Background:
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Singaporean Chinese
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Upper middle class to Middle upper class (no need for financial aid)
Academics:
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Upcoming 10th grader, however school year runs from January to December so will have to reclass to 10th grade (redoing half a year)
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Currently attending a private international school in Singapore and have been in this school since 7th grade
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School does IGCSEs and IB (UK system),
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Would like to attend US boarding school due to wanting to follow the american curriculum so I can attend a US college
Taking the full IGCSE course load, 10 subjects, with my current grades from the recent mock exams being:
Biology: B, predicted A
Chemistry: A, predicted A* (massive improvement, brought up from a B/C)
Economics: A, predicted A (brought up from a B/C)
English: B, predicted B (constant)
Literature: C, predicted B (working on it with tutoring)
Additional Maths: B, predicted A
Extended Maths: A/B, predicted A
Music: A/C, predicted A
Physics: C, predicted C (my weakest subject, just began tutoring)
Second Language Chinese: C, predicted C (however i’m switching this course to Foreign Language Chinese, where I am guaranteed an A*, so my transcript will say that for my final IGCSE exams
Extracurriculars:
Violin (13 years, since I was 2 years old)
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reached ABRSM Grade 8 with distinction at 10 years old
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performed with the Piano Guys in the Star Theatre Singapore
Piano (3 years, from 8 years old to 11 years old)
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reached ABRSM Grade 5 with merit
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no longer taking lessons but still playing recreationally
Touch Rugby
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played in school team for 2 years, from 7th grade season to start of 9th grade season
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competed in the world’s largest touch rugby tournament for high schoolers, All School’s Touch
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played for a club team as well
Math Olympiad
- participated multiple times from 2019 to 2024, occasionally achieved bronze
Amala Education
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member of 2 years, from 2024-2025, and am planning on continuing this coming semester
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school service which fundraises to provide education to refugees all around the world
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also had the opportunity to interview former refugees to learn their story and wrote impact stories based on the interview which are published on Amala’s website
Touch Homecare
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meal delivery service once a week to elderly
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tasks include packing the food to fit elderly’s needs and delivering them
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participated from january 2025-june 2025
Additional Notes:
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already sat my interview a couple weeks ago and I think it went decent.
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i’m taking the SSAT in 3 days’ time, and i’m expecting 85th percentile - 90th percentile
also, I only included my ECs super briefly in my gateway application because it didn’t seem to ask me for my info super in detail.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks so much