<p>Currently I'm in Secondary 4 in a neighborhood school (albeit a pretty prestigious one, Xinmin Secondary) and I have close to zero achievements. Shall not go to much into the whys, but as of now I have a 2nd place in 3D Graphics & Animation Competition 2009 Stills Category and participant in Physics Olympiad 2009.</p>
<p>So right now I'm keeping my eyes out for opportunities to rake up my achievements count. I'm aiming for Stanford University, do I still have a chance considering my very bad start? </p>
<p>I heard that in JCs students will be given lots of opportunities to rake up their achievements count. </p>
<p>I have asked a friend (who lurks here, too) who got admitted to Stanford but I'd like to hear from more people. Do I still stand a chance?</p>
<p>Apart from my low achievements count, my results are pretty decent. I'm in triple sciences class, I get A1s for my Sciences & Mathematics and A2 for English. My humans are not as strong, and my Chinese is really bad.</p>
<p>I don't take HMT so I definitely can't get into Raffles/Hwa Chong, but I'm planning on NJC. Going to Stanford is my dream, and I hope I still have a chance.</p>
<p>TIA! :D</p>