<p>Tuna,nice post,very informative!</p>
<p>And Tuna,those are not the criteria for admission,right?They’re only for the SIA-NOL,right?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot Tuna! World Scholars Cup is going to be held in Singapore this year. Thats why I mentioned it. And yes, I’m from Lucknow- City Montessori School, Aliganj, Sector ‘O’ branch. I will try my best to win as many competitions this year as possible.
I guess I was ‘stupid’ for making those remarks against NUS 
I was just a bit frustrated that my best achievement would give me little impetus in the scholarship and admission.
But really, thanks a lot for bringing out the real picture!</p>
<p>@100%Tuna : Hey, I am a prospective NUS applicant (India) too… I was just wondering as to when the interviews (if shortlisted) would take place… also, r u sure abt the no. of stars u gave to the importance of SAT score? from what I heard from a SIAnol guy, they are pretty important (atleast > 2stars). One more thing, I didn’t take up the JEE this year bcoz I was pretty confident I wouldn’t get a good rank… will that jeopardize my chances of getting into NUS ie do u know any SIANOL’s who got in without getting an IIT rank???
Thanks for the help…</p>
<p>@The-Smart-Dude: Glad to help! I’ll make this clear- these aren’t “criteria”- these are things that will help you through. I know people who made it with JUST great 10th, 11th and 12th grade scores and decent school-based co-curriculars. That having been said, that was a few years ago when the scholarship and NUS and NTU in general were less heard of in India. The number of applicants is increasing gigantinormously- and so is the competition. So, don’t fret if you don’t have a thing or two from that list. That was just an answer to Gary’s question on how much importance they’d have.</p>
<p>Regarding your second question- for NUS, as far as I know- you’re DIRECTLY shortlisted for the scholarship if they think you’re worth it. At least that’s how it works for us local applicants and that’s how it was for Indians who applied last year. Which means to say that you DO NOT need to fill out a separate application for the scholarship. For NTU, however- I think you need to apply separately. True, they’ll be slightly easy-going if you DON’T apply for the scholarship- and your chances go up minutely. But it’s very slight. Chances are- if you’re good enough to get in as an international, you’re good enough for the SIANOL. But if you have serious doubts about whether you’ll make it, dump the scholarship. There are other ways (such as the tuition grant and student loans) which cover up to 90% of your fee (and have a shorter bond period too).</p>
<p>@Gary: That’s the biggest school in Lucknow, right? From what I know a lot a lot of people from there apply for both versions of the SIA scholarships. Nah, chill on it. It wasn’t stupid- I know how highly the KVPY is regarded in India and how hard it is to be a KVPY scholar. In fact, the only KVPY scholar I know is a total genius! But yeah- I guess there’re many reasons why it’s not that “famous”- the “esoteric” Hindi name could be one reason…</p>
<p>@Owner: I’m not really sure since I’m an SIA Youth scholar- and we don’t have interviews for admission to Singapore universities. But from what I’ve heard, you can expect to hear from them mid-to-end of May and your interview should be around last week of May and or first week of June. Don’t quote me on this- this is just what I’ve heard from people who went last year. SAT scores… hmm… well, maybe you could give it a third star- but as for the guy who originally asked, he had a 2000- and a 2000 wouldn’t really help much. If you have something spectacular, say a 2250+ or 2300+, it sure would help more. As for the JEE- now that you’ve not taken the test, there’s nothing you can do about it. Yes, there are MANY SIA NOLs who make it without the JEE, so don’t worry too much about it (though a decent JEE rank does raise your chances by quite a bit). It won’t “jeopardize” your chances, but you just missed out on a chance-booster. And anyways, you mentioned you weren’t too confident of getting a good rank- so well, even if you DID do the test, it wouldn’t really help, would it now? If it makes you feel better, majority of the SIANOLs don’t put the IIT rank… :)</p>
<p>I guess this thread was originally made for Singaporeans applying to the United States/UK (and I myself have happy memories of being an applications n00b and having my “will I get into bla bla bla” questions answered by frankchn, fiona, screwitlah among others… haha) so I’d suggest you guys make a new thread for questions about Indians trying to make it to NUS and NTU! :)</p>
<p>Gosh! This post has degraded into a NUS/NTU chance-me thread. This is CC and it should revolve around US colleges, not some Singapore university centric post.</p>
<p>Dear Mr./Ms. (and anything in between) Ong,</p>
<p>It’s College Confidential- I don’t see it being called US College Confidential. Second, I’m slightly appalled at your calling a discussion about non-US universities a “degradation”. These universities are EQUALLY good, if not better than MANY MANY US universities. Though, I do agree that this wasn’t the purpose of the thread and therefore, I did suggest that the applicants start a new NUS/NTU Applicants’ thread. Do take care that these are public forums and people may be offended by what you scribble here. Don’t “degrade” this thread by saying things like what you just wrote. I hope you didn’t mean it that way. Best of luck for whatever.</p>
<p>100%Tuna :)</p>
<p>^ LOL! uniquely tuna-esque</p>
<p>My apologies for going off-topic. I just felt that this was probably the best thread to get my questions answered within the context of immediate discussion. Moreover, it might have looked stupid to create a new thread when there might be just 1-2 Indian students on CC seriously aiming for NUS/NTU.Thanks a lot for all the advice Tuna! I will try to up my SAT score next month. Though my ACT score(33) reported yesterday is equivalent to nearly 2200.</p>
<p>Will restrict future queries to private messages I guess 
Lets hand over this thread back to the Singaporeans!</p>
<p>tuna and gary, while you guys are right, look at the history of this thread. SIA-NOL or NUS/NTU is okay when used to moderation, not when it takes over a thread that’s typically used by singaporeans to talk about admission to US colleges.</p>
<p>anyway, is anyone applying to the class of 2014 here yet? we need to start taking over from the 2013ers! lol</p>
<p>Who cares. Actually, I care, I think it’s great that Tuna’s helping gary7 to find out information about NUS/NTU.</p>
<p>Peace out guys <em>V sign</em></p>
<p>oh. kena whacked by fiona.</p>
<p>HAHAH 
woot <em>wields whacking thing</em></p>
<p>I am going to be in the Class of 2014 but I applied along with the Class of 2012 =p.</p>
<p>Interestingly, do most US places allow you to defer admission for military service? Or do you apply after serving? Or both?</p>
<p>^ Stanford does, as well as all of Ivies I believe. Notably, UC Berkeley doesn’t.</p>
<p>^ I think U M-D doesn’t as well. As far as I know, most of the other schools allow deferment for NS. You can apply anytime, even in jc1!</p>
<p>That’s interesting. There’s no rule against applying after NS either so I guess it is an advantage to be able to apply twice to the US :D</p>
<p>I know Berkeley and Illinois don’t allow deferment and UVA does, but for the ones who do it makes a lot of sense to “apply twice” (once towards end of J2 and once in the latter part of NS) due to the randomness of the process thus giving you a greater chance, although it’s important to check that they allow two-year deferments instead of the conventional one. And I don’t think you can apply during JC1 as you’re only supposed to apply while in the final year of pre-university studies (or gap year[s]) except at a very small number of universities which are usually lower-ranked.</p>