singaporean student here, need advice..

<p>I always use those cheapo free pencils from A*Star or whatever and never had any problems. I think they recommend 2B so it won’t smudge easily but will be dark enough.</p>

<p>lol i asked because the equivalent to a #2 given online is HB and that’s much too light for OMR sheets imo.</p>

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<p>thanks for the help :D</p>

<p>can i get my private school tutor to write a letter of recommendation ?? my friend says that would greatly help my chances. is that even allowed in the first place, since its a private sch and all. its registered with MOE, if that helps…</p>

<p>I think so, so ling as your tutor is a recent teacher, I think is allowed.
However, you might want to check if the school requires a letter of recommendation; some large state schools like Purdue, may discourage you from sending one as it may delay the time they need to process your admission.</p>

<p>i’m not really sure if i have a choice here as my friend is saying people apply with grades similar to mine, but with more subjects ie 7 ?</p>

<p>what do you mean by recent teacher ?? he teaches at that school and takes tution, didn’t go through NIE or any of that…</p>

<p>From your descriptions, he’ll do okay.
If you feel you really need to, send it then. Anyways, which schools have you applied to?</p>

<p>i’m planning to apply to ISU/ASU/purdue. not sure where else i can apply with my grades that still has an open deadline. i plan to get all the forms and stuff done by this week or latest next. its a nightmare, tbh.</p>

<p>I’m also applying using O levels so I’m a bit curious so don’t mind me.
Any plans if you’re rejected? And yeah, I can understand applied to 4 colleges within a week.</p>

<p>i havent really thought about that =/</p>

<p>what’re your grades ? and where did you apply ??</p>

<p>3 A1s, 1 A2 and 4 B3s.
I’ve applied to Marquette, University of Oregon, Michigan State, University of San Francisco and Washington State University.</p>

<p>For me, I intended to reapply for the Spring semester if they rejected me and go to JC/poly in the meantime.</p>

<p>dammnn, those are pretty good. now i have even more doubts as to places i can apply that will actually accept my grades >.<</p>

<p>I think you have a good chance at ISU. I remembered like 2 years ago, their website stated that if you score over 1350 (CR + M) for your SAT, they’ll consider you for admissions.</p>

<p>But I think you might want to consider some private schools if you can because most public schools have to have a certain quota of students from their own states, you’d stand a higher chance at a private school for admissions.</p>

<p>mm i’ll look into it. funny thing is alot of schools don’t ask for SATs for international students. but its still advisable to send the scores over right ??</p>

<p>i’m also abit confused about cc, how does it work ?? 2 years and i transfer to a U and do 3 years there ?? or can i transfer after 1 year and still do only 3 years there ?? got conflicting reports from a couple of people…</p>

<p>I think it’s still advisable to send the scores coz then, they can compare you to the students in the US.</p>

<p>If they allow you to transfer all your credits, it’s 1 year, then 3. OR it’s 2 years and 2 years. If you’re going to do two years, you’ll earn an associates degree, then you apply to transfer to a 4 year uni.</p>

<p>In looking for a CC, try to look for one which has an ?agreement with the uni you want to apply to. An example would be UCLA and it’s TAP program.
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<p>A tip, most schools that have programs with CCs are usually public schools.</p>

<p>alright just finished giving collegeboard a couple of schools to send my scores to.</p>

<p>anw, i downloaded and looked through a couple of application forms. what do i put under secondary schools ?? i’ve more or less studied on my own for the past couple of years, with the last year+ in a private school and i’m even sure if that qualifies as a secondary school. plus they have all this stuff like minimum of 3 years doing science practicals etc. my O level cert should cover that right ?? i can’t just leave it blank, don’t think the admissions department would like that…</p>

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<p>and also, how am i supposed to send my results ?? i called MOE and they said i should go down to their office and request a statement of results for each school that i wanna send an application to ? is this the case ?? i thought i’d just have to go to a notary public and get a certified true copy of my O level cert ?? now the date’s another issue since they said the cert would arrive anytime between feb and march and i wanna send my applications asap</p>

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