International Chances for Chicago EA, Stanford, Berkeley, Cornell and Penn

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My Stats
Singaporean, Chinese, Male
SAT I 680CR 770M 670W 2120
SAT II Maths2/Chem – 800/740
Not Applying Financial Aid</p>

<p>Secondary School Profile:
- Top 2 schools in Singapore, highly competitive, independent.
- Offers the Integrated Programme (6-year through-train programme that allows students to bypass the GCE O-Levels).</p>

<p>School Results
-A Level Predicted: H2 -AAA H1-AAA H3- Two Subjects-both economics (No prediction by school)- Most demanding course
-O Level Equivalent: A1 in English/Chinese/Humanities/Chemistry, A2 in Biology/Mathematics/Physics
-Rank: Top 5%</p>

<p>Co-Curricular Activities
Editorial of School Magazine/ Students’ Council/ Geographical Society/History and Current Affairs Society /Chess and Bridge Club/Badminton/Economic Society of Singapore/Youth Group National Trade Union Congress/Youth Group, People’s Action Party/Future Problem Solving/Youth Executive Committee</p>

<p>ECs (Social Sciences related)
-National Geography Challenge 1st
-ACJC Humanities Challenge 2nd
-VJC Humanities Challenge 3rd
-Tourism Queensland Projects Competition 1st – fully sponsored trip to Australia to meet the minister.
-National Translation Competition 1st
-NUS Arts and Social Sciences Quiz 1st
-National General Knowledge Competiton 3rd
-NUS Chancellor’s Shield 4th
-Member- Economic Society of Singapore, active involvement in various national economic conferences/seminars etc</p>

<p>ECs – Others
-DSTA Young Defence Scientist Programme – one of the two students selected in sch
-HC National Chess Championship 3rd
-Intraschool Debating 1st
-Advanced C++ Programming
-National Public Speaking Competition Merit
-Singapore Mathematics Olympiad Silver
-Intraschool Projects Competition – Champions out of 400+ projects, 7 High Distinction in 3 years</p>

<p>ECs – Leadership
-Class Management Committee Chairman
-National Youth Achievement Award Silver
-Student’s Council – Spearheaded events such as Chinese New Year, Orientation, Open House, Senior Prom etc.
-General Secretary of Geographical Society
-Editor for Current Affairs Publication
-School Magazine Editor
-Outstanding Student Award</p>

<p>Community Involvement
-Director of Team that created the first ever bilingual (english/chinese) social story guidebooks for autistic children, books available in major bookstores, won Future Problem Solving-CmPS (Asia-Pacific) 2nd, Future Problem Solving-CmPS (International) Grand Champions
-EXCO of my constituency youth group
-Deputy Director of group that organized dance competitions to raise funds and awareness, accorded funding from YMCA youth for causes
-Volunteers at weekly meet the people's session by my member of parliament
-Youth group of People’s Action Party and National Trade Union Congress (NTUC)
-Total number of hours involvement in community >1000 hours (not sure if relevant)</p>

<p>Internships/ Attachments
-Nanyang Technological Univerisity(NTU) School of Environmental Engineering – Project on metal sludge
-NTU School of Computer Engineering – Nanotechnology research
-NUS Faculty of Engineering – Robotics Modelling
-Law Firm Internship – Ng Lee Law & Partners
-Intern at Feiyue Special Needs/Early Intervention Centre, Leapfrogs speech therapy centre – creation of materials for therapy consultation.</p>

<p>Intending to apply:
Chicago EA
Stanford
Berkeley
Cornell
Penn</p>

<p>reading Economics.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>your ECs look excellent, but you should try to trim it a little. to give some focus to your application.</p>

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<p>I assume your safety is in your country? If you really want a US school you need to add to this list. The competition from Singapore is brutal at these schools.</p>

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<p>^ Well he has another 2 years to apply (due to NS), so there’s not a real need for safeties just yet. Besides, his ECs are excellent! I would say up the SAT (I & II) and write fantastic essays.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice! I’ll definitely be working on my reasoning scores.
As for safety schools, I’d consider Emory, Michigan and UIUC, but i dont know if they are even safe to begin with.</p>

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<p>holy, you are the most qualified student i’m seem thus far. damn. if you can’t get in, no one can. especially if you don’ need FA (u must freaking loaded)</p>

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<p>Are you applying for financial aid? If you are, things might get tricky. I assume you aren’t as you have UC EA listed.</p>

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<p>I’m not applying for any sort of FA (:</p>

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<p>wait, how in the world do u get an internship at a law firm when you didn’t even finish high school. Some of your things sound kind of unrealistic. I feel that instead of Cornell, go for Princeton instead.</p>

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<p>There are actually ample opportunities, I’m still regretting not going for a food&beverage company intern due to time clashes. I’ve heard from my seniors that Princeton doesnt favour Singaporeans that much, not sure either …</p>

<p>btw I’m also holding a PRC passport as S’pore allows citizens under 21 yrs old to hold dual nationality.</p>

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<p>what exactly did u do at the law firm? and Princeton love people with excellent credentials and ECs like you. (you need really good essay though) I think you have a really good shot. In the end, they probably will take a few students from Asia and i think you stand above the rest, especially if you can explain what you actually did at those internships =D please delight me</p>

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<p>I see you are from Hwa Chong - hello from your senior =p. Reasonable chances all the above schools provided that you trim your EC list and find something that really makes you stand out above the rest.</p>

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<p>shuai^3 Office work is kind of mundane and will take up hours just to find an old case to support the argument but court itself is totally a refreshing experience.</p>

<p>Hey Frank(chn) senior! i believe i know who you are, i’ve added you on fb :)</p>

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<p>Have you really got/did all the above things that you wrote? If its real, than you have a great resume. However, it makes me think, how in the world can someone do all this stuff in 4 years? Can you tell how many hrs/week and weeks/year you have done some of the stuff you wrote about?</p>

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<p>Yeah I did them, there are students in my sch with much better resume (olympiads etc), I’m just living on my passion for economics because i want to teach in the university next time and inspire others to love the subject just as I do.</p>

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<p>Do you still have time to retake your SAT1? I think with a better SAT1 score you’re definitely in for Chicago! And you look like an excellent candidate for a PSC scholarship too :D</p>

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<p>I’ll be trying again this coming dec, however my last Alevel paper’s on 2 Dec ): I’ll have time to take my SATs next year if I didnt get psc scholarship… [2 years of army]</p>

<p>Thanks anyway!</p>