<p>I'm a foreign student from Singapore of mixed heritage( Indian+Chinese) and i'm thinking of applying to dartmouth later in the year( as well as yale,princeton, columbia and stanford) i'm serving in my national service for now so i dont really think i need to apply for a safety school yet. Thank you all in advance. Btw, i'm a project clerk with the air force now, working on a HR project and am going to study for a diploma in economics at night during my two years of National Service.</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>SAT 1: 2270 (reading:800, math:740, writing:730)
SAT 1 Superscore: 2310(reading:800, math:780, writing:730)
SAT 2: Math L2:800, Chemistry:800, Physics:800
GCE "A" Level results:
A in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math
Distincitions at Special Level for Chemistry and Physics
B3 in General Paper </p>
<p>My school doesn't rank nor calculate GPA but i have gotten As for my 4 main subjects for every internal examination which is quite rare. Everyone's grades increases at the GCE "A" Levels and based on my results i would be in the top 100 of the school with a somewhat tie between number 24-100 </p>
<p>Academic Awards:
National Youth Achievement Award (Gold) (equivalent to the congressional award gold)
SINDA (Singapore Indian Development Association) Academic Excellence Award 2007
SIET (Singapore Indian Education Trust) Achievement Award 2006
RJC College Day Junior College Year I Promotional Examinations Award 2006
SINDA (Singapore Indian Development Association) Academic Excellence Award 2005
Anglo-Chinese School Independent Scholastic Award for 2004 GCE ?O? Level Examinations (8A1s)</p>
<p>EC:</p>
<p>Venture Scouts ( 2005-2006)
-Chairman of committee
-President's Scout Award(equivalent to eagle scout)
-Led troop to first ever best troop award
-Represented Singapore for bid in 2011 World Scout Jamboree</p>
<p>Scouts (2001-2004)
- Troop Leader ( head of 200-strong troop)
- Chief Commissioner's Award
- Outstanding Scout Award (Champion) best scout in singapore
- Certificate of distinction for services to scouts in school
- Represented Singapore in 20th World Scout Jamboree</p>
<p>House Committee(2005-2006) school is split into 5 houses and each has a committee
- Chairman of Interhouse Games Committee
- Planned year long competition among houses including over 20 activities (sports, fine arts, intellectual games) + opening and closing ceremonies
- Preliminary planning for interhouse games for my juniors
- Planned house party for entire house
- House Quartermaster (in-charge of house stores)</p>
<p>Field Hockey (2001-2006) (yes it is a men's sport in the commonwealth)
-1st Position in Interschool Competition 2005
-1st Position in Interschool Competition 2006</p>
<p>Floorball(2005) its like indoor field hockey played on a hard court
- 2nd Position in National Championships</p>
<p>Community Service:
Involved in tutoring at Henderson Children?s Society 2005-2006 (2 hours a week, 61 hours in total)
Rotary Overseas Community Involvement Programme in
Khao Lak, Thailand (rebuilding after the tsunami) (5 day trip)
121 hours of service to school as part of house committee</p>
<p>Job Experience (while waiting to enter the army)</p>
<p>Administration Job at Ministry of Education(MOE) for the month of March
Involving contacting and preparing teachers nationwide for a seminar, assisting in formation of draft work material for teachers nationwide, assisting in report to Permanent Secretary of MOE, background work for awards ceremony involving all schools in Singapore and general paperwork</p>
<p>Relief Teaching at Alma Mater (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) for 5 weeks
Involving teaching of Physics and Biology to Grade 10 students, Literature to Grade 7 students, IB Language Arts to Grade 8 students and IB Theory of Knowledge to Grade 11 students</p>
<p>Thats pretty much what there is to my school life. I really do appreciate any help all of you all can give. Thank you once again.</p>