Title. I’m currently a junior at an American International School in Asia and would like to apply to NUS as a maths and computer science major.
Ethnicity: East Asian (doesn’t help, I know :neutral: )
GPA: Burning in hell, smth like 3.0 freshmen and sophomore year, but I heard that NUS only cares about Junior and Senior grades, and I have shown dramatic improvement (3.7+) and will get a higher GPA second semester with my improved work ethics.
Advanced Courses (one of my strongest suit?)
AP World History (only AP allowed sophomore year, 4)
AP Calc BC (predicted 5 based on first sem. grades (98.7%))
AP Lang (pretty confident of a 5 since I got an A-)
AP Micro/Macroecon (really 2 ap courses but my school counts 'em as one, probs a 5 too from first semester grades)
AP Physics 1 (95% first sem, predicted 5)
AP CSA (A first sem, predicted 5)
Senior yr
Multivar Calc/Linear Algebra & Differential Equations (noticeably the hardest course at our school (beyond any high school math, college sophomore level), first year offering it as I petitioned for the creation of such a course)
AP Lit (taking online)
AP Physics C Mechanics/EM (should be 2 courses but my school counts as one)
AP Chem
AP Psych (a joke)
AP Stats (maybe AP bio, what should I take?)
Number Theory (rigorous college level intro to proofs, first semester)
CSII: Game Design & Development (learn object and particle physics in making games, considered post-ap, second semester)
SAT (Def my strongest suit)
SAT: (single take) 770 R&W 800M 1570 C No Essay (not required for NUS right?)
SAT 2: Math2(800) Physics(800) Chemistry(800)
I heard that NUS doesn’t look at awards that much, but if they do, please let me know so that I can post them. Thank you! Also, could you guys also recommend other unis for applicants with a huge upward trend like me? Thanks.