Consolidated EA/RD 2013 results thread

linhvuong
Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:50:06 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

*SAT I (breakdown): 660 CR/ 800 M/ 750 W - 2210 single sitting
*SAT II: 800M2 / 800 Chemistry / 780 Bio (M)
*Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t cal.
*Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
*AP (place score in parenthesis): NA. GCE A - Level
*IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
*Courses taken for A Level: Bio, chem, maths, econs, general paper, project work, bio honors. Results all distinctions or A, except GP
*Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10 & 12:both distinctions but I can’t remember the score. same for AIME

Subjective:

*ECs: Student Council (in charge of Student Lounge and led in many other school activities), Malay Dance, Maths Society( EXCO, Head of External Activity, organizing competitions for secondary schools in Singapore as well as comm service), Aesthetics Club (Creative Director), Hwa Chong inst Boarding school Boarders’ Council exec com (3 years: Head of Publicity/ international understanding officer/ Vice president), ASEAN scholars committee, Gavel Club, English Drama Club
*Job/Work Experience: teaching at Hwa Chong Junior College, working as administrative officer at Hwa Chong Boarding School, research at Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (2005-not really working mainly learning), Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (2006- I left the institute with my project partner at 10.30pm once, in the morning I arrived at 7.30am: that’s how hard I worked), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (2007), translator for VINAFCO logistics LTD. (several assignments)
*Essays: not a common topic i would say,’ Reflections of a Hanoian’
*Teacher Recs: good
*Counselor Rec: good
*Awards: International Students’ Science Fair (2nd prize for oral defense, 2nd prize for poster presentation), Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (Gold Award), Singapore’s Mathematics Olympiad ( 2007: Silver-open section, 2005: Silver senior Section, Bronze: open section, 2004: silver-senior section), Youth Festival Malay Dance competition (Bronze), School Award for Most Outstanding student (2007), Young Researcher Attachment Programme (Agency for Science and Technology and research A-star)(2005-2008), Australian Mathematics Olympiad (distinction, top 4% regional), National University of Singapore Geography challenge (3rd placing) and some intra-college competitions awards, Bronze (Mix double)–Inter-Boarding School Table-tennis tournament (my partner is a really good table-tennis player
*Volunteer/ Community Service: teaching kids in abusive households at Beyond Community Service center, volunteer at hospitals (cooking meals for needy patients), teaching orphans, organizing maths trail for primary school students, and many other short-term activities

Location/Person:

*State or Country: Singapore but a Vietnamese
*School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, top 5 junior colleges
*Ethnicity: Asian
*Gender: female
*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Sorry the post is a bit long. kinda cut-and-paste so… :)