Chances for international from Singapore. THANK YOU!!

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<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. any advice on what i should concentrate on for my apps is much appreciated</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>

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<p>I am not an expert at all, but in my opinion, you have a very good chance of getting in: you have very good SAT results, good grades in school (it seems so, since you don't have GPA) and excellent ECs for an international. Just don't tell colleges you plan to join the army when you apply, because I think this will be in your disadvantage; you will be able to tell them when you are admitted and then it will be OK.</p>

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<p>i didn't really plan to join the army. its mandatory in singapore to spend 2 years in the army. most of the top schools know of this requirement so i hope it wont be a problem. any ideas on how to phrase it? i'm actually using my service as work exp cos i work on a HR business project instead of being in combat.</p>

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<p>joe36--Your army service is not a problem at all. The admissions office will know about Singapore's requirement. There were several US citizens when I was at Yale who started college after experience in the military.</p>

<p>It is tougher for internationals to get in than US citizens. It is difficult to assess your ECs because I doubt many (any?) of us know enough about what is available and what is a normal level of accomplishment for strong students in Singapore. Same for the academics. The admissions officers will have a much better understanding of the context of your accomplishments than people on this board will.</p>

<p>When you say you're not worrying about safety schools yet, is that because you are applying to elite schools this year and, if you're not accepted anywhere, you'll apply to safety schools during the second year of your military service?</p>

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<p>how much aid are you asking for (I apologize if you said already), but i'm not reading all that until I know how much aid. It's a HUGE factor.</p>

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<p>1MX: Yale has need blind admissions for International students. One of the very, very few colleges that offers this, BTW. Gotta love Dave Swensen's (Yale's Chief Development officer) wizardry with the Yale endowment!!!</p>

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<p>wow, I didn't realize that. That's crazy.
joe-you obviously are competitive, but leave it up to the mysteries of admission.</p>

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<p>thanks for all the advice guys. i'll probably be applying for aid but at best i think it would be minimal, and also a bond-free merit scholarship in singapore which would providea full-ride. better get started on my essays. was thinking of writing about my scouts for common app, and my expedition for my youth achievement award for the yale additional essay, any comments? will consider safeties for future applications if things dont go well. hope i dont need to though.</p>