Admissions for Fast Track Programme
Admittance to SMU and SIS is required to be part of the fast track programme. You can find information about applying for admission to SMU at www.smu.edu.sg/admissions/index.asp. All Fast-Track students must apply to the School of Information Systems in their application. You can get more information about SIS at www.sis.smu.edu.sg.
Fast Track Programme
1a. Entering Students
SIS will use normal application materials and the interview to determine eligibility to join the Fast Track programme. Please inform the programme manager (Kevin Steppe – kevinsteppe@smu.edu.sg) that you are interested. Please indicate if you will self fund if not awarded a National Infocomm Scholarship.
Students considering the fast track should also apply for the National Infocomm Scholarship and indicate the SMU-Carnegie Mellon Fast Track as their programme of choice.
Entering students will be informed of admission in June.
1b. Current Students
If you are a second year student at SIS, with a GPA of 3.65 or above and a strong leadership record while at SIS, you can apply to the Fast Track Programme. Submit your application to the programme coordinator. Applications are due the second week of January of the current academic year.
2 . Carnegie Mellon Undergraduate
Carnegie Mellon requires a mid-course application. One term before entering Carnegie Mellon, you will need to submit the following materials to the Carnegie Mellon side programme manger.
For students admitted as entering students, if Carnegie Mellon expresses concerns regarding current performance, you will have one term to make improvements at which time you must resubmit the updated information for a second review.
Materials:
1. A cover letter to introduce yourself discussing what you want to do while at Carnegie Mellon: courses and other things (projects, extra-curricular, etc) you are interested in, your intended masters programme, and something about yourself such as past activities or future goals or reasons for pursuing the fast track.
2. Transcript from SMU
3. An up-to-date and professional resume. It's recommended that you follow the American conventions, so limit the resume to 2 pages and leave out much of your demographics (race, date-of-birth, martial status, etc).
4. Letter of recommendation from an SIS faculty member.
5. List of courses required to finish BSc (ISM) degree.
6. Courses at Carnegie Mellon which interest you. The Carnegie Mellon IS Programme page is a good start for ideas as is the Carnegie Mellon online course schedule. Remember that offerings vary from one semester to another, so use the Fall/Spring options appropriately for an idea of what will be offered.
3 . Carnegie Mellon Masters Programmes
Each Masters programme at Carnegie Mellon sets its own admissions requirements. You must make a standard application and fulfill the admissions requirements of those programs you apply to.
See the programme web sites for details:
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