<p>Any of you guys heard of polytechnic students making it to schools in the U.S?</p>
<p>Other than the norm of applying to LACs and private schools which tend to be more generous in giving financial aids to internationals, what are the specific schools and majosr these elites of the polys went to?</p>
<p>in addition, did any of these poly students took SAT-II. it seems like most if not all of my shortlisted schools require that...</p>
<p>I hope to major in economics at a LAC and I need financial aids.</p>
<p>I'm from a polytechnic. I hope to go NZ or Canada though. I did heard of polytechnic students entering state universities and theres even one who entered scripps college.</p>
<p>rs_ong, I would suggest you to take SAT IIs, since they are required at many top universities and LACs. One of the many notable exceptions includes Stanford University. I'm sure there are many more examples, but I can't think of them offhand. Stanford says SAT II is strongly recommended, but not mandatory. It's up to you how you want to interpret their statement.</p>
<p>naff, I wouldn't call UVa 2nd tier. BTW, are "polytechnic students" refer to graduates of Ngee-Ann etc? If so, I came across a few graduates in UT-Austin.</p>
<p>dallas808, polytechnic students not only refer to graduates of Ngee-Ann, it also refers to students from other polytechnics such as S'pore Polytechnic, Nanyang Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic and Republic Polytechnic</p>
<p>Thx. If I recall correctly, polytechnics @ Singapore offer 3-year diploma programs rather than the typical degree programs. I am curious why HS graduates (after O-level) would pursue the diploma and then collge degree? Do you have advanced credits for your work? Why not just apply directly into college?</p>
<p>Ans: Because they are immature and want to follow their friends.
Because their result ain't good enough to make it to a decent college.
Because they want to be different?
Because they have too much time on hand?</p>
<p>I knew someone who went to UVa from Singapore. He only had a 12xx SAT so UVa might have some diversity factors in play for Singapore applicants.</p>
<p>naff, i'm not a poly student, but u're seriously misinformed. immature and want to follow their friends? wow. i'll let the poly students provide the retorts.</p>
<p>inkbottle, i think that your information might be grossly outdated. i know someone with a 1580 sats, did his singaporean ns and everything, embodies more diversity than an average singaporean, but yet was not admitted. this year's admissions are definitely harder.</p>
<p>"Because they are immature and want to follow their friends.
Because their result ain't good enough to make it to a decent college.
Because they want to be different?
Because they have too much time on hand? "</p>
<p>Hah, its people who make this type of comments that motivates me to kick their ass. I'm so going to beat their ignorant ass in the workplace...</p>
<p>naff i think u're being a little extremist here. got something against poly students? granted, many of them went to poly instead of jc because they couldn't make it to a jc (or a good jc, in some cases). but it's not uncommon at all to find those who could have gone jc but chose to go poly instead. rather than say they 'want' to be different (for the sake of being different), let's just say they 'dare' to be different. And they probably have a better idea of what they want in life than the average jc student who chooses that path simply because that's the 'natural progression' from secondary school?</p>
<p>thanks for all the inputs! i have been bz working part time the past week and have no chance to come online.</p>
<p>anyway, i saw a good flaming thread. people who defend and people who oppose. in short, its eNAFF noise.</p>
<p>seriously, some people are making themself a mockery by discussing whether the JC are more talented and the Poly being forever middleclass farmers. this is like telling the whites, YES, we are fighting among ourselves. (makes no sense)</p>
<p>I have very good friends from JC and I think its pointless to go on discussing this. My competitors in the future come from all parts of the world and not just limited to the fellow SILLYPOREANS in the little red dot.</p>
<p>what is a mere cohort of at most 13k JC students churned out by our JC per year compared to the MILLIONS of high school students by US, INDIA and CHINA alone?</p>
<p>the world is flat
Get a life, and chill....</p>
<p>Singaporean leh.. U think they view Diploma holders highly?
anyway I thought TS wanted to know about LAC and Aid. No one here seem to get any aid from any College/Uni.</p>
<p>In the past, the brightest kids in the Singapore system go to the JCs while the lesser ones end up at polytechnic. But times have change. Increasingly, many students with brilliant results (yes even top5JCs) who qualify for Junior Colleges opt for polytechnics. However, somehow the local university system is still biased against them for whatever reasons, which is absolutely unfair. </p>
<p>I know that in the UK and US they are also not happy at all with polytechnic style of education. So polytechnic students are at a disadvantage.</p>
<p>But from what I heard, many good performing students at engg in universities comes from the polys. This speaks volumes about a poly education vis-a-vis JCs.</p>
<p>But still, A-level is very highly regarded and poly diploma is lowly regarded for university entrance purposes. So I would recommend students to opt for JCs and do A-levels. It offers you more options.</p>