According to Kong Jing, the three years of AP class children are probably like this: the first year of high school should be spent on learning English and adapting to studying abroad, and the second year of high school should spend a lot of energy on exams, SAT and TOEFL. In the third year of senior high school, they will start to collect information from overseas universities and prepare application materials.
In this process, they will spend a lot of time in these areas besides studying.
Internship. Those who like it can go to a software company, and those who like to design can go to a design institute. These internship units are all selected and contacted by students themselves.
Do charity activities. For example, taking care of children in orphanages, teaching in poor mountainous areas, and supporting disaster areas in a safe way when disasters occur;
Plan social activities. All kinds of science and technology festivals and art festivals in the school are good platforms for giving full play to leadership. Some non-profit organizations, such as Greenpeace, can also plan some large-scale student activities in Chongqing and even the whole country.
The time for each student to participate in activities is different. If students like it, as long as they attend classes carefully during class hours, the teacher will not make any arrangements for the students in the rest of the time. Therefore, students in AP class are much freer than other classes.
The admission scores of overseas universities are only a reference. Among the students with this score, the college enrollment group is more concerned about the ability beyond the student's score. It is not that the better the grades, the better the school, nor that it is not good to fail in the exam. When the school admits you, it will refer to your many experiences and academic achievements since childhood.
leadership
Li Yutian
SAT:2220 points
TOEFL: 1 10.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (one of the top ten universities in the Midwest of the United States, ranking 4 1 in the United States)
Li Yutian's SAT and TOEFL scores are not bad in the class, but Kong Jing said that Li Yutian's greatest advantage is not the scores, but the various student activities organized in the school. "She has a very strong leadership ability, and can bring several students together to turn old-fashioned campus activities into a big gathering attended by all teachers and students!" Kong Jing said.
Science and Technology Festival is a traditional festival of Chongqing Foreign Languages School, which is held once a year. "In previous years, the participation in the Science and Technology Festival was not high, more like the exchange of scientific and technological talents within the school and the display of achievements. We hope to make the Science and Technology Festival a feast for every student to learn and share technology. " Li Yuxi said.
On 20 12 Science and Technology Festival, Li Yutian, with several classmates, first sought training institutions, stomatological hospitals and other units to win sponsorship of 10,000 yuan. Through this money, she and her team members decorated the event site and set up garden activities, puzzles, scratch prizes and other links. In order to implement the scientific and technological elements, Li Yutian and the team set up competitions such as chopsticks bridging, one-stop and manual racing. Teachers and students actively participated in this year's Science and Technology Festival.
President's comment: Leadership is one of the most important abilities of American universities. Li Yutian's greatest strength is leadership. When writing the application materials, she emphasized her ability in this field, which really aroused the interest of good universities.
Love and persistence
week
Saturday: 2 190
TOEFL: 1 10
Harvey Mudd College (National College of Arts and Sciences Ranking 16)
Zhou has been exposed to programming since elementary school. He fell in love with computers when he discovered the unpredictable mystery of programming. When he was in junior high school, he began to watch the open courses of foreign universities on the Internet to teach himself computer programming. Since then, he has told himself that he must go to Silicon Valley for development.
In the second year of high school, Zhou, together with several classmates, founded the first social networking site for youth organizations in our city.
"We use the characteristic community resources of each school to build a website exchange platform, and all high schools in Chongqing can enjoy the resources." Zhou said that the website has opened sections such as community activities and community forums. "We can provide the most timely community consultation, the latest campus fun, free and open community communication and the most comprehensive community management plan."
Zhou feels that besides his IT talent, another experience is also very important to him. He went to Stanford for a two-month summer course. He kept in touch with the interviewer at that time and the interviewer gave him a lot of advice.
President's comment: Zhou's website reflects his teamwork ability and his love and persistence in the IT industry, which is appreciated by American universities.
Artistic innovation ability
Zhang Yasha
SAT:2050 points
TOEFL: 104
Scripps College (the third girls' school in America)
Speaking of exam results, girls who are usually careless are a little embarrassed. Her SAT score is slightly higher than the class average, and her TOEFL score is only above average.
The reason why she can apply to the third girls' school in America is because she has many specialties. He began to learn gymnastics at the age of 5, dance calligraphy at the age of 8, guzheng at the age of 65,438+00, pipa at the age of 65,438+04, and yoga at the age of 65,438+05. In less than two months, he got the certificate of senior yoga instructor, and/kloc-began to take the examination of water drama director at the age of 0/6. A historical drama won the campus drama award in one fell swoop.
Zhang Yasha is not proud of having so many specialties. She said, "Who doesn't have any special skills now? Many people can play the piano and violin. I think the key is to combine these majors to create new art, which is what American universities really appreciate. "
Zhang Yasha's comprehensive artistic ability refers to the ability of a drama director. In the school drama festival, Zhang Yasha wrote the script, sketched the scene, arranged the stage and lights, choreographed the dance movements and edited the music to set off the atmosphere. "Make use of everything you know to create a work of art," Zhang Yasha said. "This is my greatest advantage in applying for a university."
Principal's comment: Zhang Yasha not only has many specialties, but also combines these specialties to play. This is a kind of creativity. American universities attach great importance to creativity, because creativity can bring new vitality to schools and make them get new development.
read extensively
And internship experience
Qin Chang
SAT:2340 points
TOEFL: 1 13.
Pomona College (ranked fourth in the national college of arts and sciences)
Qin Chang is a bully in his class, and his SAT scores and TOEFL scores are the highest in his class. More importantly, she didn't work hard at all. Growing up, she never spent money on training courses.
Kong Jing said that this child is very talented in learning. But Qin Chang himself doesn't think so. She said that the exam used books she usually read and internship experience, which was more flexible.
Qin Chang likes reading books at ordinary times, including American literary works such as The Great Gatsby, American cultural and historical books such as A Close Look at America, philosophical and theoretical books such as Existentialism, and she often reads original English books. "When you take the SAT and TOEFL, you will get some western literature and history. With these foundations, reading and writing during the exam will be very easy. In the composition topic, I wrote several examples, all of which were seen from extracurricular books. " Qin Chang said.
Besides reading books, Qin Chang is also keen on internships. She likes psychology, so she has been an intern in Jiangbei Mental Health Center since her freshman year. Every weekend and half a winter and summer vacation, she will go to Jiangbei District Mental Health Center to take care of patients, or participate in doctor's consultation and analysis. "I also wrote my internship experience on the application materials. I may study psychology at university. " Qin Chang said.
Through the guidance of the future Chongqing New Oriental study abroad teacher, she was finally admitted to Pomona College (ranked 4th in the National College of Arts and Sciences).
Principal's comments: Qin Chang has a strong learning ability. Originally, her score was very dominant, and her extensive reading and internship experience added a lot of color to her application materials.