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Choosing colleges to apply to ofl

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Your Shortlist: Which Colleges?# fj*

Recommended: 6 schools altogether. Absolute maximum: 8 altogether,3 lvy League.

It isn't just a matter of applying to the top 6 colleges in America. Ifyou're sure you want to go to the US, give yourself a safety net! We

suggest that you include:

2 "reach" schools-

some chance of getting in2 realistic schools

-realistic chance of getting in

2 "safety" schools-

very good chance of getting in

Things to look out for:

There are lots of ways you can research universities at RJC. Feel free to use our surveyquestions on your seniors. It would be great also if you could share the answers you get!

Requirements. Want to pass a swim test? Be a non-engineer at Columbia. MIT?Only pass/fail grades in your first year

-but you'llneed that!

Academic style. Cornell and Brown, Ivy League, but very different. Cornell: bothliberal arts and preprofessional. Brown: freewheeling in terms of classes, majors

and grades.

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-age index to Edward B. Fiske, The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2OO3,19th ed. (Sourcebooks, 2OO4Please remember: This is one of many guidelines. Employers or scholarship boards here may also accept other schools.

From 1999-2000 estimated costs (tuition and fees only)

Five-Star Academics

More than $5,000

$4,000-$5,000

$3,000-$4,000

Less than $3,000

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More than $23,000

$20,000-$23,000

$17,000-$20,000

Less than $17,000

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Amherst College (MA, $$$8) ................21

Bowdoin College (ME, 88s.$) ..............67Brown University (RI, $$$$). ................74

Bryn Mawr College (PA, $$$$, women).................78

UC-Berkeley (CA, W0.......... ...............85

California Institute of Technol ogy (CA, .t.t) ......... 1 05

Carleton College (MN, $$S$) ..............121

Universityof Chicago (IL,

$$$$)........136

Pomona College (CA, $$8$) ...............148

Columbia College NY, $$$$) .............172

Cornell University OIY, S8$) ..............186

Dartmouth College (l{H, $8$$) ...........192

Duke University 0{C, $$$$) ...............222

Harvard University (MA, $S$$) ..........289

Haverford College (PA, $$88) ............293U of Illinois at Urbana;Champaign (IL, Wil...........320

The Johns Hopkins University (MD, $$$$) ..........337

Bard College NY, .$SEE)........ ...............46

Barnard College Qr{Y, $8$, women) ......48Bates College (ME, $$$). ......................51

Boston University (MA, $8$) ....,.......,...64

Bucknell University (pA, $$$).. ............ g1

UC-Davis (CA, (Fil ...........88

UC-Los Angeles (CA, W).... .................93

UC-Riverside (CA, (f)........... ..............95UC-San Diego (CA, pil ......98

UC-Santa Cruz (CA, (f) ............ ......... 103

U of British Columbia (Canada, p) ......................112

McGill University (C anada, 0 ............................. 1 1 4

Queen's University (Canada, (pil ....................... 1 I 6

University of Toronto (Canada, (il ..................... 119

Carnegie Mellon University (pA, $ $ $) ................, 123

Case Western Reserve University (OH, $$) .........126

Claremont McKenna College (CA, $$$).........,..... I42



This index to The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2003was created by Ng E-Ching for Raffles Junior College (March 22,2OOg)

Hamilton College (1,{Y, $$$$) ..............279

Hampshire College (MA, $$8$) ..........284

College of the Holy Cross (MA, $$$)....................306

Illinois Institute of Technol ogy (IL, $ $) ................ 3 1 8Indiana University (IN, (ff) ...............325

University of Iowa (A, il ...................330

University of Kansas (Kans as, il ..........................3 43

Kenyon College (OH, $S$$) ...............348

Lafayette College (PA, $8$).. ..............353

Lawrence University ('t4/1, $8$) ...........359

Lehigh University (PA, $$$S) .............361

Mary Washington College (t/A, (il ......................382

Middlebury College W, $$$$) ..........401

U of Minnesota-Twin Cities (tu{N, (Pil................409

Mount Holyoke College (MA, $$$$) .................... 416

New College of Florid a (FL, il ............................. 424

New York University NY, $$$$) ........440University of Notre Dame (IN, $$$) ...457

Occidental College (CA, $88) .............462

Rensselaer Polyechnic Institute NY, $ $ $ S) ......... 5 17

University of Rochest er (NY, S $ $) ........................ 53 6

Rutgers-The State U ofNew Jersey (NJ, PPPil ..........543

St. Mary's College of Maryland (MD, (PPil........553

St. Olaf College (MN, .$,$) ............ .......555

Sarah Lawrence College NY, $8$$) ...565

Skidmore College .............568

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University of Southern Califomia (CA, $S$)........578

(..........and many more. This was the surprising one.)



RIC Success Rates 2001-2003

Raffles Junior College2004 Record of Successful Applicants to US Universities

(RJC JC2 2003, to enter college in 2004)

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RIC Success Rates 2001-2003 Page 2 of 4

Figures are reported by each respective university, not by

The admit figures include originally waitlisted students and students who for any reason do not accept theirMost universities' initial reports include students who will enroll this year who were previously admitted and def

but above we have excluded these students on the basis of the best information available to us.For instance, TB of last year's applicants were accepted to Cornell, while 12 more students held deferred offen

The number of appticants omits cancelled and incomplete applications.

Where possible, the Total Admits for Singapore reflects only students from the JC system.* indicates where the Total Admit figure includes the international schools.

Raffles Junior College2003 Record of Successful Applicants to US Universities(RJC JC2 2002,to enter college in 2003)

Total Reqular DecisionAdmit Aoolied % Admit Admit Waitlist Applied Admit

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larneqie Mellon Universitv Zt 2i 9601 2z 2i c

lolqate Universitv c 00/, 1 c

lolumbia Universitv t 71 7o/( 11 6tlonnecticut Colleqe 0o/( ( c

ornell Universitv 7! 151 5001 7E 1t 151)artmouth Colleqe 2a 320/, e 2i)avidson Colleoe 1 ool c 1

1C )uke Universitv 2( 6C 4301 2! c 57

11 ieoroetown Universitv 14 360/, 1 fz12 larvard IJniversitv 6t 30/,




Raffles Junior College2002 Record of Successful Applicants to US Universities

(RJC JC2 2001, to enter college in 2002

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,' Where to Go: A Rough Guide By Miss Ng E-Ching (version: Feb 23, 2003)

These (ists are not exhaustive. For more information, borrow a cotlege guide from the library (or request one from Miss Ng).

Schoots which PSC schotars were attending tast year are marked e. NB: PSC is witl,ing to send you to others if you can make your case.

The lvy League Very competitive: public

With atmost-lvy-class programmes:

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Brown Universit/sc (great academic flexibility)

Columbia UniversityPsc (you'll love or hate New York)

Cornell UniversityPsc lflooded with Singaporeans)

o Dartmouth CollegePsc lgood teaching of undergrads)

o Harvard Universitynsc 1elit";

o University of PennsylvaniaPsc (more practical)

o Georgetown UniversityPsc (esp. politics or international studies)

o The Johns Hopkins Universit/t'1"uri", entry for non-science) Colleges not to ignore

o PrincetonUniversitytt" (elite, conservative, undergrad-friendly). Yale Universit/tc 1elit., relatively undergrad-friendly)

As good as the lvies or better

o CaltechPsc lcalifornia Institute of Technology)

o University of Chicagonsc

o Duke UniversityPsc

. MITPSC (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

o StanfordUniversit}/sc

Very competitive: private (very subjectively judged)

o Amherst College

o Carnegie Mellon UniversityPsc

o NorthwesternUniversityPsc

. Smith College (women's college)

o Swarthmore College

o Berkeleytt" lutrirrersity of California, Berkeley campus)

o Michiguntt" luniuersity of Michigan, a.k.a. Ann Arbor)

o UNC Chapel Hill-Honors Program

(University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill campus)

o UVA-Echols Scholars Progrbm (University of Virginia)

Canada

Cold weather and big classes-but great HK Chinese food. lf you

can't decide between the UK and the US, then the dry Canadian

sense of humour and calm good sense might be just right for you.

It's much cheaper too.

o McGill, Toronto, University of British Columbia, Queen's

o Wesleyan University-check out no-bond Freeman Scholarship.

o Rice University-less lcnown but cheaper



Where to Go: Engineering By Miss Ng E-Ching (version: Feb 23, 2003)

Source: Ihe Fiske Guide to Colleges 2N3.some of these schoots are dedicated technical institutes, but the majority have a liberal arts

curriculum, and att witt require non-science courses for graduation. NB: not atl are welt-known in Singapore. Check out www.a-star.edu,se.

Schoots which PSC schotars were attending last year are marked

Ps.NB: PSC is witling to send you to others if you can make your case,

Engwineering : Technical Institutes

. CaltechPtc lcalifo*ia Institute of Technology)

o Georgia Institute of Technolog/tc


Engineering: Private


. Case Western Reserve University

Columbia UniversityPsc

Cornell UniversityPsc

Duke UniversityPsc

Engineering: Small Golleges and Universities

o Brown Universit/sc

o Bucknell University

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Dartmouth UniversityPsc

Lafayette University

Lehigh University

Rice UniversitySmith College

(CT) Trinity College

Union College

Engineering: Public

. Berkeleynsc lunirrersity of California, Berkeley campus)

. UCLAPSC lu.riversity of California, Los Angeles campus)

o UIUCPSClunirrersity of

Illinois, Urbana-Champaign campus)

. Michigatrnsc lutriversity of Michigan , a.k.a. Ann Arbor)

o STINY-Buffalo (State University of New York, Buffalo campus)

o Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

o University of Washington

Purdue Universit/sc

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The Johns Hopkins UniversityPsc

Northwestern Universityt'"

University of Notre Dame

PennPsc (University of Pennsylvania)

Princeton Universit5/sc

USCPSC (University of Southern California)

Stanford Universit/sc

Tufts UniversityPsc

Vanderbilt University

Washington University in St. Louis Texas A&M University



Where to Go: More About the Sciences By Miss Ng E-Ching (version: Feb 23, 2003)

These lists were brainstormed by a few BME students and mysetf: they are not exhaustive. Check out A-star at !4449lj!gl4d!:!g.

The top universities (Harvard, Co(umbia, Duke) usually have very good departments in these areas, even if they're not listed here.

There may be a few exceptions. Always try to check out your chosen department with students from that college.

Life Sciences Chemical Engineering

o Brown UniversityPsc o Berkeleynsc luniversity of California, Berkeley campus)

o UBC (University of British Columbia, in Canada) . CaltechPsc lcalifornia Institute of Technology)

. Berkele/sc (Jniversity ofCalifomia, Berkeley campus) . UruCPsc (Jniversity oflllinois, Urbana-Champaign campus)

r University of ChicagoPsc (but no bio-related engineering) . MITEC (Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology)

o Duke UniversityPsc o MichiganPsc lunirrersity of Michigan, a.k.a. Ann Arbor)

. Minnesota (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus) The Johns Hopkins UniversityPsco MichiganPsc lu.tiversity of Michigan, a.k.a. Ann Arbor) o UT-Austin (University of Texas, Austin campus)

o NorthwesternUniversityPsc

. PennPSC (University of Pennsylvania)Safety Schools

You shoutd appty to two schools at which you have a high chance

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering of admission. Some possibi(ities inctude:

o Berkeleytsc luttiversity of California, Berkeley campus) o Boston Universityo UCSD (University of California, San Diego campus)

o Carnegie Mellon Universityo CornellUniversityPsc

o UCSD (University of California, San Diego campus)

o Cornell UniversityPsc lull the Ivy League schools have highstandards, but Cornell takes many more Singaporeans than most)

. MichiganPrc (Jniversity ofMichigan, a-k.a. Ann Arbor) . UIUCPSC Cjniversity oflttinois, Urbana-Champaigr campus)

. MITPSC (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) . MichiganPsc luniversity of Michigan, a.k.a. Ann Arbor)

o Minnesota (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus)

o Purdue UniversityPsc

o USC (University of Southern California)

o UT-Austin (University of Texas, Austin campus)

c Purdue UniversityPsc

c USC (University of Southern California)

o StanfordUniversit/sc

o UT-Austin (University of Texas, Austin campus)



Where to Go: Other Schools to Consider By Miss Ng E-Ching (version: Feb 23, 2003)

These lists are not exhaustiye. For more information, check The Fiske Guide to Colteges 20f,2 at l,tiss Ng's or Mr Booth's desk.

Often the top universities (Harvard, Cotumbia, Duke) have good departments in these areas, even if they're not tisted here.Check

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chosen department is an exception with lhe Fiste Guide to Colleges 20f,2 at Miss Ng's or rvir Booth's desk.

Business

You have three options: (1) a business undergraduate programme-

rare; (2) an Econs BA-relativety theoreticat; (3) go back for an MBA

after your BA (non-business majors are welcome at top schoots).

Here we'l[ dea[ onty with (1):

o Babson College (ranked top in entrepreneurship)


o GeorgetownUniversit/sc


o New York UniversityPsc

. PennPSC (University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School)

o USC (University of Southern California)

Pubtic schools:

o Berkele/sc lunirrersity of California, Berkeley campus)

o UVA (University of Virginia)

Political Science

o Political Theory (philosophy): Clairmont, Chicagcr

o Comparative Politics: Yale, others depend on specialisation

o International Relations: Princeton, Columbia

o PublicAdministratiorlPolicy: Syracuse'sMaxwell School,

University of Southern California, Sloan School at MIT

Canada

Cotd weather and big classes-but great HK Chinese food. lf you

can't decide between the UK and the US, then the dry Canadian

sense of humour and calm good sense might be just right for you.

It's much cheaper too.

o McGill o Toronto o University of British Columbia o

Queen's

Safety Schools

You should appty to two schools at which you have a high chance

of admission. Some possibitities inctude:

o Boston University

o UCSD (University of California, San Diego campus)

o Cornell UniversityPs" lull the Ivy League have high standards,

but Cornell takes many more Singaporeans than most)

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UIUCPSC (University of lllinois, Urbana-Champaign campus)

MichiganPsc luniversity of Michigan, a.k.a. Ann Arbor)

Minnesota (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus)

Purdue UniversityPsc

USC (University of Southem California)

UT-Austin (University of Texas, Austin campus)

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