<p>huh? SAT II subject tests count? i was under the impression that all students from singapore get 800 for math II, physics and chemistry so it has become a necessity?</p>
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<p>newsflash
- there are singaporeans who don’t get 800 for math II, physics, chemistry
- there are singaporeans who don’t apply for ivy/public ivy and the likes
- there are singaporeans who don’t have a string of As on their transcript</p>
<p>Hmm, I get it now. (: I think I’ll go ask my teacher on this, and thanks a lot JCX and kthanksbye. I might still have to consider sending in my prelims though, since I’m pretty certain I wouldn’t be seeing at As on it. In fact, I’m pretty sure my math is screwed. :/</p>
<p>can i send prelim grade and not send promo grades since i got a D in one of the subjects for promos -_-? promos are not a must right? only prelims right?</p>
<p>^ Err yeah sure why not? But ultimately depends more on your school policy than anything else.</p>
<p>ben_chia: i think you’re being too harsh on local schools. they aren’t that bad!</p>
<p>@1234d: wait what do you mean ?? i’m not sure how a college would react to seeing a D/F on a cert. an O level cert at that. i’d like to be more optimistic about this, but frankly its the truth.</p>
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<p>i was referring to the above statement. although nus/ntu/smu aren’t world class univeresities (imo), they are actually quite respectable. </p>
<p>anyway, it depends on the schools you are applying to. the US university application process is so flexible that you can almost package whatever grades you want to send in. i for one only sent in my
- o level HMT
- IP 4
- a level PW
- jc prelims</p>
<p>don’t mind me asking: which college(s) did you apply to ??</p>
<p>most college(s) don’t accept O level applicants. i’ve found a few, but honestly i have my doubt that they’d want a student with a D/F for one of his grades.</p>
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I am a Singaporean student in the army now. I am keen on applying to the U.S. this year and I am wondering whether I should apply early to Brown or STanford. </p>
<p>I applied to both Stanford and Brown last year and I got rejected. I retook my SATs and got 2210 and I hope it will get me this time round. </p>
<p>Here are my Stats</p>
<p>SAT 2210</p>
<p>SAT Math 770
SAT Physics 770</p>
<p>A few of my friends from RJC told me that Brown is a safety school. Is that true? I really love both schools and I hope you can give me some advice on that. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>brown is **NOT **a safety school period
it’s incredibly selective and competitive, and only a select few from singapore got in every year.</p>
<p>^ Yep. Brown is not a safety school (neither is any other Ivy or Ivy-equivalents).</p>
<p>Harry we need more info than just your stats. What are your ECs? What is your SAT breakdown? Also, Brown is slightly easier than Stanford, and applying ED (Brown) generally gives you more of an edge than applying SCEA (Stanford). If this is your last chance to apply before ORD, and you really want to go to America, I say apply Brown.</p>
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>Thanks for your feedback. Here are my ECs below. </p>
<p>I was involved in Model UN. I won the World Model UN, SIMUN and a couple of other model UN conference. I headed a couple of clubs and started a few CCAs. </p>
<p>NYAA Gold Award
UBS Most Outstanding Youth Award</p>
<p>Top Ten in school ( I went to an international school)</p>
<p>I took 6 APs and got 5.0 on all of them. </p>
<p>Does that help? </p>
<p>Brown accepted 20 students last year. What about Stanford? </p>
<p>Why do many Singaporeans see Brown as a safety school? The RJC guys really make me very upset. </p>
<p>Where are you guys headed next year? </p>
<p>Harry</p>
<p>^ Well it would help somewhat. Can we have a more complete pictures of what CCAs you joined, what awards you have won and all that? Do you have US citizenship/green card?</p>
<p>14 Singaporeans/Singapore PRs matriculated at Stanford for the Class of '13, but some were actually accepted to the Class of '11 but deferred for 2 years to serve out their National Service. I think around 10-14 people are accepted at Stanford every year.</p>
<p>screwitlah is Princeton Class of '13
I am Stanford Class of '14 (accepted to Class of '12)
1234d is Yale Class of '15 (accepted to Class of '13)</p>
<p>Stanford '15 here. Such a long time away… BTW frank, do you know when must you make the first payment for your tuition fees?</p>
<p>Harry, I think RJC students think Brown is easier to get into than Stanford because Brown (and Cornell) admission seems to place more importance on grades, which is usually the strong point for Singaporean applicants. In reality I think it depends on which school is a better fit for the individual. You can always find people who were accepted by Stanford but rejected by Brown.</p>
<p>In any case, I think you should also consider some other schools. It is quite difficult to get into a school that has already rejected you unless you can demonstrate that you have improved quite a bit since they last considered you. (And of course, it’s hard to tell what they thought you lack the first time round.)</p>
<p>^ Currently for Autumn quarter they will bill you on August 20th and your payment is due by September 15th. The whole bill payment schedule can be found at [Fingate</a> - Overview: University Billing](<a href=“http://fingate.stanford.edu/students/universbill/university_billing.html]Fingate”>http://fingate.stanford.edu/students/universbill/university_billing.html)</p>
<p>I don’t think any Singaporean/Rafflesian would see Brown as a safety school. I had a very qualified classmate (good grades, national tennis player, council exco etc) who applied to Brown ED and was deferred. He got into UPenn RD and Oxford though.</p>
<p>Yeah. Try telling them to actually apply to Brown and see how many get in.</p>
<p>i think the rjc dude meant that cornell, instead of brown, is a safety school</p>