<p>If it is true, then UPenn sounds like it has a horrible admission policy. For starters, how do they even know if you really applied for PSC scholarship?</p>
<p>And the argument that they can’t compare you to future applicants makes no sense, since most top schools allow their students to apply for a gap year.</p>
<p>And I really don’t think NS deferment is a cause for concern at all. In my case I only asked for deferment after I was admitted. It’s the same procedure as applying for a gap year, which requires students to give a good justification. Military service is considered by Stanford to be a perfectly good reason and the whole process is pretty much automatic.</p>
<p>Of course if UPenn discriminates against NS guys, then it’s possible that some other schools do too. But as I said, there’s really no way for them to know if you applied for PSC so I don’t see how the work thing works if it’s true…</p>
<p>I don’t see how can schools like UPenn tell if one has applied for a PSC scholarship. AFAIK PSC does not contact the universities directly or help its scholars applly…</p>
<p>Hahah thanks 1234d, and there’s actually no real meaning to the name - it’s not connected to the Soviet Union space program, in case you were wondering. Hehe. I just like the ring of ‘sputnik’.
Plus, muffins are delicious.</p>
<p>Hey, I can’t help but assume that everyone is intending to send their applications by mail and not online. Is that right? I know some schools prefer everything to be done online so I was just wondering or is it just some Singaporean schools’ policy to send everything through mail?</p>
<p>Also, does my teacher counselor necessarily have to be my form teacher 'cause she doesn’t teach me any subjects so I doubt she really has any idea of my potential and ability besides what she sees from my grades. Also, because of her lack of complete knowledge about me as a student, I don’t really want her to write for me a recommendation letter y’know. Instead, I asked my GP teacher to be my counselor 'cause GP’s my best subject and I’m intending to major in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Any one of you did that too?</p>
<p>And say I am allowed to have my GP teacher as my counselor, then, can she still write me a subject teacher evaluation on top of a counselor evaluation? </p>
<p>Ok, this was a ramble but whoever can answer this, please do. I’ll be eternally grateful hah. </p>
<p>It’s ultimately what you prefer if you are smart enough. I am getting my reccs. all offline because I want to see them. If you can and must, exploit the system. If not, well, then gotta accept it.</p>
<p>At the least they must be different people - I don’t think someone acting as your counselor can write another subject teacher evaluation. You are still recommended to have your Civics Tutor/Form Teacher to write your recommendation though.</p>
<p>You can do that? I know RI and HC have pretty strict policies regarding teachers sending off/uploading recommendations online directly. Students are not allowed to see them at all.</p>
<p>haha looks like i’ll become the resident “consultant” here since i’m going to be online most of the time for the next few days. </p>
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Everyone i know did their application online since commonapp is so convenient! Some schools, like RJC, however, require the recommendations to be sent by mail but they still encourage students to apply online. </p>
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AFAIK this doesn’t have to be the case and there’s no fixed policy. RJC requires the counselor to be one’s civics tutor whereas ACJC requires the counselor to be any HOD. </p>
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She can, but this should be discouraged since it wouldn’t add anything new to your application. In fact it would probably put you at a disadvantage compared to others who had three proper recommendations. </p>
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I don’t know what’s your school’s stand on this but most colleges and high schools are quite particular about students waiving their rights to read their teachers’ recommendations. To facilitate this, RJC requires students to waive their rights on a form and teachers to mail their recommendations to the colleges directly.</p>
<p>Actually not all schools. Most internationals schools dont really care and neither do some <em>other</em> top local schools in singapore. RJ and HCI probaby do la but it is still exploitable in many other institutions. I dont advice anyone to do this unless they really know what they are doing. If not it can be quite a quagmire.</p>
<p>Hey guys,
Sorry for the delay. I just came back from camp . And yes, I think I have made up my mind to go for Stanford. Now, I have a peace of mind. frankchn said that he is going to Stanford right? Are there are any guys going to Stanford to study social sciences? Many of my RJC friends have told me that the IMO, ICho, IPho etc… always flood stanford with applications and use it as a backup for MIT. Is that true? </p>
<p>And what do you think was the X factor that helped you get it? Was it your CCA, teacher’s references, A level results etc? Can you kindly advise? I want to do social sciences and I have won a few competitions my field. Do you think that will work to my advantage? </p>
<p>Well, a lot of students from Singapore who applied to Stanford also applied to MIT (like me and many of my friends for instance) - but Stanford does attract a wider array of students (humanities scholars, etc…) than MIT (mainly math and science geniuses).</p>
<p>i have another question
i ask my teachers for my recommendations
but what if one of my teachers fills in the forms by hand while the other one uses the pdf reader to fill in, then print out
is it ok to do so?
I mean is it presentable? cos i’m afraid they are not uniform…</p>