<p>Hi everyone! Please chance me for the following schools: Stanford (my dream school), Duke, Cornell, UChicago, Columbia, UC Berkeley, NUS, SMU</p>
<p>About me
International student (I'm Singaporean and currently studying in Singapore)
Vietnamese race (hope that will be counted as cultural diversity, considering I'm an immigrant Singaporean)
In my junior year
Female
Income bracket - 150k-ish
Not looking for FA in any of these schools, although it would be good to have</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>In grades 9-10
2nd in level (out of about 400 students)
Did Singapore o levels (supposedly much harder than igcse and British o levels, I don't know how it compares with us system): 7A1s(equivalent of A*), 1A2 for maths (equivalent of A) and B3 for Chinese (I'm not Chinese in any sense, so yeah)</p>
<p>Grade 11
Taking the IB diploma. (attained a fully funded scholarship for these 2 years, whee!)
For my first report here are my scores
HL math 6
HL chem 7
HL econs 7
SL lit 5
SL physics 7
SL Spanish abinitio 5 (the highest the teacher could give, considering I'm an abinitio student)
Ranking is not yet available, but I would say I'm doing alright</p>
<p>ECs</p>
<p>Guitar ensemble 4years (leadership position: service representative) - also performed in various concerts
Choir in grades 4-6
Participated in 2 short film competitions in 2009-2010</p>
<p>Currently joining (for grades 11-12)
Aikido
Newspaper
Folks songs group
Interact club
Future problem solving club
Running club
(I'm hoping to cinch some leadership positions in these activities, but no guarantees)</p>
<p>I hope to start a chemistry tutoring club in my school sometime next year. I recently went back to my old school to train my juniors for chemistry Olympiad </p>
<p>Completed NYAA silver
Going to finish gold by next year</p>
<p>Service: 170+h for the last 4years. 55h of library service, plenty of hours from other random one-off events (flag days, walking with the disabled, organising carnivals, visiting the elderly etc)</p>
<p>I've currently applied to work for some hospitals to do service. Hope they'll reply soon. If not i will go to work for an old folks home :)</p>
<p>I'll hope to complete another 200h by end of 2014 (when I graduate and submit my application)</p>
<p>Work experiences:
Private tuition for Chinese and Mathematics (doing 4h/week)
peer tutoring in grade 7 for mathematics</p>
<p>Achievements:
2nd in level last year
3rd in level in 2011
Gold award for a physics competition on innovations
Bronze for maths Olympiad (not outstanding i know)
2x distinction for Australian maths competition
NJC maths challenge (group) - merit
Singapore philatelic competition (collecting stamps and compiling into a theme) - bronze
physics innovation award - most innovative award
yishun jc maths and science quiz (group) - 2nd
i've participated in various science and mathematics competitions (although I didn't win much)</p>
<p>Additional stuff
I'm hoping to pursue a double degree in psychology and economics. I've just taken Economics this year and am finding a real passion for it. Could you comment on what schools are particularly good in these fields. Especially in the research area, because I would love to do research in the 2.</p>
<p>I'm hoping to take SATs I at the end of this year. My practice scores currently stand at around 2050(estimated, because I didn't get my writing tested). I'm going to do a lot of prep and hope to get around 2300 by the end of this year.
For SATs II I'll be taking Maths, Chem, Physics, Lit (for the learning, not really for points because I'm not great at it), Spanish with listening. I'll be taking these at the middle/end of next year. </p>
<p>For my essays, I predict they will be pretty good because I'm starting to prepare for them now (brainstorming and practicing how to write - I believe practice makes perfect, and by the end of next year, I'd probably nail them ^^)</p>
<p>Thanks so much for helping me out. Please include any schools that you think may be a good choice for me:)</p>
<p>oh and for legacy: brother was in Stanford class of 2011. Hope that has some impact :)</p>
thanks so much</p>
a reach for nus?? i was thinking nus would be a match for me… </p>