<p>Oh yes I should have made it clearer that I was looking for a private scholarship. My family is in a very bad financial situation and can’t afford anything more than 6,000 USD a year, so I need a private scholarship to increase my chances at those need-sensitive schools (for international students like me).</p>
<p>I just graduated in December 2011 from a Junior College (high school) in Singapore.</p>
<p>My test scores are pretty bad. There’s no GPA here, and my SAT was only 2080.
My midterm had only 1 A and a few Cs, plus a fail grade for chemistry 
Though I had 2400 for SAT Subject Tests (physics, chemistry and math2)</p>
<p>The things that make me slightly more competitive lie outside of the school. I have an independent computing project that is, according to multiple researchers from several institutions, either at or beyond the graduate level. Some of those researchers/professors referred to me as genius (though I don’t think I am). Apart from that, I’m also pretty productive in theoretical neuroscience, artificial intelligence and philosophy.</p>
<p>I’m applying to UChicago, Upenn, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Northwestern, Tufts, Rice, Williams College and Carleton College. What’s your advice?</p>