<p>Like I said, where it counts, Chicago is second to none. And given your self-description, I think it would be a great fit for you. I hope you get in.</p>
<p>my 2 cents worth 
from what i heard for places like mit, harvard etc abt 100 from singapore apply and abt 2 get in and that is considered over-represented for singapore…sigh…why am i applyin???</p>
<p>u applyin coz u can be 1 of those 2 u gets in… as cambridge uni said on its website “we cant offer u admission, unless u apply…”</p>
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Wait, it was MIT!</p>
<p>well it applies to all institutions in the world, doesn’t it? 
and i thought singapore is an overrepresented country? only 2? mine had 14 applicants last year and 2 got in.</p>
<p>haha…oh well tts what the fella who interviewed me told me…looks like malaysia is over-over-represented…:O</p>
<p>adides: well form one pt of view i only found out only 2 get in much after i applied so i did not apply to be one of those two…but of course ones i found out abt it i have been in my la-la land and fantasizin to get in…;)</p>
<p>omg 30 applications - dont do that - u will get all stuff messed up</p>
<p>lol actually its not that bad if you start january of your junior year, fill common app. check out essays and write them over the year. </p>
<p>Cons : person who does that is the perfect student and will cost waaaayyy too much money :)</p>
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<p>What A Levels are you doing? You didn’t mention them at all. You wouldn’t get into any of those places without them</p>
<p>and if you only did those GCSEs, then that wouldn’t be enough either. I’d expect at least 10, mostly A grades</p>
<p>I’m doing the IB, actually, and I’m planning on taking (for next year)</p>
<p>English higher
French Higher
History Higher
Geography Standard
Ecosystems and Societies
Maths Studies</p>
<p>It’s pretty much a humanities-based program I’ve concucted for myself there.</p>
<p>Did I mention I want to pursue studies in Law?</p>
<p>Oh, and my GCSEs are:</p>
<p>English:…A
French:…A(or A<em>)
Geography:A
IT:…A</em>
Biology:…B
Chemistry:.C(I hate chemistry)
Maths:doing it again in May(got 34% the first time- didn’t know there was an exam!)</p>
<p>By the way I’m in 11th grade, and my IB course finishes in 13th grade (last grade)
So that would make me a 10th grader by that crazy American standard (you only have 12 grades, right?)</p>
<p>Anyway I still have a little leeway to steer my grades in the right direction (up).</p>
<p>Are there much dutch people in US top colleges?</p>
<p>Oh yeah! They’re overrunning the place! It’s impossible to go somewhere without bumping into one of those pesky gibberish-speaking kartoffel-eating Hanzes.</p>
<p>Hahah sorry couldn’t help saying that (jk!). Anyway no I don’t think so. However there are a lot of asians.
But why does that matter? people are people. the only competiton is yourself.</p>
<p>Kartoffel eating hanzes? yeah I think those are germans…
dutch people are more like… wooden shoe wearing stoners who grow a lot of tullips in their backyard…
not me though… I’m of course a very well-behaved non-weed-smoking normal-shoe-wearing dutch girl without a proper backyard to grow tullips in…</p>
<p>lol… “non-weed smoker” cmon! what do u think THIMUN is for??! ;)</p>
<p>Callthecops,
Did you go to THIMUN this year???</p>
<p>I did… did you? I was representing Nicaragua this year at ECOSOC :)</p>
<p>Yep, I was a reporter for MUNITY :). It was amazing fun. Will you be going back next year?</p>
<p>Ahhh nice! I’m still keeping my copies of MUNITY Can I know your name so I can read some of your articles again? haha</p>
<p>realistknight,
I’ll PM it to you. :)</p>