Sunday, March 21, 2004
There's something about having too many choices. Euphoria from good results fading, there comes the inevitable question: What now?
I'd like to study overseas. Really I would. In a large old scholarly university with lighted roaring fires while the winter rages outside, with friendly students holding books strolling the college grounds donning sweaters with large impressive crests, with happening summer night house parties, with large cavernous libraries for you to curl up with a book all day, with a cosy dorm room and a fellow singaporean scholar, sharing late night pizzas while we wonder which pair of briefs belongs to who. I'd like to return to singapore with horizons expanded, mature thinking, a global perceptive, and of course, a lovely singaporean-american accent. (ok the last one's stupid)
Somehow i always imagined that everything would easily fall into place once the good results were out. Colleges would be begging for me to enroll, my mailbox would be flooded with invitation letters to top universities in the US, UK, Australia, maybe even China (seeing my hopeless chinese results, they'd want to help me attain perfection by improving my chinese, yes?). Well, the 4 As are safely in the bag, i didnt get a fat Ungraded for my S paper, but my mailbox still has cobwebs in them. Last sunday was spent frantically scanning the Scholarship Guide 2004 for possible scholarships, surfing government websites to read up about the corporations offering scholarships, scanning Ivy League sites trying to decipher their admissions criteria and courses offered, and im still as clueless as last year. Come tuesday, a "dear OC, please let me book out to write my scholarship essays" request was miraculously granted and (frantically) spent on more research on Ivy League universities and signing up for more scholarships.
Of course, my poor parents had to be dragged in to complete my scholarship forms and put my jarbled points into coherent sentences for essays. After which i just realised i forgot to apply for the basic NTU/SMU university courses, and am currently wondering why my NTU course is starting in July 2004 instead of 2006. Hmmm. Am also wondering if NUS law is a good choice and which double degree for SMU should be taken up.
Choices, choices, choices. I thought getting good results was supposed to be a good thing? Hahaha.
Deb, why didnt i listen to you last year and sent for all those fancy university forms like you told me too? Maybe its because i never expected my grades, and was happily content with a cosy SMU life of study and party. Well, i've set my sights higher now, but im wondering if its a little too late, and if its worth the effort at all. I probably wont make it to the interview stage, given my (horrible) chinese grades and one s paper. Even if i did, they'd probably reject me because i have no idea where and what i want to study, as long as its overseas. Is this another ego thing? I dont know. But heck, it cant hurt to try. About a dozen scholarship application forms have been sent out, i've received one invitation to do an assessment test so far. Will probably have more to come, so dear readers who're veterans in this area, do help me to answer a few questions please?
-Do i need to take SAT II to study in the US? If so, what subjects should i take and how does one go about applying and studying for them?
-How does one apply for US Universities (esp Ivy League ones) and which universities are more well known for business related studies? (Im interested in Accountancy) I've narrowed it down to three: UPenn, Berkeley, University of Virginia. Any that i've missed out? Oh any info on universities offering Mass Comm/ Comm studies would be useful too.
-I believe i need to obtain several forms directly from the university to apply. How does one get his hands on them?
-If i apply for a local scholarship this year, will i have to sign the contract this year or wait till 2006? (because im thinking of waiting till next year to try applying for overseas scholarships again, after i've sorted out this whole mess)
-how the heck do you inform our local unis that we're in NS and you can only start studying in 2006?
Well yup. I sound like the FAQ section of a university website. (maybe its because i spent most of my time in that section. hahaha) Yes its really exciting, the prospects are absolutely delicious. But with 1499 other four As students competing with me, the task proves to be extremely daunting indeed. Plus given the fact i have no knowledge whatsoever on universities, the corporations im applying for, and current affairs (you cant blame me for the last one: in commandos, the only time we get our hands on newspapers is when we have to tear them to wipe our windows).
The future is so exciting. If only army didnt exist. -sigh-
he rocked the party at 12:08 AM |
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Well whaddayaknow... its been awhile since i've blogged aint it? Hahah well ok more than awhile. More like three weeks. Three weeks of lousy, sandfly infested, combat ration meals, pajama 4s, powder baths, no brushing of teeth, rolling in mud, sticky sweat, acne-inducing camoflauge cream, BMTC infantry (ahem) soldiers, late nights doing push ups, sleeping on dusty floored, (and of course, with three stupid robbers) TEKONG.
Whoops. Not supposed to talk about army now. Well, just needed to explain to all you dear readers about my blogging absence. No matter, he's back! Yes he's back... back again.. on a long weekend too, thanks to an off in due on monday for the weekends burnt in tekong. Thank you to loyal readers who still tagged me despite not seeing any new entries (yes, mostly to diss me over my results)
-grin-
Yes results.. Can i brag? Oh what the heck, its my blog.
My A Level results:
General Paper - A2
Chinese AO - C6
Mathematics - A
Economics - A
Physics - A
Chemistry - A
Economics S Paper - Merit
Whoopeedo! Hahaha. Never expected this, truly i didnt.
And oh crap i'm late for church, i really should go to thank the Lord for such a miracle, so i guess i'll be on my way.
Really wanted to write more, i'll guess i'll continue tonight.
Watch this space bradda!
he rocked the party at 1:16 AM |
