Demographics:
Race: Indian
Nationality: Singaporean Citizen
Religion: Atheist (It’d be kinda weird if it matters but common app asks for it)
Used to live in New Jersey (maybe if they ask why I want to go to the US?)
Middle-class
I would prefer aid but I’m in that sweet spot where I get no aid but can’t afford without debt lol. It’s the reason why I’m only gonna apply to top tier schools in the US since I can only justify their fees.
Grades:
IB - HL: Physics, Chemistry, Math AA | SL: Spanish, Economics, English Language and Literature
No GPA/Class Rank
Most rigorous course offered (No AP)
Expected (not official but based on previous scores) - 43 ish
HLs - 7,7,7
SAT(practices)- 730RW 800M
School:
Extremely competitive (arguably one of the best in the world stats wise)
ECs:
- International Olympiad for Astronomy and Astrophysics (205th place indiv; 3rd place team) this is out of 43 teams.
- Selected for National Physics Olympiad representing my school. (I messed up the paper so I probably got nothing)
- Singapore Astronomy Olympiad 2020 (1st -10th place) they do not release results for those selected for IOAA
- Edusave Good Progress award (a $250 award for being in the top 10% of grade improvements in the country)
I am writing a paper with a professor at a LAC in US titled “Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in physics” (Intended for publication)
I have been offered a research project with a prof focusing on quantum tunneling and entanglement
I have an internship offer from A*STAR (a government research lab) for quantum simulations and computing.
Started a tuition program for underprivileged children between ages 4-7 last year which was picked up and continued by an NGO and expanded even after I left
Research attachment at Institute of Microelectronics (cancelled due to COVID-19)
Engineering Internship at the Air Force for 2 months
Internship at CERN (cancelled due to COVID travel restrictions)
Math Competition Team
- all competitions have been cancelled or postponed so far
Science Research Club
- Director of Physics
- In charge of tutoring younger students to eventually be in the Advanced Science Program at my school
*In charge of preparing students for Singapore PhO and IPhO - Organizing IDEX 2021, an acclaimed and competitive international engineering competition
Young Innovators Society
- Training Mentor
- (joined this year so I haven’t done much yet)
Young Diplomats Society
- Training Mentor
- Chair for International Model United Nations Conference
- 1 first place; 2 second places; 2 third places; 2 fourth places; 1 best position paper in 9 conferences
- The above awards only include national and international MUNs
Astronomy Club
*Training Mentor
Several online courses from universities (certification is given)
- Particle Physics: An Introduction (University of Geneva)
- The Evolving Universe (Caltech)
- Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity (Stanford University)
- Science of the Solar System (Caltech) - not finished yet
Tae-Kwon-Doe
- 1st Dan Black Belt
Intended major:
Physics and Astronomy / Math double major or with math as a minor
Hooks:
No idea lmao
Schools:
Caltech
MIT
Princeton
Stanford
Harvard
Oxford
Imperial College London
UCB
UCLA
U Chicago
UT Austin
NUS
Purdue University
NTU