| Okay I have no idea what works for the humanities students, but for science people, olympiads and research are pretty useful. Especially if you represent Singapore in international olympiads or get selected for RSI (I'm not sure how many Singapore sends a year. It's that overseas research attachment thing in J1). These things will really help since they are recognised competitions that kind of prove to the schools that you are competent. BUT please don't join all these because it helps with college admissions. I assure you if you don't like biology at all, mugging for the olympiad will be painful, not to mention that these things take up a lot of time. If you like science, then go for it. Won't kill to have some nice awards and be accepted to a great school! |