Help for a Singaporean!!

jeremymjr
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:27:29 +0000

1) As already answered, yes. It won’t reflect very well on you though. My friend accepted a scholarship and had to pay 2000 dollars when she decided to do medicine at NUS instead.

2) Yes. You are classified as a Science student. It’s not the merit, but the fact that you took 1 S Paper. It will preclude you from applying for PSC (if I’m not wrong) as you don’t meet the basic requirements. A*Star/DSTA would be even more difficult, since they are renowned grade whores. As for everything else, it really depends.

3) Brightsparks.com.sg. Do your own research because you know best what suits you.

4) Apply this year. NUS will hold your place for you, and you will get more than one shot when applying for scholarships. It’ll be good to get a feel of what interviews are like and what they are looking out for.

5) Yes. US universities couldn’t care less.

6) You are probably guaranteed a double major in NUS if you choose FASS. I have no idea on how strong the departments are, though I can’t see how bad they can be (compared to the other 2 universities).