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讲座:Science Competition and Science Research for Middle school and High School Students

Science Competition and Science Research Workshop 

for Middle school and High School Students

When: 7:00 to 8:30pm. Monday, Jan. 5th. 2015
Where: 1340 S De Anza Blvd. Suite 204, San Jose, CA 95129
Contact: 408-366-2204, 408-480-7547, spring.light.edu@gmail.com
Fee: $30/person

What students/parents will get out of this workshop:

  • An introduction to the wide variety of science competitions in middle school and high school
  • Strategies for getting on competition teams (Science Bowl, Science Olympiad, etc.)
  • Tips on how to build yourself up and differentiate yourself as a science student
  • How to get research opportunities
  • Insight into how James achieved success in science competitions
Who: 
James Ma is a recent graduate of Lynbrook High School who has just finished his first semester at Yale University. He has been invited back for a third time to give a seminar on science competitions. He has extensive experience in science competitions, both in middle school and high school. Some of his achievements include:
  • One of 100 Yale “likely letter” recipients for strength in STEM fields
  • Research intern at various labs (Stanford, ASU)
  • Founder of Science Fair Mentorship program for middle school students
  • President (12), Treasurer (11) of Science Club
  • Captain of Varsity Science Bowl team
  • Physics Bowl Team – First Place
  • Physics Olympiad Semifinalist
  • Numerous science fair awards

What he will be covering:

  • An overview of science competitions for middle school and high school
  • Science Bowl
  • Science Olympiad
  • Bio/Chem/Physics Olympiad
  • Many more
  • How to create competition teams at your school
  • What he was involved in and how he achieved success in each competition

Seats are limited. Register Soon!

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什么是成功的名校学生?我们都考上名校世界就好了么?

转自2014-12-26北美留学生日报。 作者 洛真如

编者按:学生时代,我们经历如此大的一个转变,从被家长老师社会指引到自己探寻前方不清晰的路。我们会恐慌会不安会害怕,但是当我们重整旗鼓看清自己的时候,我们会勇敢的拥抱自己的世界,走自己的正确的路。

什么是斯坦福典型的成功学生?

对于本科的学生来说,大一开始找实习,大二,大三暑假都去实习,大四的时候工作拿到手。非理工科或者商类的要进入McKinsey, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs;工科的要进入Google, Facebook, promising startups, or found a startup. 作为非斯坦福本科的学生,我羡慕着这里的本科生优越的条件和勤奋,但是其实他们也会经常头痛很多事情。有一个最著名的显现叫做“鸭子症状“,描述的就是斯坦福的学生们。 Continue reading


zt 拿到ED录取后怎么撤回其他申请?

先再普及一下什么是ED。提前决定,英文是Early Decision,简称为ED(细分为ED1和ED2)。要正确把握ED,需要记住以下几个关键点:

1.Deadline.一般来说,ED1的截止日期是11月1日,ED2的截止日期是1月1日。

2.与一所大学排他性的捆绑承诺。申请ED的同学,只能选择一所大学以ED的方式申请,意味着你做出这样的承诺:该大学是我的第一选择,如果该学校录取了我,我一定会报到入学。 Continue reading


zt:美大学公布早申请录取数据 哈佛录取率创4年新低

美大学公布早申请录取数据 哈佛录取率创4年新低

  从上周开始,美国大学陆续公布了2015年早申请录取(Early Decision,简称ED)数据。哈佛今年早申录取977人,录取率创四年来新低;申请斯坦福大学人数逾七千人,为有史以来最多;杜克大学、布朗大学、达特茅斯学院录取率有所增长。 Continue reading


如何成功地度过大学第一年: 学习节省及自立

但大学第一年到底是什么样呢?令人惊讶的是,和你选的主修或哪一所大学完全无关,而是学习如何独立自主 – 这可能是你生平第一次˳

我该睡哪张床?

第一道难关通常是你的生活起居,你应早点学会如何和室友沟通,因为没有什么比难过的生活环境更糟糕了˳如果你幸运,你们会成为很好的朋友,但就算不是,也不要气馁,一个好室友不一定要成为好朋友˳好室友懂得尊重人,譬如晚上你早睡,他会蹑手蹑脚不出声,如果你早上还没起床,他也会轻声细语˳她或他用你的东西之前会经过你的同意,并和你一起分摊清洁的责任˳相信我,好朋友可能是一个糟糕的室友,而好室友就是能够和你和平相处的人˳

接下来要考虑的是 – 浴室及餐饮˳你要自己解决三餐,所以应该对餐厅的营运时间了如指掌˳不知有多少次我在星期六的早上起来(好啦,我承认通常都睡到下午了)肚子超饿,但发现餐厅中午关门了,到下午5点才会再开门˳现在你会怀疑一个11点以后才起床的人该怎么办,相信我,这种事情会发生的˳所以,要有纪律地早点起床,或晚起的话能有其他解决的方法˳而关于卫浴,帮你自己去买一双洗澡鞋及浴衣,你会感谢我的建议的˳

改掉成群结党的习惯吧

高中是一个充满了党派及批评的鲨鱼缸,但大学完全不是˳就像你一样,每个人到大学不仅为了学业,也是为了大学经验˳但如果你交朋友太局限或害羞,你要如何体验呢?还是你只想一直在你熟悉的环境里呢?

在欢迎新生的一周里,也就是开学的前一周,大学会提供很多机会来接触学生的生活˳将有很多宿舍活动,蜂拥的兄弟会或姐妹会,还有学生社团寻找新生来报名˳生平第一次,你可以选择你想要做的事,而不是必须做的事,所以要把握机会˳你会一直交到新朋友,而且如果你够幸运,高年级的学长将会成为你的好友并指导你˳如果你不试着在一开始就这么做,那么在学期的中期就很难在一群忙碌的学生中找到一个属于你的团体˳相信我,派对不是一个健康及有意义的社交方式˳

自由安排行程

学生认为大学一年级是关于他们的主修,但之后惊讶地发现可以自己选择和主修相关或不相关的课程˳第一年的真正意義是拿一些課來同時滿足主修的必修課及畢業所需的基本課程˳所以在你兴奋地拿手工玩偶制作101(手工制作木偶101)这堂课以前,要和你的学业顾问谈谈,并选择平衡的课业量来完成毕业的要求˳大部分的大学都会指导你正确的道路,所以要吸取建议,否则你可能会多花一学期或一年的时间来完成大学,这可是很昂贵的教训˳

还有,第一次(可能也是最后一次),你可以自己计画行程而且为此负责˳许多课可能不会点名(你已经够大,可为自己负责了),所以要诚实地面对自己˳了解自己适合早上还是晚上的课,因为许多学生无法上早上八点的课,而更多学生不上星期四或星期五的课˳所以,要妥善地安排课程,因为上课作笔记是准备大学考试的最好方法,也是唯一可以和教授建立关系的方式,对你长期来说绝对重要˳

还有其他的吗?

是的,父母及他们的管束可能让你急着想逃,但日后你会很想念的˳父母永远不会停止担心你,也永远是你的父母,所以学着享受和家人在家相处的时间,这些时光会越来越少˳

剩下的就要靠你自己去闯了,让你的大学第一年成为难忘的回忆吧!


[转]MIT美女MBA自杀真相:曾经的优秀换不来对未来的希望吗?

>转她之前写给学弟学妹的文章,悼念一下独立思考,规划未来,建立正确求学理念》

>4.jpg高燕定按语:从我的博客上,大家对郭晏均已经有了一定的了解。她毕业的那天,我请她为中国的莘莘学子写篇文章,讲述她在求学道路上的思考和经验,给后来者以借鉴。毕业典礼之后,她与父母一起穿梭于美国各地度假,在繁忙的旅途中写下了这篇长文。我相信,这篇文章不仅对于即将出国留学的学生具有很大的参考价值,对于即将在中国上学的大一新生、在读大学生以及高中生,也都具有一定的指导意义。我很感谢她用这篇文章,帮助我为很多给我来信的家长和学生解答了很多问题。2001年夏天,我从深圳实验中学只身来到美国参加哈佛大学的暑期教程,修大学一年级化学。一晃五年,我站在毕业典礼颁奖台上以电子工程专业,数学和化学两个副专业的“学校荣誉”毕业(University Honors),获工学院学者称号(Engineering Scholars), 并是工学院两名最佳毕业生之一。我即将加入花旗公司投资银行部,开始在曼哈顿做分析师的新生活。在此,回首五年异国他乡作为小留学生的经历和父母教导的一些人生理念,只希望这篇文章可以为后来的学弟妹们在为未来奋斗的征途上激发一些灵感。 Continue reading


把教育作为对自己的投资

通过这篇文章你将意识到教育在投资自己的过程中担任的重要角色。并不是说你所接受的教育会让你投资在自己身上的东西升值,虽然它也没什么坏处就是。意思是说,如果你开始有培养自己的概念了,你的那些投资品将收益渐显,且渐趋佳境。有目的地把获取知识作为生活的一部分,就如同在自己身上做的投资,而投资品就好比以下列举的几项。 Continue reading


湾区最好的数学竞赛老师AMC10/12开课. 报名越早,省得越多。

     邹老师去年11月开始在春晖教育执教AMC 10/12,他的学生成绩斐然,得到了家长和同学们100%的称赞。不仅有9年级的学生一年内达到了USA(J)MO的水平,不少学生达到AIME。有一位学生被邀请进入MOSP,全美仅50名被邀请参加的奥林匹克数学竞赛训练营。 Continue reading


2010北京高考状元被美国11所名校全部拒决的原因

2010北京高考状元李泰伯申请美国11所名校全部被拒,当时全国一片哗然。看一下所报的大学: Brown, Caltech, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago, Williams, 和Yale。对很多优秀的美国孩子来说,其中某些大学并不是很难进的。更令人不解的是,李泰伯所在的国内高中,当年有近30人被美国排名前20的名校录取,其中哈佛就有两名。 Continue reading


Springlight 2014 AIME Course Introduction

Math competitions are highly valued for
  1. Colleges: Many top schools like MIT, Caltech, and Yale ask for scores.
  2. Job Interviews: Many top companies ask math questions as a test of number sense and basic skills.
  3. Creative problem solving: Math competitions are one of the only tools that allow students to practice ways of solving complex “unbreakable” problems and fosters these skills for real world work.
Be prepare for the math competitions for
AMC 10 A/12 A –Tuesday, February 3, 2015
AMC 10 B/12 B — Wednesday, February 25, 2015
AIME I — Thursday, March 19, 2015
AIME II — Wednesday, March 25, 2015
                       Register

Springlight 2014 AIME Course

early to receive 10% discount
Instructor: Andrew Cui
Contact information: 408-366-2204, spring.light.edu@gmail.com
Fee: $800 (10% off if register and pay by Nov. 1st).
Registration HERE .
Drop the check to SpringLight’s office or pay online via paypal or quickpay to the account spring.light.edu@gmail.com
Small group 4 to 10 students. Private lessons and smaller groups also available, inquire for more details.
When?
Friday, 7:00 to 9:00pm, Nov. 7th, 2014 to Mar. 13th, 2015 (total 16 sessions. no class on Nov. 28th, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2)
Where?
1340 S De Anza Blvd. Suite 204, San Jose, CA 95129
For Whom?
This AIME course is aimed at those students with AMC 10/12 scores of 100+ to students who have scored around 5 on the AIME.
What?
This class will focus mostly on building strong basics in the four main pillars of Combinatorics, Number Theory, Geometry, and Algebra before moving on to general problem solving strategies and tips.  The goal is for students to obtain the mental agility required to tackle these complex problems and hopefully get them within and past range of qualification for the USAMO and USAJMO, or around 9 problems.
Organization
This course will be organized in the following three parts: Basics, Supplementals, Problem Solving Strategies.
Days 1-4: Combinatorics, Number Theory, Geometry, and Algebra
Days 5-12: Supplemental topics like trigonometry, some complex number methods, and graph theory will be covered with backing from the ArtOfProblemSolving books and other resources.
Days 13-16: The class will focus on how to target the mid-range problems of 6 to about 12 and what strategies are needed to get a handle and a good direction to start solving these problems.
Course Objectives
  1. Improve student scores by working on both fundamental theorems and ideas as well as problem solving strategies.
  2. Foster creative problem solving strategies
  3. Make the USA(J)MO!!!
How?
Focus on basic concepts and essential knowledge before moving on developing the skills and intuition to find and pursue good lines of attack for complex problems.
Homework
The instructor does not plan to give any official homework for the class, instead, students are expected to complete all of the previous 20+ AIME contests, which is over 60 hours of practice. He is open to questions on any previous AIME, and will be happy to go over “homework”. The reason for this is that many students have completed the previous AIME contests so they are not the best class materials, but they are still the best practice by far, and should be completed by anyone seriously considering passing the AIME.

 

Instructor: Andrew Cui
Andrew Cui is the top senior at Lynbrook High school  with experience teaching Mathcounts classes at Miller Middle and has done extensive tutoring through Lynbrook’s STARR program as well SpringLight.
In addition he has performed well on multiple math and science contests. He is also an officer of Lynbrook’s math club.

• USAMO 2014 (top 266 in nation)
• USAJMO 2013 (top 231 9th and 10th graders in nation)
• AIME 2011-2014 top score of 11 (354th in nation by score)
• USAPHO silver 2014
• BAMO 2nd place 2011 HM 2012
• SCVMA – Santa Clara Valley Math

10th Place Calculus(2014)
 1st Place Pre-Calculus (2013)
6th Place Algebra II (2012)

Finally, Andrew has taken 8 AP’s including all three Physics, Calc BC, and Computer Science with all 5’s.


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