got accepted, but with insufficient aid. did the results for merit scholarships come out? man I’m so desperate
@TSP207 @godswillnway congrats on getting in! you can totally say no, but i’m a junior thinking of applying next year and i was wondering if i could read your essays?
Hi guys,
congrats to everyone who got in!!
i got waitlisted and i want to know my chances of getting a scholarship/financial aid, if, God willing, I get accepted. do u guys know if it’s possible??
also, should i keep any hopes for the waitlist? it’s really a coin toss…
@godwillmakeaway From what I have understood in the past, Yale-NUS’s has a pretty tight waitlist and it isn’t necessarily the easiest to get in but there is still a possibility!!
And also I believe that scholarships come out with the offer so there probably wont be anymore scholarships after the acceptance offer is released
Also I just checked with the admissions team regarding being waitlisted and they said this “ you are advised to explore other opportunities to continue your education; including accepting a place at another institution” because they are unsure whether there will be any spots available.
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@godwillmakeaway from what i heard in another thread, the bigger scholarships go to people on the waitlist! i think you should definitely stay on
hey!i actually emailed YNC to ask abt the scholarships and they said they have given it out alr along with the admissions offer together :”( so it means I have no scholarship as well D:
Idk what to do because I Have to choose between NUS (basically everything is free cos I got scholarship) and yale NUS (100k+ for the whole course for 4yrs) any opinions on this ? ?
@fluffypancakes It depends! Are you okay with studying at NUS compared to YNC? If affordability is a big issue, then NUS w/ scholarship is pretty good. If your family can afford the 100k, then YNC is obviously going to be more worth it. It really depends on you. For me personally, the small classes, open ended curriculum and international diversity are all big factors for me. It’s a funny story, but I’m actually transferring from NUS engineering to YNC for personal reasons and I honestly can’t believe I got in haha. I tried to transfer to NUS FASS and got rejected lol, but somehow YNC accepted me. So anything is possible in the end.
Just to add on, I also got rejected by University of Toronto and UBC too (probably because my NUS grades were terrible). So things really can work out for you. The holistic admissions process really came through for me 
@fluffypancakes I believe that it really depends on your financial situation as well as it definitely is a relatively important investment and a once in a lifetime kinda thing. But personally, I was waitlisted into YNC and was applying as a transfer from george washington university in the states (a great school for international affairs and is located in DC). And really upsetting because I only knew about the application deadline 10 days before the deadline for Round 2 so I was kinda short of time ?The reason why I wanted to transfer was also due to enjoying the small class sizes and loving a liberal arts college as GW was too big. So it really also depends on whether you would like this type of education where everything revolves basically around liberal arts, sciences and certain mathematical courses. And also it may also be important to like consider whether maybe perhaps you would like to stick to these kind of academic subjects or potentially transfer into business or like something else.
oh okay. thanks for that! @gwu2023yay
oof… prob financial aid tho? @preshes
@TSP207 @gwu2023yay thAnk you for your replies! Really appreciate your opinions!! Personally, I’m actually a bit apprehensive abt common curriculum mainly because I haven’t touched any literature texts since 4yrs ago and but other than that I like wholesome education and I rlly love studying a wide variety of subjects !!! (I’m like well rounded in terms of acads HAHA)
The main concern is I feel rlly guilty using my mum’s cpf to offset my school fees(I’m singaporean and cpf is basically some savings scheme by the gov where every working citizen has to park part of their salary into).
I’m not eligible for financial aid, but mostly it’s just very superficial because even though my household income is above average, basically only my mum has paid for everything since I was born. (My dad ain’t that involved) and maybe that’s where my guilt started building up I Guess? and my mum has to support my grandparents who has medical needs and stuff. And she’s not that highly paid as well is just that she has worked for a rlly Long time to save up all that money ?
Idk if I can study in peace knowing all these…
@fluffypancakes Same situation here, I did not qualify for fin aid from ync but 27k/year is truly expensive :(. Additionally, I was given the conditional pathway to Duke-NUS, which is another 50k/year for the last 4 years. There’s no way my family can afford this…
@fluffypancakes @turqqu Ohhh also I hope this may help but also considering whether there will be any difference for you guys between studying in a local institution or one that is more international may be a good factor for you all to think about? Personally, upon graduation I see myself travelling and perhaps working in different countries and moving around hence an international institution is definitely more beneficial for me. However, if you are certain that you will probably stay in Singapore or work locally for a relatively longer period of time then perhaps there isn’t as big of a difference between studying in YNC and NUS. But I would say that YNC and NUS definitely both has its perks!!
@gwu2023yay hmmm… thanks for ur insight!! For me, I am rather okay with working anywhere but I think I’m more inclined to work in sg since it’s where all my friends and family are.
@turqqu did u happen to comment on reddit too? I have a vague impression of a comment that is similar to yours!! Anyways we are literally on the same boat because I was offered the duke NUS pathway too :”) but idt I’m gonna spend another 200k to get an MD esp if I’m
Going to spend 108k studying in Yale NUS alr…literally I’m gonna be broke. Just curious, are you still gonna accept yale NUS offer or go to another Uni? Because I literally dk wat to choose ?
Hey guys, I haven’t been on the thread since I got waitlisted, so sorry if I am repeating a question that has already been asked! Does anyone have clarity on when waitlist results are coming out? Last year there were people who got off the waitlist around May 20th, but I feel like this is way too early for the eventful year of 2020, hahhahah. And if nobody knows, would it be too nosy if I emailed the admissions team to ask them?
@surejen I’m a waitlisted student from round 1, and I’m desperate for the results to come out! While we can’t be sure, my best guess is that they’ll start coming out after May 24 because that’s when the round 2 admitted students have to commit. Also, I doubt that the admissions team would tell us when they’re sending out offers. You’d probably just get a vague answer, like on or before June 30 (much as we’d love to have a definitive date to count down to). All the best!
@bananabunny Yeah, I am in the same boat here! Best of luck to you too! And May 24th doesn’t sound that bad, I just hope that they’re reviewing the waitlisted applicants at the moment so that they can send out the results as soon as round 2’s time to decide is up!
@surejen hopefully! and it seems like around the right time because according to last year’s thread, people started getting offers on May 22/23!