<p>Well I am not a Singaporean but I have been living here for two years. I am originally from NYC. I just wanted to see if there are any other singaporeans on this board.</p>
<p>Where are you all applying? and What do you want to study</p>
<p>BTW - I love this little island, everything is so convinient than NYC, lah. LOL. Anyways come and join the party.</p>
<p>hey there i'm singaporean! :D
i got accepted ED to UPenn (college)
and i want to do psychology
but then again, i havent really decided <em>scratch head</em></p>
<p>hi, i am indian national but been living here for 6 yrs now.. ya it will be grt if more s'porean rersidents can come here and discuss abt s'porean chances and random stuff :)
hey milk carton, where are u from? as in which jc?</p>
<p>hey neha i'm from vjc.
what about you? (and any other singaporean residents lurking around)</p>
<p>hey there :) I'm a singaporean too. just waiting for my A level results now. <em>chattering teeth</em> I'm so scared. I've applied to some LACs and I've been accepted at Saint Joseph's University.</p>
<p>hey milkcaron, i am from vj too!!! hang on, wat is ur real name again, cos i heard abt one perosn from vj who got upenn ed, so tts probably u!! :)
sorry, i juz forgot ur name.......:p</p>
<p>I'm a singaporean too,but i live in US now. junior in high school.</p>
<p>hey...im from vjc too
:)
applied for PENN RD...haha..still waiting...
congrats on your ED milkcarton</p>
<p>also applying to chicago, cornell and brown</p>
<p>hey milkcarton and waryap, wat are ur real names? maybe we know each other?? :>
i am from S1</p>
<p>hey singapore guys....
How well respected is SMU ? Is it considered prestigious ?
Whats the genaral feedback about SMU?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>hey i'm singaporean too!
going to the university of michigan this fall.. anyone else going to become a wolverine?</p>
<p>hey richards: hmm...there is quite a lot of hype abt SMU here too as it is a relatively new uni.... soem of my frenx enjoy it there al lot (wether thay are slackin or enjoy the courses , i am not too sure)...will ask and find...however, i have also heard -ve feedback, as in not meeting expectations as it is portrayed as a different uni where studnets are more open minded and daring ans speak up as the general steryotypical impression of s'porean students is tt they dun speak up much in class/lect etc.... but still many ppl here are v.serious abt it... how abt chekcin out the forums there??</p>
<p>thanks neha1 .......which forums are you talking about?
Also you seem to be indian.........how is it for indians in singapore?</p>
<p>hi...err, not sure what forums actually, i have nvr visited the smu site b4!! haha...but guessing the uni site must have a forum...
u are form punjab, i assume north indian? i am too....well, the north indian pop has grown here quite a lot past few yrs, quite a number of studnets too in local schools now and universities... the country is fine..there is racial harmony and all...haha... singapore will be fine, there always hindi movies to watch if u feel homesick...lol
oh ya, i noe smu requires interview for admissions..and so dome some courses in ntu ad nus...considerin nus/ntu ??</p>
<p>Well I'm not Singaporean, but I used to live there. I wish I still did!</p>
<p>hey.. richards.
I think SMU is quite respectable in S'pore. I have been there quite alot of times ( some econs special-paper lectures, conferences, and even did my SAT there...haha) and I have a quite good impression of it... GOt some very good economics lecturers....and the new university site is very impressive.</p>
<p>Haha...I'll be going there if i screw up my US apps...haha.</p>
<p>I like the weather...</p>
<p>Hi guys, I grew up in Singapore until I was 12, when I moved to NY to (eventually) get into a good college - namely the Ivies. Do you think I stand a chance?</p>
<p>(things to keep in mind: my school doesn't give weighted GPAs or class ranks)</p>
<p>9th Grade GPA: 4.06
(with one Honors course)
10th Grade GPA: 3.86
(with AP Euro and Honors Math)
11th Grade expected GPA: around 3.9
(with AP Bio, AP US History and Honors Pre-Calc)
12th Grade courses I'm planning to take:
- AP English
- AP French
- AP Calculus
- Political Philosophy
- Physics
(for the record, I will have taken all the honors and AP courses offered in my school by the time I apply)</p>
<p>SAT Scores:</p>
<p>SAT II Writing: 800
SAT II Math IC: around 740 expected
SAT II History: around 700 expected
SAT II Literature: around 730 expected</p>
<p>SAT (I'm taking the new one in 2 weeks)
-practice test results:
(they are in the range of what I expect for the actual thing)</p>
<p>Writing Skills : 800
Math : 760
Critical Reading : 720
(total of 2280 converts to a 1540 on the old SAT)</p>
<p>AP Euro: 3
AP US, AP English, AP French, and AP Calculus: yet to be taken</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>
<p>-Key Club.................9, 10, 11, (12) Vice President 11, (12)
[co-chair Unicef comittee - 9]
[co-chair Human-i-tees committee- 10]
[co-chair Tsunami Relief committee-11]
-Yearbook................10, 11, (12) Editor-in-chief 11, (12)
-Student Council........9, (12)
-Writing Project.........9, 10, 11, (12) Head Intern 11, (12)
[intern - Short Stories - 9]
[intern - Poetry - 10]
[intern - Journalism - 11]
-Ranger Conservation Corporation.....9, 10 volunteer
-Galilean Society...........................10, (12) tutor in science
- Pythagorean Society.....................11 tutor in Math
-New York Hall of Science job...........11 Public Programs Assistant</p>
<p>Atheletics:</p>
<p>-Basketball.........9 (Divsion 2 - 1st place)
-Softball............9, 10, 11, (12) co-captain (12)</p>
<p>Academic/ other Honors:</p>
<p>-Girls Independant School Atheletic Division Basketball champions.......9
-Hugh O' Brian Youth Leadership Award...............10
-Kodak Leadership Award..................................10
-National Honor Society....................................11, (12)
-expected: National Merit Commended Student....11
-University of Rochester Scholarship in English.....11
-High Honor Roll Achievement............................9, 10, 11, (12)</p>
<p>Summer Programs:</p>
<p>-Summer 2003:
*travel to India and Switzerland
-Summer 2004:
*volunteer at New York Hall of Science
*volunteer at Kew Gardens Senior Center
*Gettysburg Yearbook Experience (Design/Journalism program)
-Summer 2005 (expected):
*Hall of Science Public Programs Assistant
*Gettysburg Yearbook Experience
*Economics for Leaders Program</p>
<p>Please give me your criticism and feedback. Thanks!!!</p>
<p>anyone have any opinions???</p>
<p>welll...as anyone will tell u noe, u are a pretty strong candidate with grt ecs n academics... u have a gd shot at a lot of great schools.. however, as they all say, for top colleges, itz all crasp shoot... besides ivies n like mit/stanford/caltech etc...u shud most likely get in... ivies n all..really hard to predict tho have a gd chance :)</p>