<p>few months?
actually pretty easy</p>
<p>how long exactly? like. like how long does it take to schedule the interview and how long after that can we get the visa? i was thinking of travelling plans in july. Will the timings clash?</p>
<p>Well, the most unpredictable part is waiting for the school to send you the I-20. After that, the interview and everything takes normally two weeks to schedule one, if my memory serves me right, and one more week for them to approve it. You can actually get someone to collect the visa on your behalf with a letter if you have vacationing plans. However, you are not allowed to enter the US 30 days before the date that the school puts as the date of commencement. Hope it helps. :)</p>
<p>oh… thanks. haha.then for the unpredictable part. any idea how long it may possibly take?</p>
<p>anyone from sg going to vandy?</p>
<p>Does anyone suppose it’s possible to get a visa done in three weeks (including the fact that I need to get a new passport as well)? My visa for the UK was done so last minute that I only got it the day before I flew off.</p>
<p>IS ANYONE GOING TO THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES!!!</p>
<p>:( Lol. Lol. I’m a ■■■■■■ for typing that in caps, I know.</p>
<p>Pomona is a wonderful campus. Very very cul de sac. Great place to study.</p>
<p>whos going/intending to go to berk? xoxo</p>
<p>I have a place at Berkeley, may go there but am currently being a fickle-mind. What are you planning on majoring in? :D</p>
<p>i’m in letters and science, most prob bio, maybe ib? you? are you going for calso this june?</p>
<p>How recognized is Washington University in St Louis in Singapore?</p>
<p>^ I can’t speak with much authority, but at least one girl from my ex-school got a government scholarship to attend, and I remember reading some Scholarship Booklet (the type where various scholars toll about how wonderful their agencies are) where a couple people went to WUSTL, so I think it’s reasonably recognised?</p>
<p>bingqnom: Ah, I’m in L&S too 
Am thinking about Chemistry, but unsure about LS Chem or jumping ship to the Chem college, or I may do Bio though I heard the curve is killed by premeds. I’m a ficklemind. If I decide to go (and if they get around to assuring me about that VPA credit thing so I don’t get told two weeks after I enroll that I was a mistake and get kicked out) then I’ll be at a CalSO. Are you going to calso?</p>
<p>hmmmm. yeah, ive heard abt the premeds thing too. though im not quite sure if the curves are equally tough for s’geans too (since our jc curriculum is much harder than their hs, or so i heard). whats the vpa credit thing about? speaking abt credits, can we use our alevel results to accelerate our degree into 3 years?</p>
<p>im not sure if im going though, considering its full air-fare for 2 days of calso. which is quite a fix. trying to ask around to see whos going. =p</p>
<p>I go to HS here in the US (long story) and I’d say the curriculum is definitely underrated. Singaporean newspapers have a tendency of comparing the basic US HS to the JC curriculum, which is unfair because HS here is for everybody, not just the top whatever number in O Levels like JC. The people who actually go to Berkeley have taken lots of AP/IB classes which are generally comparable to A Levels in material. But I definitely agree that the SG work ethic will serve one quite well.</p>
<p>VPA credit, I think I read somewhere that one needs to have taken a Visual and Performing Arts class in HS? But I don’t know any Singaporean who actually has done that, so I may be completely mistaken. I applied on the last day (30th November) so am just figuring out this stuff now, whoops.</p>
<p>I think A levels can be used, [Transferring</a> Credit Toward Your Degree](<a href=“http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/site/transferring_credit.php]Transferring”>Courses & Grades | UC Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources) says that “GCE” credit may be eligible and I assume they are talking about A Levels. According to seniors already at university most “foreign students” are curve destroyers (i.e. they get 99% while everyone else got 72%)* who graduate with 9 degrees in 2 years so I’m sure you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>*disclaimer: I heard that 70% = A in A Levels. 70% in my school district = D. Just a function of grading systems, no need to get alarmed.</p>
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<p>Not at all. I know these school are recognized: NUS, SMU and NTU.</p>
<p>The thing about WUSTL is that its a school that is rapidly gaining recognition. It is definitely more well known now than 10 years ago, so I think its fairly safe to say, if it continues its marketing and research like now, in 10 years later its going to be more well known. Furthermore, they are the 3rd best Med school in the US, so most doctors should know it.</p>
<p>" I know these school are recognized: NUS, SMU and NTU. "</p>
<p>If what you meant by recognized was, known by local uncles and aunties…then yes, those 3 schools are recognized. </p>
<p>WashU is recognized by those people who hold high position in big companies. So, if what you’re planning to do after college is working in big companies, then you should not worry about the name recognition.</p>
<p>I don’t like how WashU tries (so desperately) to attract applications and lower their acceptance rate. They send out so many fliers/brochures, and require no supplement for their app –> in the end, they have a hyper-large pool of applicants to give a facade of competitiveness and desirability, but in actual fact most of those applicants are sub-par and hastily put together. And then they mass-waitlist and try to increase their yield… Too many gimmicks for me.</p>
<p>But i think it’s a pretty good school. One of my seniors, whom i respect a lot, is there now and from what i can tell, she’s very happy.</p>
<p>Two many tricks for me too. But it’s still a good school, and it’s in Washington. Woo.</p>