trading and Management Consulting…would a degree from Yale-NUS hamper my goals of working for the US Government as a US-China Diplomat?
Since Yale-NUS is still relatively new and only has been around for a decade i was thinking about founding a few new student organizations there… As far as the application goes, i was thinking about writing about bringing a Confucius Institute to Yale-NUS and bridging the East and the West as a prospective Global Affairs major at NUS and maybe even bringing the sport of lacrosse to Yale-NUS as well…
I’m hoping to receive the Global Leaders Scholarship there for a full ride, but the only downside of going is that i’ll be restarting my whole undergrad ALL OVER AGAIN (i have been at my current college for 2 and 1/2 years ish, not counting this semester) and i’m not sure if the US government would still value the Yale-NUS degree and im a little bit on the older side so once i graduate Yale-NUS, after 4 years there i’ll come out 24 or 25…
Thanks for reading and hoping to hear from you gusy soon!