<p>pyrosphere: that’s certainly not horrible, though you can probably do better if you want to</p>
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<p>Yeah, you can get the counter staff to help you if your teachers are willing to hand back the recommendation forms to you in the envelope. What if they don’t?</p>
<p>Yeah, they probably won’t. School policy! Omg, of all the possible obstacles I preconceived, this mailing thing was the last geez. I think I’ll just go to the post office for help me sort it out 'cause I still have no idea how the hell it all works (yeah, never sent a mail before!). I can get all the materials - air mail stickers, stamps etc - there i presume, yeah, obviously? Thanks anyway! 8]</p>
<p>hey im new here. i didn’t do well for promos so probably not taking a h3 
is the lack of a h3 subject detrimental in us college admissions? im quite sure it doesn’t affect local uni admissions and is more for scholarships? cos im currently thinking of applying to top 30 LACs in the hope of finaid.</p>
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<p>The problem in your case is that you are not taking the hardest possible course load offered at your JC (i.e. 12 AUs) and that would be somewhat detrimental.</p>
<p>i’m sure thesmile can make it up in some other areas. you win some, you lose some: that will perhaps make you more human than the other applicants. haha, tsk.</p>
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<p>Most of the successful applicants to MIT or Harvard don’t exactly seem human to me =p.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies! I’m pretty convinced that deciding to go to a LAC would be what I want, but as mentioned, the cost is still pretty much of a deterrent.</p>
<p>Hey katlynessa, there are a lot of great LACs that offer great financial aid. Look at the list of 40 colleges listed in Loren Pope’s Colleges That Change Lives. A bulk of them aren’t even in the top 50 category of LACs but then again rankings are all bull and with groups like the Annapolis group who do not participate in rankings, it really is up to you to make sure you find the perfect fit for you. And so, I would strongly recommend looking at those 40 colleges first and also the notable top few colleges like Swarthmore etc since I’m assuming you’'ll probably stand a good chance than most of getting in seeing that you’re from NUSHS. Then again, you must show the lacs that you will contribute, fit and benefit from what the college has to offer.</p>
<p>I mean, I didn’t even want to go to a proper college and was actually thinking of music school until I found those LACs and I just knew that an LAC was the right choice. So happy hunting!</p>
<p>heh. i’m just a lil’ disappointed that people like thesmile would allow their grades, or the want of a h3 subject, define them.</p>
<p>keep in mind that by the time you apply, the Alevel result still has not come out yet
this means H3 result won’t be shown, either…
therefore, there’s hardly any need for H3
I took h3 chem, and seriously, after 1 month, I just ponned all the lessons… cos I found there was no point taking h3… a waste of time (unless you choose to apply for Singapore-based scholarship)… in fact, my senior, who got a scholarship from NUS computing, told me that he didn’t even have a h3.
i guess the only benefit you can have from h3 is that your teacher will write something like ‘X was one of the few students selected for h3 course’ which I doubt teachers really write that.
moreover, the US adcoms also don’t know what the heck H3 is all about… maybe top Ivies like harvard yale do, but I doubt even top 30 lacs really know what h3 is…</p>
<p>and a bit irrelevant here, and also no offence: I once went to a university fair, and met a representative from a top school (i dont remember exactly, perhaps chicago or duke) and he told me “GP is a load of craps… we don’t look at your gp grade”… I still remember exactly what he said… haha</p>
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<p>Not true. The fact that you taken one or two H3 subjects (and probably getting prelim results and predicted grades for that) would be good enough. By your reasoning, I don’t even need A-levels because those results aren’t going to come out by the deadline either. Remember, what top schools want from your transcript is for you to show that you have excelled in your studies while taking the hardest course load, and to most people that means GP+PW+MTL+4H2+1H3.</p>
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<p>Any school with more than a few Singaporean applicant should have taken the time to find out what the new H1, H2, H3 things are all about. They won’t be about to interpret applicants’ transcripts correctly if they didn’t.</p>
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<p>Maybe Chicago/Duke has that attitude but you can’t assume the same for the other top schools. Getting an A is always better than getting a B.</p>
<p>Not to sound noble, I think it shouldn’t cross your mind whether “there’s a point to take H3” or not. Do what’s fun to you, and if you appreciate why it’s fun to you, it’s natural that you take it to the nth degree.</p>
<p>Edit: Oh, frankchn… could I ask for your help again ^^ I’m having a hard time describing my activities in 40 words on the activities list. I tried writing it in the resume format, but it won’t fit. I can’t think of a nice format for it. Would you mind taking a look?</p>
<p>heh, come on frankchn, </p>
<p>i haven’t got the hardest course load (3 a level subjects), or perfect a’s either for the matter.</p>
<p>and i got into williams, davidson, sarah lawrence, & vanderbilt.</p>
<p>that was just the last admissions cycle, mate. </p>
<p>present dimensions, my friend. </p>
<p>but of course, things might change when you apply thesmile.</p>
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<p>Well, sure, if you have other outstanding qualities. But for the rest of us (and/or for those who are applying to and hoping to get into HYP or something) good grades and hardest course load are still important. For instance, everybody I know who got into Stanford did 2 S Papers or 1 H3 and basically gotten straight As (or maybe one or two Bs thrown into the mix).</p>
<p>I stand by my assertion that the more papers you take and the better you score in them would increase your chances of getting in.</p>
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<p>Sure no problem. PM me?</p>
<p>Ah, thanks aplenty! PM in a moment.</p>
<p>thesmile: not taking h3 won’t kill your chances, but taking it does have its perks (demonstrates your aptitude/passion in a subject, makes teachers think more highly of you etc etc). i don’t think it really matters in the grand scheme of things haha</p>
<p>H3s are perhaps just icing on the cake. Not absolutely important in themselves, but nevertheless help to make your whole package look nicer. :)</p>
<p>so glad that the singaporeans are finally surfacing on CC for this admissions season :D</p>
<p>Hey all, </p>
<p>we are having online chat session for students interested in applying to the University of Virginia. Theres a huge singaporean community here and I’m sure you’ll all love it. This year Singapore had the 2nd highest yield of international students…only 2nd to China!!</p>
<p>Log on to [Undergraduate</a> Admission, U.Va.](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/chat.html]Undergraduate”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/chat.html)</p>
<p>Friday November 6th (12am-2am Singapore time)…(Still got 1/2 hour to go!!)
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Sunday November 8th (10pm-1am Singapore time)</p>