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[转载] (文学城文章)子女教育爬藤杂谈:进名校说难不难,说不难也难

回复 50楼报喜妈 的帖子

谢谢报喜妈!
你孩子真优秀,
希望多介绍经验,
给我们传经送宝啊!.

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回复 51楼wikky 的帖子

你孩子高一吗?.

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回复 52楼报喜妈 的帖子

孩子初二,
打算高中毕业后出国读大学的。
这条路怎么走?
还在摸索中,
希望报喜妈多指导啊!.

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回复 53楼wikky 的帖子

指导谈不上,等消息一出来,偶会与大家一起分享,这段时间实在没心思。.

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回复 54楼报喜妈 的帖子

理解你
相信一定会心想事成的!.

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回复 54楼报喜妈 的帖子

期待牛孩心想事成,更期待申请经验传经送宝!让旺旺网学弟学妹沾喜气!.

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回复 55楼幼稚的疯丫头 的帖子

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回复 56楼谢菲 的帖子

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回复 50楼报喜妈 的帖子

你孩子真优秀啊,  超级仰视!  希望多介绍经验!.

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选择哈佛读工程,的确很适合作者的女儿,比在MIT轻松N倍。.

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回复 59楼靓狗妈 的帖子

WW上的BB优秀的很多,偶娃也不算什么,到时和MM分享体会那是一定的..

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原帖由 宇泽妈 于 2011-11-20 14:45 发表
对于本洲的学生来说,上加大系统还是比较容易的,因为这是我们加洲纳税人养着的学校,绝大多数名额还是保留给本洲的孩子的。留给外洲和国际生的名额是很有限的,所以,外洲和国际生要进加大系统就比较难了。
这个情况目前不再适合加州了(德州貌似还是这样,有油就有米的),加州穷疯了,外洲和国际生要进加大系统因为交高额的非本州学费,大大的欢迎。当然UCB和UCLA这样的学校门槛还是比较高的。.

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回复 62楼histanford 的帖子

容易是相对来说的,虽然外州生和国际生的比例增多,但加大毕竟还是加州的公立学校,绝大多数名额还是留给加州孩子的。去UCB和UCLA看看,华人的比例超高的,华人子弟只要好好用功读书,进UCB和UCLA相对来说还是比较容易些的。.

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原帖由 报喜妈 于 2011-11-25 20:14 发表
指导谈不上,等消息一出来,偶会与大家一起分享,这段时间实在没心思。
已经心想事成了   
哈哈,传授点经验吧..

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回复 64楼快乐小猪妈妈 的帖子

这次偶娃爬藤成功,哥伦比亚大学和加州理工同时录取!.

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爬藤之路很艰辛,以下是偶娃在收到录取通知时的感想:
    早上六点。打开email里那个账户链接。淡定的输入密码。Click "view your application decision"。电脑立马开始播放凯旋进行曲。Then I know, the wish two years ago has come true. But not necessarily the wish today.

"Congratulations! Dean James Valentini and the members of the Committee on Admissions join me in the most rewarding part of my job - informing you that you have been selected for admission to Columbia College."

无论我收到的是"congrat"还是"sorry",我知道,那一刻,决定人生未来的一刻,我第一次做到了不以物喜,不以己悲。“Congrat”,我会欣然接受。“Sorry”,我就free from ED binding了,possibilities will be endless. Anyway will work for me.

我的纠结,绝不是因为Columb不够好。做了那么多年的x校教主,我很自然的想在申请上再做一次教主。不止一个朋友在听说我ED之后,摇头:you deserve better.

Perhaps, I guess.

Whatever. Columbia is perfect, at least to me, at least to the creed of DIY.

I AM DIY。在这个中介铺天盖地的年份里,我是快要灭绝的DIY党之一。除我本人和我爸妈外,没有第四个人看过我的essay或者其他任何申请材料。

没有很高的分数,没有美帝交流,没有数学金奖,没有哈佛模联,没有RSI

我想起了当年Andersson大师在伦敦的一场载入史册的象棋赛(The "Immortal Game")。在被对手干掉一匹马,两个车,无数个兵之后,Andersson又牺牲了他的Queen。只剩下double bishop and a lone knight。But that's enough. 下面一步就是Checkmate and Victory. 比赛后,他留下那么一句话给对手:sometimes, a few active pieces are worth, or possibly more powerful than a dozen inactive.

我的每个棋子从来不是最强的。没有中介的影响,没有模板的约束,我在申请这个棋盘上排下了只属于我一个人的军队。棋子不在多,在于如何optimize,如何把手头上有限的资源发挥无穷的力量。

这就是DIY的故事。

相信自己。相信那颗孤独的启明星。有那一点光,就足够了。

因为DIY不仅仅只是特殊的申请方式。

DIY是一种精神。一种信仰。

[ 本帖最后由 报喜妈 于 2011-12-16 22:01 编辑 ].

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昨天应该是加州理工EA出结果的。

苦逼的我没有收到任何答复,no accept no defer no reject。想想Caltech是不是连reject的信都不屑于给我了呢= =。毕竟别人是超级神牛校啊,每年总录取的人是三位数,EA更是寥寥无几,谁让全美最好的天文台在那边,钱学森老也在那边,Sheldon大神还在那边呢。。。 拒我这个单打独斗的DIY也是再正常不过的。本来就没抱任何希望。也好。

HOWEVER,

今早起来发现邮箱里有一封被卡巴当spam给干掉的信,看了我就Hold不住了= =:(Spam有木有!!)

"It is an honor to offer you admission to the California Institute of Technology and the Class of 2016.

The staff, faculty and students on the Admissions Committee see in you not only a student with great curiosity, but also a person with the passion and creativity to pursue mathematics, science and engineering at the highest level. You have an opportunity to take your place amongst a community of scholars with an extraordinary record of accomplishment and a shared commitment to become leaders in the scientific world."

My Holy Goodness.

加州理工。理工科的圣殿。MIT's deadly rival. A great honor to all.

这回,却是我要痛心的把她拒了. But not vice versa.
We have made a difference today. 相信自己,因为只有自己最了解自己。申请不仅是一个向神秘而骇人的AO办公室展现自己的过程。申请更是一个了解自己,总结自己走过的路的过程。如果这一步让别人代做了,我们会失去申请季里一件宝贵的礼物------ DIY让我们学到的东西是用金钱不能估量的,因为只有知己知彼,才能百战百胜。而且,知己比知彼在某种意义上说可能更加重要。

回头讲讲my Caltech story.

记得当年去RSI(一个去MIT夏校做project的机会,需要先在上海做筛选)面试的时候,一群所谓“叫兽” 在听完我说对理科的一些思考之后,冷冷的,不耐烦的把我从名单上踢掉。因为,我没有那些靠别人代写而捏造出来的“创新奖”,论文奖。对科学的热爱,在这里没有一席之地。

But I've staged a comeback. 我不需要你们复旦RSI神马的承认。我已经拥有了世界最顶尖的理工学院的承认。在我的application package中,同样没有创新大奖,没有AMC成绩,没有高分,没有做题控的一切。
But, I wrote in the essays about science, so intimately known, profoundly felt, deeply loved. 这些,我事后诸葛亮一下,或许是我能打动Caltech AO的最大因素。
P.S. 我觉得,如果从适合角度来讲,I belong to Columbia. 哥大的人文情怀会帮助我更好的融入美国的生活。文科是养心的,或许在undergrad years,我更应该多花点时间在莎士比亚、荷马史诗上。这些经典会给我带来和理科完全不同的感受。

Lastly. My great gratitude towards Caltech AO.

and Sheldon 大神~.

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回复 66楼报喜妈 的帖子

连着两楼送花,太厉害了.

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回复 67楼报喜妈 的帖子

好优秀的孩子!
坚定的,自信的,勇往直前的!

祝贺他!大大的祝贺!.

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回复 69楼pp_dream 的帖子

谢谢!整个的申请过程让他更成熟。.

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说说见证吧!.

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回复 1楼pp_dream 的帖子

全是优秀的孩子们,愿每个孩子都能申请到理想大学!

[ 本帖最后由 lhaochen 于 2013-4-17 22:47 编辑 ].

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我没经验的,我是在这里猫着向历届牛娃牛妞取经的。

你儿子成绩已经很高啊,都这么牛了,你还担心?
要不你让他参加Intel 科学奖?加个保险。.

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回复 73楼pp_dream 的帖子

這也算老帖被翻出來了,不過真是很棒的信息,當初看到你說讀了手心出汗我就沒有讀完,今天好好學習了 。發現你們比我們大一個年級啊。.

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Intel Science Talent Search 2013 Finalists

#73楼提到的Intel 科学奖,全称为The Intel Science Talent Search Prize,即以前的西屋科学奖。我在移民板块的帖子提到过我同学的孩子进入了今年Intel STS, semi-final,可惜没能进final。我们学区有个孩子倒是进入了final,牛啊!

今年40位进入Intel STS final的牛蛙及其研究课题--
http://www.societyforscience.org/sts/intel-sts-2013-finalists

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The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) is the nation's most prestigious pre-college science competition. Intel STS alumni have made extraordinary contributions to science and hold more than 100 of the world’s most coveted science and math honors, including the Nobel Prize and the National Medal of Science. The Intel STS recognizes and rewards 300 students, as well as their schools, as semifinalists each year. From that select pool, 40 finalists are then invited to Washington, DC in March to undergo final judging, display their work to the public, meet with notable scientists, and compete for $630,000 in awards, including the top award of $100,000.

The Intel STS 2013 finalists are listed below in alphabetical order, and more detailed information can be found by clicking on their name.


Bhattacharya, Paulomi (The Harker School)
Cupertino, California
A Novel AAA-ATPase p97/VCP Inhibitor Lead for Multiple Myeloma by Fragment-Based Drug Design: A Computational Binding Model and NMR/SPR-Based Validation

Bhupatiraju, Surya (Lexington High School)
Lexington, Massachusetts
On the Complexity of the Marginal Satisfiability Problem

Bowman, Adam (Montgomery Bell Academy)
Brentwood, Tennessee
Apparatus and Analysis Techniques for Portable, Low-Voltage Pulsed Plasma Sources

Chan, Jennifer (Academy for Medical Science Technology)
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Activation-induced Cytidine Deaminase (AID): A Common Target for ER-Dependent and ER-Independent Breast Cancer Therapies

Chen, Kevin (Mission San Jose High School)
Fremont, California
Development of a Low-Cost Analyzer for Ferroelectric Characterization

Chin, Lillian (The Westminster Schools)
Decatur, Georgia
Agent-Based Modeling of Collective Cell Movement During Wound Healing

Cordwell, Katherine (Manzano High School)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Lower Central Series Quotients of Finitely Generated Algebras over the Integers

* Dai, Annie (Desert Vista High School)
Phoenix, Arizona
Development of "Smart" Hydrogels for Three-Dimensional (3D) Dynamic Tactile Displays
  * Unable to participate


Dantzler, Alexa (Bishop O'Connell High School)
Manassas, Virginia
Quantification of Perchloroethylene Residues in Dry Cleaned Fabrics

Garbe, Kevin (Saratoga High School)
Saratoga, California
Patterns in the Coeffecients of Powers of Polynomials Over a Finite Field

Gunderman, Lane (The University of Chicago Laboratory High School)
Chicago, Illinois
Investigating the Fenna-Matthews-Olson Complex Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Exploring the Mechanics of Energy Transport in Photosynthesis

Johnson, Jacob (Acton-Boxborough Regional High School)
Boxborough, Massachusetts
Integrative Genomic Analysis of a Mouse Model of Malignant Breast Cancer Reveals Crucial and Novel Cancer Drivers

Kallenbach, Jonah (Germantown Academy)
Ambler, Pennsylvania
Characterizing and Identifying Interactions of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

Kraft, Peter (Munster High School)
Munster, Indiana
Synthesis and Analysis of Novel Coordination Polymers Containing 3- or 4-Pyridylnicotinamide and Benzenedicarboxylates

Larson, Hannah (South Eugene High School)
Eugene, Oregon
Classification of Some Fusion Categories of Rank FOUR

Le Breton, Stephen (Greenwich High School)
Greenwich, Connecticut
In vivo Regeneration of Tooth Enamel using an Innovative Hydrophilic Polymer-Coated Retainer

McQuaid, Daniel (Ossining High School)
Ossining, New York
Identification of Post-Translational Regulation Sites on the KLF6 Tumor Suppressor as Novel Targets for Cancer Therapies

Mehrotra, Pavan (Sierra Canyon School)
Simi Valley, California
Facile, Single Step Conversion of Biomass to Electricity

Mundkur, Naethan (duPont Manual High School)
Louisville, Kentucky
Investigation into the Thermal and Rheological Properties of CuO Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Applications

O'Leary, Vincent (Wheeling Central Catholic High School)
Wheeling, West Virginia
A Multi-Year Analysis of Orconectid Crayfish Invasion Dynamics in West Virginia Utilizing Laboratory and Field Methodologies

Padmanabha, Akshay (Houston High School)
Collierville, Tennessee
Predicting, Detecting, and Treating Seizures through Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Peng, Jiayi (Horace Greeley High School)
Chappaqua, New York
A Cellular Automaton Model for Critical Dynamics in Neuronal Networks

Popova, Lilia (Ann Arbor Huron High School)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Elucidating Environmental and Genetic Mechanisms of Magnetically Altered Plant Growth

Scibelli, Samantha (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School)
Burnt Hills, New York
Census of Blue Stars in the Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Selvakumar, Raja (Milton High School)
Alpharetta, Georgia
Gastro Microbial Fuel Cell: A Novel Implementation of a GMFC in Capsular Nanorobotics

Shah, Naomi (Sunset High School)
Portland, Oregon
The Toxicological Effect of Airborne Pollutants on Lung Health

Shea, Meghan (Unionville High School)
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Optimizing the Coagulating Property of Moringa oleifera Seeds: A Novel Approach to Water Purification Techniques in Low-Income Countries

Shi, Kensen (A&M Consolidated High School)
College Station, Texas
Lazy Toggle PRM: A Single-Query Approach to Motion Planning

Solimano, Jamie (Stuyvesant High School)
New York, New York
Super-Resolution STED Microscopy Provides Insight Into the Dynamics of Intraflagellar Transport and Reveals Novel Distribution of Adenylate Cyclase III in Primary Cilia

Sridhar, Mayuri (Kings Park High School)
Kings Park, New York
Computational Analysis of the DNA-Binding Mechanism of the p53 Tumor Suppressor and its Inactivation through the R249S Mutation

Takahashi, Jack (Lynbrook High School)
Saratoga, California
Wnt Independent ß-catenin Activation is Associated With Increased Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Traver, Chris (Croton-Harmon High School)
Croton-on-Hudson, New York
Investigating Noise Pollution Using Smartphones and Citizen Scientists

Tripathi, Raghav (Westview High School)
Portland, Oregon
Design and Synthesis of Novel Fatty Acid Binding Protein Inhibitors for Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects through Increases in Endogenous Anandamide Concentrations

Vasudevan, Sahana (Gnyanam Academy)
Palo Alto, California
Minimizing the Number of Carries in the Set of Coset Representatives of a Normal Subgroup

Volz, Sara (Cheyenne Mountain High School)
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Optimizing Algae Biofuels: Artificial Selection to Improve Lipid Synthesis

Wang, Joy (Parkland High School)
Orefield, Pennsylvania
Polyoxovanadate-based Surfactants: The Search for an Effective Heterogeneous Catalyst

Wenger, Brittany (Out-of-Door Academy)
Sarasota, Florida
Global Neural Network Cloud Service for Breast Cancer

Wong, Catherine (Morristown High School)
Morristown, New Jersey
A Novel Design for Wireless Low-Cost Cardiac Examination Over the Mobile Phone Platform: Telemedicine for the Developing World

Zbarsky, Samuel (Montgomery Blair High School)
Rockville, Maryland
On Improved Bounds for Bounded Degree Spanning Trees for Points in Arbitrary Dimension

Zhang, Kelly (The College Preparatory School)
Orinda, California
Fluorescent Imaging for Nano-Detection (FIND) of Cancer Cells for Future Surgery

Zhang, Michael (Smithtown High School East)
Saint James, New York
Role-Inducted Perspective Visual Behavior during Scene Free-Viewing.

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看这40个课题,基本是学生在高二阶段完成的研究,相当夺俺的眼球!现在的娃真厉害!.

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这是美国高中吧,中国高中申请需要哪些呢?.

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再次学习.

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我认为,美国名校录取,真的不好说其规律,好多人对美国大学录取的模式,大多是盲人摸象,孩子被某个名校录取了,然后按其子女的模式概括某校的录取模式云云,好像寓言中摸到鼻子的和摸到大腿的,都不能完整的描述大象一样。
我认为,孩子能被名校录取,主要是孩子的全面发展和运气+机遇。.

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回复 80楼lhaochen 的帖子

大大的祝贺!优秀的孩子!

看,我前说的没错,你孩子很优秀了,无需担心,果真.

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回复 75楼pp_dream 的帖子

加州很强,确切地说,硅谷很强.

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一口气读完,真是好文章!尤其对我这种刚动念头让儿子考美国大学想法的人,非常好!.

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