<p>im in lake forest college,which is this tiny little college by chicago.it's pretty good i think,however small and unknown it is.</p>
<p>shoot: there are more important results than sats next week (if rumours are correct)! =p</p>
<p>I'm getting SAT scores on Monday too!</p>
<p>Heard O-level results came out, but I guess you're all in JC/uni already?</p>
<p>erm... i think she's refering to A Levels :p</p>
<p>vanillaice... i don't mind going to most liberal arts colleges and lake forest college definitely sounds more than decent. at least for me, it really doesn't matter how 'prestigious' the LAC is not only because i think educational quality is probably good across most LACs but also because ppl at home (Singapore) know nothing about LACs. going to amherst makes no difference compared to going to lake forest college, coz most ppl haven heard of both... so yeah the day i decided that i want to go to an LAC i was prepared to disregard the prestige factor and accept questions like 'huh what's/where's that" from relatives and peers... i just hope i'll have the chance to answer such questions!</p>
<p>I am sure you have the chance woebegone!! <em>still upset that you didnt apply to Kenyon even after the interview</em> Haha, anyway, I am surprised that so many princeton acceptees this year from ED arh? Rayyy, G020 + 2 other... </p>
<p>Yep, I did consider Lake Forest too cause they give out full tuition scholarships... :p But in the end, i didnt have the courage to apply! ;)</p>
<p>i'll feel claustrophobic in gambier!</p>
<p>Haha, I know what you mean. But in terms of size, Kenyon has got one of the biggest campus among LACs I think. 1200 acres, with 350 acres of reserved forest :p And the thing is, the college population (1600) is larger than the population of Gambier (which amounts to a few hundreds only!!!) :D</p>
<p>just curious, what did it take to get into Princeton?</p>
<p>yeah she told me something about that... but it's really scary to think kenyon=gambier (well almost, i can't find the proper approximately equal sign on the keyboard :p)</p>
<p>There is really no definite criteria for getting into Princeton, or any of the US universities for that matter. If there were, the student population would be too homogenous which is what the college really does not want. There has to be a dynamic environment with a high quality exchange of ideas. They are look for someone with unique characteristics and intellectual interests, not just those with good academic results. It is very very different from getting into JC, where a computer decides whether you get in or not and all that matters is your L1R5. That's why your personal essays and teacher recommendations count so much, they want to know that they are admitting a person and not a studying machine. In fact, the admissions process is so unpredictable that if you were to send in two identical applications one year after the other, one may get a favourable response and the other may not, depending on whether the college happens to need what you have to offer.</p>
<p>g202 is spot on. too many uninformed people think it's JUST about the grades or standardized tests, which is obviously not true.</p>
<p>Hey how were your SAT scores everyone?
And Happy V-Day!!!</p>
<p>i'm done with SATs for the rest of my life; they were the most horrible tests i've ever taken - 4 hours straight with a nasty proctor.</p>
<p>CR 800
M 780 [bubbled one wrongly and i realised it was wrong the minute i stepped out of the hall]
W 720 [apparently all grammar i learnt in primary school has gone to the dogs =p]</p>
<p>ppl why do u want to get away frm NUS
i mean its got a great ranking standing and ur frm singapore itself!</p>
<p>because NUS will leave you so jaded- it wouldnt even be funny. and going overseas is an experience in itself, and personally i find nus's courses too rigid. and besides, nus doesn even have international recognition and international employability. if you go to nus, chances are, you have to be holed up in singapore for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>first of all the rankings, especially london times one which placed NUS at 18th and 22th for the past 2 years, are crap. the ranking methodology is largely based on the % international students and strength of the faculty (e.g. research citations). % international students is not exactly a gd guage of educational quality or even the social exposure a student would get at the school... like, Harvard has say 10% international students and NUS has 20%, does that make NUS any better than Harvard? Besides, that 20% is predominantly made up of students from countries in the region, like China, India and Indonesia. Not much of diversity to speak of really. As for the faculty, I am rather suprised that NUS faculty is considerably active in the academic arena. But then again, being the only comprehensive university in Singapore, most of the academic research done in Singapore must be in some ways affiliated to the NUS professors, so there. Besides, research is one thing, teaching is another. The way of teaching, or at least I imagine to be so, is still very much of a one-way thing. The quality of the students is perhaps another problem. Every year, most of the brighest in the nation end up flying to UK, US and lately, China, which leaves NUS - arguably the best university in Singapore - with hardly any share of the nation's top students (less Medicine students I guess). Perhaps the worst thing is the rigidity in curriculum. Dual degree or rather, double majors across different faculties, is virtually impossible except for options offered by the university. i can only think of econs + law and physics and material engineering, then again u need 5 freaking years to complete them. </p>
<p>And of course, no matter how good NUS (or NTU or SMU for that matter) may be, the pasture always seems greener on the other side!</p>
<p>Okay I'm going to make a remark that has nothing to do with the NUS discussion so far.</p>
<p>Is anyone else disturbed by the fact that a lot of users on CC can't seem to tell the difference between 'your' and 'you're', or 'their' and 'they're' or 'its' and 'it's'? I just find it kind of strange how users who have otherwise perfect grammar mix up these terms... I hope I'm not being pedantic, but really half the people here who mean 'it's' use 'its' instead and I want to figure out why.</p>
<p>Yup!
furthermore, going overseas is a new experience. I mean, if you've stayed in sgp almost all your life, you wouldnt have been exposed to other education systems. Going overseas gives you the perfect opportunity to do just that! and if you can survive in that kind of new environment and do well, you would be able to achieve just about anything! wherever you go.</p>
<p>i think its just sheer laziness, ray. i can differentiate between the terms, but i just cannot be bothered to do so. after all, why bother? not like anybody's here for a grammar lesson.</p>