<p>you can pm me if you want…my admission cycle just ended this year April…</p>
<p>I’m not Singaporean, nor am I applying to uni there, but I saw this thread and just wanted to say how much I love Singapore. My brother works there often, so I’ve tagged along with him a few times. He’s there right now, and I wanted to go, but alas, I have school. I love going to the Zoo or having lunch in the courtyard of the Raffles. Great shopping too. Oh, and I agree with the sentiments on the last page SQ is the best airline in the world.</p>
<p>Just wanted to stop by and say how much I love your city! :)</p>
<p>I’m from Singapore too! 
Really worried right now about all the applications and what not, and attempting to study for exams at the same time! :(</p>
<p>hey guys do you know how to send recommendations which dont come under teachers or counselors? Like if your employer wants to send in a recommendation should she just mail to the schools directly or is there a proper channel?</p>
<p>umm, for ED, would it be technically possible to take the SAT 1 in October and SAT2’s in November then rush in the SAT2 scores?</p>
<p>@Hermann:Can, but try not to. The deadline for ED for standardized test will be mostly in November.</p>
<p>CharlesCO: Thanks, we love our little red dot too! hahah.</p>
<p>Ryan0828: I asked mine to send in directly to the school, but make sure it states explicitly that you are the applicant in question, i.e. include your full name, IC, country etc.</p>
<p>Hermann: Technically you can, although there’s no promise that your ED school will have your SAT 2 scores while reading your application. Always worth a try if you badly want to do ED.</p>
<p>Hey guys, a question. It’s not imperative to have a health insurance plan before we enter the US right? We’re still allowed to enter as long as we have the required documents(I20, F-Visa, I-94, Financial proof, acceptance letter etc), right? The adviser for the international students at my college told me that I could apply for a plan when I reach the college. So I’m guessing, it is possible. But yeah, just wanted to check with y’all. Thanks. ;)</p>
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<p>Not required to have a health insurance plan upon entering - though most colleges will insist you get one when you actually enroll.</p>
<p>hey guys! does anyone know what percentage SPA assessment for sciences constitutes for the total grade of your a levels? </p>
<p>i screwed mine up today so just praying that the percentage will be smaller. thanks!</p>
<p>I think it is 15% (at least for Physics).</p>
<p>20%
10 char.</p>
<p>when it means letter of recommendation, does it have to be a letter of recommendation? </p>
<p>I have with me a testimonial by my employer saying listing out what I aided out with the company during summer and a little paragraph dedicated to my character - perserverance…</p>
<p>The events that were listed were pretty big (IMHO), but im not sure whether that would be as impressive as a letter of recommendation…Thing is, the boss has already written it so i dont think it would be nice to ask him to rewrite it although I am sure if he does change it, it would look really good…The letter was from a Government ministry which i interned at for a while, so, if it becomes a letter of recommendation with a nice government seal on it, im sure it would give it that special touch…</p>
<p>That’s not a letter of recommendation, but doesn’t mean you can’t send it in as a supporting document.</p>
<p>The schools you apply to will still want letters of recommendation from your teachers - they generally want to see what your teachers think of your academic abilities, so a LOR like the one you described wouldn’t suffice for that purpose. However, no reason you can’t still use it to your advantage!</p>
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well, i guess there wouldnt be any harm submitting a letter with a nice government crest on it, should at least serve to perhaps impress i hope…</p>
<p>Hey guys do you think my poor jc(excluding a level) results would undermine my application? Cos my school insists i send my promo and prelims and their reason is that if i don’t send then they’ll think my results are very poor but is’nt that the case for most jc students?</p>
<p>of course poor results will not do any good for your application.</p>
<p>but it depends on how poor as well, and the school that you have in mind:</p>
<p>if you get like 3As/4As out of your 5 H1/H2 subjects with like a B or even C in econs, they may give you leeway as they do understand that students often do worse for internal exams than a levels.</p>
<p>but if you are getting Cs, Ds and Es for most of your subjects, they won’t exactly be convinced that you would suddenly get 4As/5As in your A Levels.</p>
<p>Ultimately, grades is a matter of competition. There always will be some who can do equally well in their internal exams. </p>
<p>If your school is one that has a lot of applicants to top US colleges, having a policy of all students sending their promos and prelims would be a way to help differentiate the really academically outstanding people from the competent/proficient, and thus actually helps the school gets some applicants admitted. this is because the school knows that a majority of applicants (statistically) won’t make it in anyway, so they want to concentrate on getting those who have the highest chances in.</p>
<p>You might want to send your results if most of your schoolmates are sending them, since missing results will in fact make them suspicious. That said, I only sent in my predicted and Sec 4 results and still did alright (my school didn’t enforce result sending policy back then though).</p>
<p>Hey guys. Nice to see a Singapore thread!! I am applying for college next year from SG. </p>
<p>So, anybody knows what they mean by sending transcripts from Grade 9-12? Does that mean Sec 3 to JC 2??</p>
<p>And how about my Prelims, just the predicted scores right? BTW, anybody has a concrete idea on how forecasting results for A Levels work?</p>
<p>Thanks guys</p>
<p>Go SG!! :)</p>
<p>Hey frankchn,</p>
<p>So did you send your Sec 3 and JC 1 promo results? Btw, which schools did you apply to?</p>