Graduated: Temasek Polytechnic (Accounting & Finance)
GPA: 3.56
O levels
L1R4: 11 RAW*
L1R5: 14 RAW*
*Could minus 2 after CCA points.
SAT Reasoning Test: 2020 (First Attempt)
*Taking my 2nd attempt in May, predicted score: 2200+ ~ 2300+
CCA:
Part of Accounting Interest Group committee
Took part in National Technological University Audit and Accounting Challenge
Took part in Singapore Management University Tax Competition and ended up in Top 12
Was Company Sergeant Major in National Cadet Corps (Land) during my secondary school days
Other activities:
Established an online retail store with $5000. Earned $4000 in profit 4 months since its inception.
Internship in PricewaterhouseCoopers. Got almost perfect evaluations from the firm.
Please tell me what are my chances!!! Thank you!!!
Your existing stats put you into a bracket where you will not be competitive at the most selective colleges, but where you might have a shot at some fairly prestigious ones. My younger son had similar stats, with very strong extracurricular activities. He did not even consider colleges like Ivies, Stanford, Duke, et al. He visited Vanderbilt, and realized it was too big a reach for him. I’m saying that to give you an idea before you keep bumping this thread on the hope of hearing that your prospects at Harvard or Stanford are better than they really are. Saying that, the vast majority of four-year American colleges would be delighted to admit you. They just won’t all be the “name-brands” with international recognition. Admissions are especially brutal for Asian students. As a full-pay applicant, you have an advantage at most colleges, but not at the need-blind colleges with deep pockets (e.g. Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT, et al).
Pursuant to my last post, why don’t you indicate whether you prefer one region of the country; rural, suburban, or urban; traditional American campus life (ie. with football games, fraternities, etc.); other interests? That would give us more guidance for recommending colleges to you.
SATScorer - With that SAT score, you can get into what I would call just under the elite level colleges. If you have an unweighted GPA of 3.75 or better, then you could get into some elite colleges with that SAT.
IF you happen to get a 2300 on the SAT (that’s a tall order) then things change a bit.
Top 20 National Universities and top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges are probably beyond your reach for now. Many of them will balk at that lower GPA, so even if you do get a 2300 on the SAT, you will be shut out of those. Good luck.
Thank you for the replies! I’m currently schooling in Singapore and the education here in Singapore is different from that in the US. So we don’t really have weighted or unweighted GPA, or maybe I just don’t know how to calculate them. I’ve no preference for any type and location of colleges but I would prefer one that is reputable at least in areas of business/economics/finance etc.
Hey @SATscorer , I’m a Singaporean too! I just completed my NS and will be enrolling in Northeastern University this fall. If money isn’t much of an issue, you may want to consider Northeastern as it is very career-orientated. Furthermore, the school plays the ranking game really well so that will be beneficial to future alumni. PLUS they do not consider SATs.
Honestly speaking, your SAT scores are pretty average. From experience, it is pretty hard to increase your scores significantly on your second attempt, unless you absolutely didn’t study for your first. If you do not have a hook, it will be pretty difficult getting into the ivy league schools or even top tier state colleges. Your internship at PWC will be a big plus though.
