<p>Now we wait for scholarship info…</p>
<p>do you guys want to start a facebook group?</p>
<p>That’s a good idea - start a Facebook group “Yale-NUS Class of 2017”.</p>
<p>done. ill make it open so that people can join, since I don’t have names. also, since some of us might not have made up our minds yet - just a place to chat :)</p>
<p>nevermind… facebook won’t let me make a group with no members in it! private message me your names and i’ll add you.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 Super, two sittings (800W 11E, 760CR, 770M)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 770MATI, 750MATII, 690LIT, 670CHEM
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 9.02/11 (A=11, A-=10…F=0…ie. roughly a B+)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Roughly top 40%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Tough; AP bio, AP econ (micro/macro) and AP english, among other things
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Football (Two Varsity Letters)
School Newspaper (News Editor)
Debate Team (Varsity)
Guitar lessons for years and years, ahahah
Cohead of a few minor clubs</p>
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Working in school library a few hours a week
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Negligible
[<em>] Summer Activities: Travel; a month in Korea junior year, a month in Spain sophomore year
[</em>] Essays: I went all out with my common app essay, after getting hammered with two early rejections and a deferral (columbia, uva, chicago which eventually ended up rejecting me)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not allowed to see them; assuming they were good, esp. by my history teacher (who gave me an A on my 15pg term paper and an A in the class)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably fine? idk
[<em>] Additional Rec: Written by my advisor; explains a D+ and C+ on my transcript frosh year (rough transitional period)
[</em>] Interview: Thought it was mediocre</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Politics, philosophy and economics
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): New Jersey, USA
[</em>] School Type: Private boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: Biracial; white and korean
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Frankly, none. 3rd generation college, white/asian, no real major life struggles.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT I, School is internationally respected, upward trend in grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: No APs, no community service, gpa is very low, US applicant, ec’s aren’t that great, interview was ehh, blah blah blah…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Into michigan (waiting on Ross PA) and NYU shanghai. WL at wash u. Not playing sports in college (ie. being an athlete didn’t factor into my app more than any other club might)</p>
<p>any other americans in?</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 M/CR/W 800/650/670
[ *] SAT II: Math2 800 Physics 800 Chem 790
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Eng, Phy, Chem, Math, Bio (CBSE)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Captain, Soccer Captain and lots of other stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Essays: Decent enough
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw
[ *] Counselor Rec: Never saw
[ ] Additional Rec: NA
[ ] Interview: Went pretty well
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Physical Sciences
[ *] Country (if international applicant): India
[ *] School Type: CBSE (+2)
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ ] Gender: Male
[ ] Income Bracket: ~$40,000
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Waitlisted is frustrating… Sitting right on the fence… Yale-NUS is my top priority college… Lets hope I get in… Fingers crossed :)**</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 M/CR/W 800/650/670
[</em>] SAT II: Math2 800 Physics 800 Chem 790
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Eng, Phy, Chem, Math, Bio (CBSE)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Captain, Soccer Captain and lots of other stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays: Decent enough
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw
[</em>] Additional Rec: NA
[<em>] Interview: Went pretty well
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Physical Sciences
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India
[<em>] School Type: CBSE (+2)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$40,000
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[/ul][ b]General Comments: Waitlisted is frustrating… Sitting right on the fence… Yale-NUS is my top priority college… Lets hope I get in… Fingers crossed :)**</p>
<p>Hey all, I’m an applicant from Malaysia. Unfortunately, I was deferred today. Quite average; SAT1 2120, SAT2 Chem 800, Math 2 780. A-Levels 3A*, ex national athlete. Recommendations would’ve probably been just alright. Anyway, I was reading on the website that to apply for financial aid, I would have to be shortlisted for an interview, which I wasn’t. But I wasn’t rejected outright as well (deferred). Is there a reason i wasn’t offered an interview? Doesn’t that mean I wasn’t shortlisted? But I’m deferred, not rejected. Everyone here seems to have had an interview. Any input is much appreciated, thanks.</p>