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<p>To the OP:
Here is my analysis.</p>

<p>Personal Stats:

• Singaporean, Chinese, Male, International- bad.
• Top school in country- bad. (competition within your classmates,… no?)
• SAT I: 2220 750/770/700 - Will be retaking, hoping for 2300+± bad. Since you are ORM international
• SAT II: Math 2/Bio-M/Chem - Not taken yet, taking this upcoming test- Hope you do well!
• Applying for Financial Aid- Meh.</p>

<p>School Results:
Predicted A-level Grades: possibly AAAAA for Bio, Chem, Math, Econs, General Paper / H3 Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Distinction- A-level grades are great, but how is your transcript?
Rank: Top 5%- good.
After this threshold (SAT+SATII+Courseload+GPA) I think you are within the range.</p>

<p>Co-curricular Activities:</p>

<p>Computer related:

• Chairperson of the Computer Science Club (11th and 12th Grade)- 11th and 12th only? :(</p>

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<p>Led club to the top position in the country again, winning the club a fully sponsored trip to Silicon Valley- Cool.
Multiple awards at national computing competitions, including InnovateIT 2009 - 2nd Place, SDMA 2009 - Merit Award- Good job.
Organised competitions for students in my school- Meh, delete it.</p>

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<li>Vice-chairperson of the Infocomm Club (10th Grade)
> Led club to the top position in the country, winning the club a fully sponsored trip to Silicon Valley
> Multiple awards at national computing and robotics competitions, including Grand Olympiad ECE LiFoRobo Challenge 2006 - Silver Award, National Software Competition 2008 - Silver Award- Good.</li>
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<p>Science related:

• Awarded a Gold Medal in the Singapore Chemistry Olympiad 2010- Wow!
• Represented my school in the Singapore Biology Olympiad 2010- Meh.
  Did you apply for ICho?</p>

<p>Performance and Cultural related:

• Was part of the Chinese Drama Club in my school- Part… now is this a resume-padder, or did you do any significant work with this club?</p>

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<p>Won a silver medal at national judging: SYF Central Judging of Drama Groups 2007

• Lol. But seems cool.
• Was part of the Choir in my school
  Section leader
  Participated in multiple overseas choir competitions and won gold in all of them
  Won a gold medal at national judging: SYF Central Judging for Choirs 2007
  ^At first I thought this was a resume padder for music requirement, but you have significant work with it. Good.
  Community service:
• Busked in the Bone Marrow Donor Programme (Buskers’ Fest) - 2007- Good
• Organised a concert (Appena la Voce) to raise funds for Grace Orchard School - 2008
• Assisted in an art therapy programme at St. Andrew’s Autism Centre - 2010
• Photographed the SE-ed Project event held at SMU - 2009
  (not an exhaustive list for all of the above)
  ^Delete.
  Academic awards and achievements:
• Was awarded the MOE Pre-University Scholarship for 2009-2010
• Was awarded the A*STAR JC Science Award for 2009-2010
• Achieved a Merit grade in the Talent Development Programme (TDP) organised by MOE in 2007
• Achieved a Distinction grade in the Innovation Programme (IvP) organised by MOE in 2006
• Placed on the Dean’s List in my school for 4 out of 5 of my subjects</p>

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<p>Good academic awards, but don’t include the “dean’s list”… meaningless.
Internships:

• 1 month attachment at the Vertebrate Developmental Signalling Lab in the Institute of Medical Biology, a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
  ^nice!
  Others:
• Organised Walks of Life and guided interested students around natural heritage sites in Singapore- Meh. Kind of random
• Piano (Grade 8 Merit from ABRSM)- Meh.
• Avid photographer (also part of my school’s photography club)- Meh.</p>

<p>Schools I am applying to:
Stanford- reach
Harvard- reach
JHU- match
UC Berkeley- match/reach
UCLA- should be easy.
Cornell- ED Here!!</p>

<p>:)</p>