<p>Hey Guys...!
I'm Vaishu...I'm basically an Indian living in Bangkok, Thailand..I've lived here basically all my life! I will be graduating this year! I was just wondering how many of you guys here have applied to NTU or NUS in Singapore..I've applied to both and really hope to go to Singapore for further studies! How many of you guys have applied here? Do post your academic stats as well!!</p>
<p>I applied to NTU's Chemistry and Biological Chemistry department (CBC). I applied in Dec, interviewed in Jan, and was admitted in Feb with Nanyang Scholarship and to the CN Yang Scholars Programme. </p>
<p>But I'm probably not going to NTU... I would like to study in America. NTU is an excellent school though =)</p>
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Stats (in a nutshell)
HS GPA: 4.42/5.00
SAT 1: 800CR 800M 760W, 2360/2400
APs: 5 for 7 APs
ECs: IChO Bronze
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<p>^ As with US universities, getting into NUS/NTU and not submitting either S-GCE A-levels/IB Diploma from ACS(I)/NUSH transcript would be somewhat harder as well.</p>
<p>NUS and NTU have an established recruitment procedure for the SEA region, so the problem isn't unrecognized qualifications. Rather, attaining admission is very difficult because you first have to be shortlisted for the entrance exam, then do well in the entrance exam. You will be competing with your fellow students, the wanna-be scholars, in the entrance exam--that's the real problem. Throughout the whole of Vietnam, only 100 students are admitted to NUS each year. </p>
<p>Furthermore, very few students receive the ASEAN scholarship (10 for Vietnam), which pays for full tuition and living costs, so the majority of foreign students (90 for Vietnam) are on bank loans which need to be repaid. Expensive!</p>
<p>It's not much use comparing with us Singaporean citizens, because the main route of evaluation for SEA-an and Indian applicants is the entrance examination. You will NEED to excel in that exams.</p>
<p>I was supposed to write an entrance exam for NTU...I'm an American High School Diploma Student (doing Advanced Placement)..but this year, they decided that they will be looking at our final exam AP scores for admission..!! do they have any sort of quota for ASEAN students? or maybe students applying from Thailand?</p>
<p>I tried NTU entrance exam in 2008, but that wasn't successful. I'm not complaining that but what I felt unfair about NTU is the moment when I saw my physics question paper. The sample questions they provided on website did not match with those from the actual exam. The sample questions on NTU website were essay-type(free-response) and the actual physics questions on the real tests were six multiple choice problems within 2 hr.
It also happened on Mathematics, too. On the sample questions, "choices" are given so that you can choose to answer only questions which you feel most confident among the given choices. (eg. choose 2 questions among 5, etc...)
But on the actual test, there were no choices provided and the number of questions quite differed from those from the sample questions stated.
I wonder whether the syllabi provided on the website really match with the entrance exam and are accurate enough to rely for the test.
Anyway, I am off to U.S now and I got admission from Boston and am waiting for admission decisions many more to come during this March.</p>
<p>oh crap...looks kinda demoralising you know? the various post? anyway, so if i go overseas and do my equivalent of JC there, i will be considered as an international student?</p>
<p>I've taken 5 APs this year...AP Physics, Chemistry, English, Spanish, and Calculus AB...how much do you think NTU and NUS would be expecting in each subject in order for me to gain acceptance??</p>
<p>And, is it true that both NTU/NUS are going to be stricter or indian admissions because of the economic recession? Like, are they going to limit it to a very small amount because they want to give more priority to locals?</p>
<p>To Herman - what's JC?</p>
<p>Vaishu12 - If you have a strong feeling about NTU, just give it a try! The economic recession will take care of itself. </p>
<p>Btw, why do you take a lot of AP? Are students in your country take a lot of AP and do the teachers encourage them?</p>
<p>oh...JC is junior college, essentially the equivalent of 11th and 12th grade...</p>
<p>I think junior college is not equivalent to the last two years of high school. It consists of college level work and then you can directly transfer to four year college starting from the third year...so and so..</p>
<p>hmm...in Singapore, it is the equivalent of the last two years of education before you enter university...</p>
<p>our school system does not offer that many aps..and for engineering, i have to physics, maths, and chemistry..so i thought i might as well just take english and spanish! thats why i have taken 5 APs!!</p>
<p>i might want to apply to NUS? Do you guys think it's a bit too late to qualify for scholarships and all? Wish to study Econ major with dual degree, probably law? or business with another.... which ones are strong?</p>
<p>What nationality are you? Law is killer to get into!</p>
<p>I don't think it's too late, scholarships-wise (but I wouldn't know). Just apply, it takes less than 30 minutes to fill out the form. A lot less hassle involved than US admissions!</p>
<p>Law is killer. Over 90% of the intake have AAA/A for 3H2+1H1, and god knows how many more 4As don't make it through the interview.</p>
<p>Double degree options involving biz, econs and law:
Econs + Law
Law + Biz
Biz + Communications and New Media
Law + Life Science
Biz + Engineering
Econs + Engineering</p>
<p>up to a few years ago, law used to be ****-easy to get into</p>
<p>Umm. Is it really that difficult to get into law? Enlighten me, because it doesn't really seem that way? Other than the statistics.</p>