她, 没有参加任何数理竞赛，她没有发表任何文章，她高中甚至没有得到过任何的奖，她也不是运动员。多少高中生梦寐以求的斯坦福大学，独具慧眼，录取了她。
她到底有什么样的魅力？进入斯坦福的“秘诀”到底是什么？
请来参加这次讲座，座位有限，额满为止。(鼓励带初高中生一起参加）
When: 7:00pm-9:00pm, March 1, 2014, Saturday.
Where: 1340 S De Anza Blvd. Suite 204, San Jose, CA 95129
Fee: $40/person; $60/two family members; $80/three family members; $100/four family members
她, 没有参加任何数理竞赛，她没有发表任何文章，她高中甚至没有得到过任何的奖，她也不是运动员。多少高中生梦寐以求的斯坦福大学，独具慧眼，录取了她。
她到底有什么样的魅力？进入斯坦福的“秘诀”到底是什么？
请来参加这次讲座，座位有限，额满为止。(鼓励带初高中生一起参加）
When: 7:00pm-9:00pm, March 1, 2014, Saturday.
Where: 1340 S De Anza Blvd. Suite 204, San Jose, CA 95129
Fee: $40/person; $60/two family members; $80/three family members; $100/four family members
Speaker: Tiffany Kuo
What she will be covering:
Her experiences in high school; the extracurriculars and activities that she pursued
What internships/activities she did outside of school
What was useful and what didn’t work
Her thoughts on what colleges like Stanford are looking for in an application
Biography: Tiffany Kuo was accepted early action at Stanford University and will most likely be enrolling as a freshman in the incoming 2014-2015 school year. In high school, some of the activities she pursued include
* President of Lynbrook High School’s chapter of Amnesty International
* Participation as an artist in literary magazines, such as Vertigo from Lynbrook high school
* Founded and directed a non-profit project.
* A summer internship at UCSF
* Creation of a art supplement for college applications, including both traditional and conceptual art
神！ 3歲女IQ破160 媲美愛因斯坦
亞利桑納州一名三歲女童近日測出的智商竟超過160，堪比英國著名物理學家霍金、「現代物理學之父」愛因斯坦和微軟創始人蓋茲等響噹噹的人物。她同時獲邀加入高智商天才俱樂部「門薩」（Mensa），成為亞利桑納有史以來最年輕的門薩會員。
天才女童埃里希斯‧馬丁（Alexis Martin）自一歲起便展現出高過同齡人的天分。她不但可以在遊戲中為五大洲貼上正確的標籤，每個國家的地理位置也記得一清二楚。
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邹老师在春晖教育学院教授数学竞赛课程。他在目前教授的AMC 10/12中收到了学生和老师的一致好评（家长可以和学生一起听课）。大家都说邹老师的教学，教的是解题思路，思考问题和解决问题 的方法。虽然班上每个学生的自身素质和天分不同，但他都能激发起学生对数学的热情，帮助他们掌握数学思维的方法，让学生能够面对任何题型都有创造性的解题的能力。
3月19日就是AIME 考试了。即使一些有数学天分的人，没有受过数学竞赛特殊训练，几乎不太可能能够通过。能够通过AIME 而qualify USAMO，等于已经迈进了美国名校的半个门槛。2月4日和19日是2014年AMC10／12的考试，一旦通过，就会被邀请参加3月19日或3月25日的AIME的比赛考试。您的孩子已经ready 了吗？需要加强吗？
The Common Application announced today that it will retain the same essay prompts for 2014-15! That’s good news for students. Typically students have had to wait until August to know what the prompts will be. This way students can get an earlier start. That said, it’s too soon for juniors to be working on the essay — but not too soon to think about them. Take a look at the list now then tuck it away until June or July.
Here’s the statement in full — including the list of essay prompts – from Scott Anderson, Senior Director for Policy for the Common Application:
THE COMMON APPLICATION RECEIVES POSITIVE RESPONSE ON ESSAY PROMPTS
Essay Prompts Successfully Support Holistic Selection Process
ARLINGTON, VA – FEBRUARY 11, 2014 – After a positive response from Common Application member colleges and school counselors, The Common Application will retain the current set of first-year essay prompts for 2014-15, without any edits or additions. The essay length will continue to be capped at 650 words.
In February of 2013, The Common Application Board of Directors unveiled five new essay prompts, the first major revision in several years. The prompts were the culmination of several years of discussion about the role writing plays in a holistic selection process and were designed with the assistance of 15 counselors on the association’s Outreach Advisory Committee, who worked diligently to ensure that all applicants, regardless of background or access to counseling, would have the chance to tell their unique stories.
Reaction so far among college admission officers and counselors suggests that the revisions are having the desired outcome. “I love the new prompts—and not just because they are new,” says Terry Cowdrey, Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Colby College. “I think we are learning more about students.” Karen Felton, Director of Admission at The George Washington University agrees, saying "I enjoy the new prompts because they allow students to focus more on what they feel is important for colleges to know about them."
In a recent survey, nearly 70% of Common Application member colleges and 90% of school counselors indicated that the prompts are effective in helping students represent themselves to colleges. The Common Application has committed to reviewing the essay prompts on an annual basis to ensure they continue to serve students and member colleges well.
The essay prompts are as follows:
The workshop is for Middle school and high school students.
Students will learn, through the workshop, how to
write using their 5 senses
create/invent characters
aggregate essay influence by combining visual and textual effects
produce engaging descriptions
无论是UC还是common的大学申请表都要求填写高中四年的课外活动，不少大学会特别问道10年级和11年级的summer 学生都做了什么。高中生的暑期活动安排得好，会是以后的大学申请表上的一大亮点。那么，到底暑期该做些什么呢？
到社区做义工？做什么样的义工？在美国的有意义，还是到海外的更有价值？
找地方实习？到哪里实习？怎么找？
去补习班读书？学什么？补什么？
到大学的summer college上课？上什么样的课？值得吗？会增加以后录取的机会吗？
参加夏令营？夏令营有各色各样，该怎么挑选？
. . . , . .
到底什么是大学最看重的？做什么是最有意义的？做什么是适合自己孩子呢？
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我们聘请来了一位毕业于哥伦比亚大学的专业升学顾问，来为大家分享这方面的内容。
地址：1340 S De Anza Blvd. Suite 204. San Jose, CA 95129
时间：7:00-9:00pm，2/9/2014
联络：spring.light.edu@gmail.com, 408-366-2204, 408-480-7547
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（由于我们位子仅有40个。报名截止。根据需求，我们将会考虑开下一次。敬请大家关注。）
52 Character Building Thoughts for Children
