Chance an International Student please :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, I'm a high school graduate about to join the Singapore Armed Forces in February for two years of compulsory military service. I am applying to the USA and Canada next year and asking for a deferral. So please chance me so I can have a better idea about my chances at my favoured colleges :)</p>

<p>I'm applying to study Economics at the following schools for now:</p>

<p>Stanford (super reach I know)
Northwestern
UCLA
UMich
USC
UCSD
NYU
BU
UToronto (Canada)
UBC (Canada)</p>

<p>• IB</p>

<p>Completed IB Diploma in May 2013
Scored 38/45 Points</p>

<p>7 in HL Economics
7 in HL Physics
5 in HL Math
6 in SL Theatre
6 in SL Spanish ab initio
5 in SL English</p>

<p>+2 bonus points</p>

<p>• SAT Reasoning:</p>

<p>2210 (one sitting)</p>

<p>CR 770
M 740
W 700</p>

<p>• SAT Subjects:</p>

<p>Math IIC 770
Physics 720</p>

<p>• IGCSE's:</p>

<p>7A*'s, 2A's</p>

<p>• Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Acted in three school theatre productions over junior and senior years
Played the bass drum in school drumline in junior and senior years
Performed in annual school rock show in junior and senior years
Danced in various school cultural shows over sophomore, junior and senior years
Played in varsity basketball team in sophomore and junior years</p>

<p>Attended Model United Nations conference in the Hague, Netherlands in junior year
Served as journalist for annual school business & economics magazine in junior year
Served as member of school yearbook business committee in junior year
Achieved the Gold Award in the United Kingdom Mathematical Challenge in junior and senior years</p>

<p>Completed Engineering Design course at Columbia University Summer Program for High School Students during the summer between sophomore and junior years</p>

<p>• Volunteer Work: </p>

<p>Organized and conducted a week-long service trip to an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in junior year
Facilitated horseriding for mentally and physically disabled children at a horseriding centre during weekly for a year during junior year
Supervised and taught kindergarten children at a day care centre in freshman year weekly for a year during freshman year
Member of Akanksha global concerns group which raises money for the education of slum children in India, during sophomore, junior and senior years</p>

<p>• Work Experience:</p>

<p>Was employed in the project management division of ABB’s Pulp & Paper business unit for three months after graduation from high school
Completed a paid internship in the retail banking products division of Standard Chartered’s consumer bank during the summer between junior and senior years
Was employed as a part-time service crew member at a bakery called Baker & Cook for three months after graduation from high school</p>

<p>• Recommendations:</p>

<p>Strong recommendation from my Economics teacher
Strong-moderate recommendation from my Physics teacher
May send in a strong recommendation from a Columbia professor from Columbia summer program</p>

<p>• Essays</p>

<p>Haven't completed them yet, but the plan is to write about my forthcoming experiences in the army</p>

<p>• Other:</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Indian
Nationality: Singaporean
School Type: Large private school in Singapore with 3000 students, full IB </p>

<p>• Ability to pay full tuition</p>

<p>Thank you guys so much! :)</p>

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<p>Bump Bump :)</p>

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<p>Impressive. Your academic achievements are wonderful, and you seem to have a well-rounded set of Ecs. Your essay topic sounds good too. Just keep polishing your essays and you’re going to be fine. Make sure your personalities shine. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>You’re okay with all, except Stanford of course and perhaps Northwestern.
Come back to post your results and decision!</p>

<p>Out of curiosity: will you ask to be deferred from the army if you get into a college? Or ask the colleges to defer enrollment until you’re done with the army? Can you postpone the army until you have a degree or do you have to enroll - then, either finish and go to college afterwards, or interrupt the army in August, go to college, graduate, and resume the army?</p>

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<p>Thank you all for your speedy and rather generously kind responses :slight_smile: Much appreciated!</p>

<p>In response to MYOS1634, The way it works is that I would have to complete my entire period of service or at least the majority of it, save a few months, before I can join university. If my army period does get disrupted for university in August or September of 2015, which is unlikely, I’d have to complete it later on, perhaps in the summer. In my case however, I only serve 1 year and 10 months and thereby finish by December 2015, which also gives the option to enroll in a spring term in university in January 2016 and use some IB credits to help me with that. Or, I might just wait till August of 2016, which would kind of suck. Thankfully, I am not worrying too much about all this for now, these concerns are saved for later on :P</p>

<p>I was also wondering whether I could aim slightly higher when it comes to applying! I am specifically looking to study in a large university in a city environment, like most of the universities I have listed. Could anyone suggest a few more academically prolific universities that meet these requirements that are great to study Economics in? However, my score of 38 in the IB is fairly good but much too low when it comes to say, the Ivy League. It definitely is the most important factor, or am I wrong about that?</p>

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<p>Bump once again :slight_smile: Also, regarding extracurricular activities, including paid work, I’d have to narrow it down to 10 in total for the CommonApp right? What about the UC App?</p>

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<p>Another cheeky bump teehee :)</p>

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<p>With that 38, you can stand to add a couple more “reaches”, and you’re good for the rest of the list.</p>

<p>Thanks for the explanation!</p>