<p>@PetyrBaelish,</p>
<p>See, even I come from a not so good school. I wasn’t given opportunities in Science and Tech. I had to go out, research ideas, mail hundreds of professors with a request to work in their lab and a few of them replied, interviewed me and let me work. I did my project and it got published and I also went to the ISEF.</p>
<p>What I mean to say is, the more effort you put into doing something that you love, the better. </p>
<p>For example, if you like programming, you can learn a programming language, teach kids at your school how to program, take part in programming contests, build things(apps, games etc.) </p>
<p>In short, do anything that shows immense interest towards your passion. However, you do not have a lot of time remaining until you apply RD. So, I suggest you to work on other parts of the application before doing any other EC activity.</p>
<p>I do not know anything about the workshop.</p>
<p>Second, coming from Brunei helps. as @BldrDad mentioned, apply to all the need-blind universities. Since you are from Brunei, colleges looking to add to their diversity will be happy to take you in. </p>
<p>So, what should you do now?</p>
<p>Write great essays. Get great LORs. If you have the time to do something related to your passion about Science and Tech, do it too. But do not compromise on the essay. They are the single most important thing that can make or break your application.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>