<p>i searched wiki and it says it is a multilinguile country,eng,cn,malay,but the best way to know is to ask a native singaporean…</p>
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<p>Our national language is Malay and 4 working languages are English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay and Tamil.</p>
<p>malay? I so did not know that! Anyway, are you sure you have to take the TOEFL? Some colleges waive the TOEFL requirement if you score above a certain cut-off on the Critical Reading section of the SAT. Strange though, all the colleges I applied to didn’t require TOEFL.</p>
<p>BEN_CHIA… s’pore’s national language IS english. i’m from s’pore, applying to the US. I didnt do the TOEFL and dont have to. whihc univ is askin you to take it??</p>
<p>wow, what an embarrassing nick</p>
<p>@Singapore: ASU. here’s an extract from the reply i recived:</p>
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<p>and my question:</p>
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<p>great fun,from the same country…</p>
<p>Huh!? ASU said that!? Just because Singapore’s national anthem is not in English, so English is our foreign language!? Then, Malay is our native language, even for the Chinese and Indians? LOL. The theory behind who needs and who doesn’t need to take the TOEFL seems absurd. Luckily other universities know better.</p>
<p>yeah they did. a couple of universities are kinda vague about this too so i guess ima have to email each one individually.</p>
<p>on the other hand, is it advisable to just send in an application regardless ? i don’t intend to take the toefl for one school and i’ve certain reasons for going to ASU so i don’t really wanna skip out on this.</p>
<p>why on earth is the toefl/ielts fee so damn high ? 300 is no joke for an exam that i’m only going to use once. and just english, that too.</p>
<p>and what is an ‘academic subject’ ? apparently, there is a difference between regular subjects and academic subjects coz an admissions officer from ISU told me that POA isn’t an ‘academic subject’ and can’t be used to apply ? *** ? vague IS the keyword of the day.</p>
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<p>The national language of Singapore is not English. It is Malay. I quote the Republic of Singapore Independence Act 1965:</p>
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<p>That said however, the primary language of instruction in schools is of course English.</p>
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<p>Well only very few Singaporeans actually have English as their mother tongue (which is what ASU was trying to express when they used the phrase “native language”). </p>
<p>I am of the opinion that if they really do want you to take the TOEFL, just take it - even Oxbridge, Imperial or LSE sometimes ask for TOEFL/IELTS scores from Singaporean students.</p>
<p>Hi folks! I was wondering if it is possible to complete Bachelor and Master’s degree in Engineering within 4 years in United States? Without any A lvl’s exemptions or credit transfer? Thanks~!</p>
<p>Without receiving credit for A levels? Errr, I know people sometimes manage to get out within four years, especially kancheong PSC scholars. But Engineering?! That’s a heavy workload especially without receiving credit. I am going to say no.</p>
<p>if you wanna do that for engineering might as well go UK. MEng there is like basic 4 years engineering in SG but people are none the wiser. they will still go “wah” when they see your MEng</p>
<p>but if your employer is smart then tough luck</p>
<p>Talking about getting exemptions, should I try to get exemptions for my ‘A’ Level subjects, or should I take them again when I enroll to refresh my memory?</p>
<p>I’ve forgotten a lot of the stuff I’ve learnt thanks to two years of NS. :(</p>
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<p>You have already ORD’d or are ORDing soon right? Why not take the time now to refresh your memory - then get your credits/exemptions when you go to university.</p>
<p>Where are you heading to anyway, eightynine?</p>
<p>To eightynine: Exemptions save you time and money; and this is not a joke: You can save over thousands of dollars for the 10-30 credits exempted, depending on university. So no point doing it all over again.</p>
<p>Thank fiona for your suggestion! Does A-lvls typically equates to 1 year of Ugrad coursework credits? How hard was it to gain admission to US grad sch for M.S, using UK B.eng qualification? I hope to finish fast to save $$, hope i can cope with the coursework =)</p>
<p>Thanks, I’m just worried about stuff like Mathematics. In Maths, learning Stats was practically just learning how to use the GC. Most of us hardly understood how to really calculate probability and correlation coefficients.</p>
<p>I guess the best way would be to try and read up, and take up modules for those parts I still don’t understand? Like for the example mentioned above.</p>
<p>I really think it depends on the university that you enroll in. Schools that are more accustomed to dealing with SG students will be more accommodating. Probably unis like Wisconsin, Michigan… Considering how many kancheong A*Star scholars manage to get out in three years, I would think the system allows for that.</p>