PhD Applications and Admission Results

This post is inspired by Mathematics GRE forum and Grad Cafe forum.

Undergrad Institution: Cambridge University
Major: Math
BA and MMath (in progress)
GPA for BA: 96%

GRE Revised General Test (taken in Sep 2019):
Quantitative Reasoning: 170 (96%)
Verbal Reasoning: 159 (83%)
Writing: 4.5 (81%)

GRE Subject Test (taken in Sep 2019):
Mathematics: 970 (99%)

Program Applying: Pure Math PhD

Applied to:
Caltech: Accepted on 4 Feb, Attending!
Cambridge: Accepted on 12 Feb, Declined on 6 Mar
MIT: Waitlisted on 6 Feb, Rejected on 15 Apr
Princeton: Rejected on 31 Jan
Stanford: Waitlisted on 2 Mar, Rejected on 10 Apr
Yale: Accepted on 3 Feb, Declined on 11 Apr

Deadline for acceptance of US grad schools: 15 Apr

Taiwan's Taichung & Taipei Trip 6 to 13 Feb 2020

日月潭

著名的阿嫲茶叶蛋

九族文化村

天香草莓园

中社花市

贝壳庙

淡水渔人码头

渔人码头的黄昏

台中后里花博园区灯会

象山

十份

火车路放天灯

猫空

猫空杏花村

阳明山

Offer Letter from Caltech

Offer Letter from Yale

NUSH Alumni CNY Gathering in Cambridge on 26 January 2020

Hack & Roll 2020

Pang Wen Yuen, Chang Si Yuan, Wang Jianzhi and Lim Li formed a team to take part in Hack & Roll 2020 from 18 to 19 January 2020, held at NUS.

They came in Top 8 Teams, each member winning a Google Home Mini and Kindle Paperwhite 4.

NUS 2019/2020 Semester 2 Modules

Lim Li is taking the following modules this semester:

CS3235 Computer Security
CS3243 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CS4231 Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
LAJ2201 Japanese 2
MA2101S Linear Algebra II (S)
MA3233 Combinatorics and Graphs II
PC1432 Physics IIE

Singapore Chemistry Olympiad 2019 Results

Singapore Physics Olympiad 2019 Results

NUSH Families and Friends Gathering 29 Dec 2019

Family Christmas Gathering

Playing Nintendo Switch games

Playing Bingo

NUS 2019/2020 Semester 1 Exam Results

Lim Li's NUS Year 2 Semester 1 Exam Results

^CS2105 A-
^CS2107 A+
*GEQ1000 Completed (Satisfactory)
*GER1000 A-
#MA2104 A-
#MA2213 A-
#MA2214 A+
#MA3110S A+

^account for CS CAP
#account for MA CAP
*account for both CS CAP and MA CAP

CAP for Computer Science (CS): 4.88
CAP for Mathematics (MA): 4.81