<p>Hey all, new to the site and I've been looking around for a good school that would take me.</p>
<p>I'm 23, Asian from Singapore and it's been 7 years since I graduated from high school on 2003. I've also been taking on a program from Broward College (FL) who operate an overseas campus here in Singapore for the past year, and have earned 18 credits with 3.2 GPA so far. Last year, my GPA was 3.66 before a professor who didn't like me struck my GPA down with a C this spring, and because of that I was invited to Phi Theta Kappa and still am a member of it.</p>
<p>My SAT scores from 2005 (which are thankfully still valid) are:</p>
<p>CR: 610
Math: 650
Writing: 560</p>
<p>Total: 1820
CR + Math: 1260</p>
<p>I wasn't very serious about the SAT when I took it out of pure curiosity on 2005. Didn't know what to do with my life and wanted to know how I measured up. I didn't study for it before I walked into the exam room. Maybe I should try taking it again.</p>
<p>I'm certain that any admissions department would like to know what I was doing since 2003, and here goes in chronological order:</p>
<p>2003: Graduated from Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) holding a Cambridge-Singapore GCE 'O' Level certificate of 2As and 4Bs.</p>
<p>2004-2005: Entered Singapore Polytechnic and did not complete after 2 years. Found out that the program I was in guaranteed me a dead-end career.</p>
<p>2004-2007: Entered active e-Sports. Notable accolades include worldwide top #24 position in Battlefield 2 Online World Tournament, and travelling to Taipei for Battlefield 2142 Asia-Pacific Tournament, and clinched championship.</p>
<p>2007-2009: Enlisted to the Army by mandatory National Service. Served as Signals Operator in Armored Brigade support staff. Majority of activities are still classified and spent several months in an operation hunting down the escaped leader of Southeast Asian terrorist cell Jemaah Islamiyah, Mas Selamat Kastari.</p>
<p>2009-present: Discharged from the Army, studying and working part-time at a LAN-gaming venue. Worked closely with management to foster and build up the local gaming community in Singapore. Presently promoting a healthy gaming lifestyle campaign which attracted interest from the national media and government bodies.</p>
<p>Major of Choice: International Affairs, with specialization in defense and/or security where available.</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>Picture a nine year-old kid ambling around church engaging in discussion about Bill Clinton, or the Palestinian conflict with grown-ups. Global affairs has always been my passion, and 2 years of service in the Army made me realize my particular interest in matters of defense and security. My knowledge in understanding matters in tactical and operational terms will give me that additional advantage of perspective in defense and security analysis, and having had a second-hand, rudimentary knowledge in military grand strategy; brigade-level tactics, signals and communications from speaking with the senior officers I often accompanied, I am confident of being well-placed to take on and excel at the International Affairs major.</p>
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