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3etaHettie, Angerona и Callis поднимали у себя в журналах недавно тему школьного образования, и я ради интереса начала гуглить про Стенфорд. Они, конечно, не признаются кого и по каким критериям принимают, статистики из каких школ приходят дети я тоже не нашла, зато обнаружила пример того, с кем придется конкурировать. На одном из сайтов посвященных обсуждению "как попасть в Стенфорд" - комментарий мальчика, который идет к своей мечте.
Под катом полный текст, он довольно длинный, поэтому я просто выделила особо впечатлившие меня места. Да, я даже подумала, что это фейк и погуглила этого парня - нашла его linkedin, информация совпадает. Индийский мальчик из семьи с тремя детьми, живущей в Купертино:
I am going to be an 8th grader in the Fall. I am interested in just about everything, and my achievements reflect it:
I have been top 1% in CTY 2007-2010
I scored 800 SAT math in 7th grade, 2040 overall (6th grade was 1880)
My team placed second in the DOE science bowl in 6th grade (I was the backup, because I was the only 6th grader), and this pushed me to study all through summer until March this year, when the competition was held. I have always been passionate passion for science, constantly asking my dad questions, and researching online. However, my skills really dipped before the competition, and I began to forget material. When the competition came, I was not as good as I was a few months prior. I answered 90% of the questions, but we lost in the last round 132 to 134 (half of a question). I was crushed for months, and it still hurts to think about how much time I spent studying, only to loose. A week or two after, I presented my biology project at the Synopsis Science Fair. I am the youngest in my family, with a very strong legacy of success. My to be 10th grade brother has won 4 years in a row, my sister won the year she participated in, then won $10,000 or $20,000 with that project at a different fair. Last year, I won a biology summer camp, but this year I didn't win anything. I had spent hour and hours, sometimes up until midnight, or even 2:00 am or more, and when I needed to build my board, sleep was a luxury. It seemed that my project was far better than many that won, one was a half board about which charger charged an iPod the fastest. Mine was a double board (6 feet high), my binder had hundreds of photos, and all the handwritten notes would amount to Euclid's Elements. This really hurt my spirits, and I couldn't even look at science for months. I felt like I had no motivation. At some point, I realized that every minute spent studying was worth it. I had learned a lot, had fun, and fueled my passion for science. (мальчика явно учили как писать "правильные эссе!")
In 7th grade on the AMC 8 I got top 5% in the nation, tied for 4th place in my school's Mathcounts team with 25/30 sprint and 7/8 or 8/8 target (they lost one of my sheets). I did well at chapters, beat one of the people on the team, and tied another. I participated in the Purple Math Comet, and got honorable mention in Middle School Large.
At school, I was on student cabinet, made a programming club with about 30 members. (I taught them HTML, CSS, and a little JavaScript over a few months, and held a website design competition.) I made a math circle club, but that only had 9 members because it was at the end of the school year. I have had a 4.0 gpa all of middle school so far, except 1st trimester 6th grade PE I got an A-.
I have been programming since elementary school, and about month ago I went to a mobile hackathon. I won $600 from appMobi, an Atrix 4g, round trip and hotel for my dad, brother, and me to Las Vegas, where I get to present at the AT&T developer summit, and go to the first day of CES 2012. I am likely to get an internship with appMobi. I am currently working on a startup (http://thebundlebot.com/). (И это правда, спустя два года у него на линкедин статус сменился на стажера в другой компании делающей мобильное приложение).
I play 3 instruments (cello, violin, and piano), did cross country in 6th grade, shotput and discuss in 6th and 7th (shotput I was 2nd and discuss I was 1st in school last year).
My problem now is that I am doing too much. I am taking 3 online math courses over the summer, along with all of this. I think I am too well rounded, and this isn't the Renaissance. I don't know what my specific interests are, and I do not cannot keep this up, plus sports and homework, when school starts, and maintain a 4.0 GPA. I am studying or working all day long, and still feel like there is a lot more I can do. I feel like I need to choose what to do, even though I like it all.
Thank you for the wonderful post.
Это было написано в июле 2011. Я плохо еще разбираюсь в том как устроены американские школы, в каком году он поступать-то должен? У него в профиле по-прежнему указана старшая школа. То есть этот текст реально написан был 8-классником?
Под катом полный текст, он довольно длинный, поэтому я просто выделила особо впечатлившие меня места. Да, я даже подумала, что это фейк и погуглила этого парня - нашла его linkedin, информация совпадает. Индийский мальчик из семьи с тремя детьми, живущей в Купертино:
I am going to be an 8th grader in the Fall. I am interested in just about everything, and my achievements reflect it:
I have been top 1% in CTY 2007-2010
I scored 800 SAT math in 7th grade, 2040 overall (6th grade was 1880)
My team placed second in the DOE science bowl in 6th grade (I was the backup, because I was the only 6th grader), and this pushed me to study all through summer until March this year, when the competition was held. I have always been passionate passion for science, constantly asking my dad questions, and researching online. However, my skills really dipped before the competition, and I began to forget material. When the competition came, I was not as good as I was a few months prior. I answered 90% of the questions, but we lost in the last round 132 to 134 (half of a question). I was crushed for months, and it still hurts to think about how much time I spent studying, only to loose. A week or two after, I presented my biology project at the Synopsis Science Fair. I am the youngest in my family, with a very strong legacy of success. My to be 10th grade brother has won 4 years in a row, my sister won the year she participated in, then won $10,000 or $20,000 with that project at a different fair. Last year, I won a biology summer camp, but this year I didn't win anything. I had spent hour and hours, sometimes up until midnight, or even 2:00 am or more, and when I needed to build my board, sleep was a luxury. It seemed that my project was far better than many that won, one was a half board about which charger charged an iPod the fastest. Mine was a double board (6 feet high), my binder had hundreds of photos, and all the handwritten notes would amount to Euclid's Elements. This really hurt my spirits, and I couldn't even look at science for months. I felt like I had no motivation. At some point, I realized that every minute spent studying was worth it. I had learned a lot, had fun, and fueled my passion for science. (мальчика явно учили как писать "правильные эссе!")
In 7th grade on the AMC 8 I got top 5% in the nation, tied for 4th place in my school's Mathcounts team with 25/30 sprint and 7/8 or 8/8 target (they lost one of my sheets). I did well at chapters, beat one of the people on the team, and tied another. I participated in the Purple Math Comet, and got honorable mention in Middle School Large.
At school, I was on student cabinet, made a programming club with about 30 members. (I taught them HTML, CSS, and a little JavaScript over a few months, and held a website design competition.) I made a math circle club, but that only had 9 members because it was at the end of the school year. I have had a 4.0 gpa all of middle school so far, except 1st trimester 6th grade PE I got an A-.
I have been programming since elementary school, and about month ago I went to a mobile hackathon. I won $600 from appMobi, an Atrix 4g, round trip and hotel for my dad, brother, and me to Las Vegas, where I get to present at the AT&T developer summit, and go to the first day of CES 2012. I am likely to get an internship with appMobi. I am currently working on a startup (http://thebundlebot.com/). (И это правда, спустя два года у него на линкедин статус сменился на стажера в другой компании делающей мобильное приложение).
I play 3 instruments (cello, violin, and piano), did cross country in 6th grade, shotput and discuss in 6th and 7th (shotput I was 2nd and discuss I was 1st in school last year).
My problem now is that I am doing too much. I am taking 3 online math courses over the summer, along with all of this. I think I am too well rounded, and this isn't the Renaissance. I don't know what my specific interests are, and I do not cannot keep this up, plus sports and homework, when school starts, and maintain a 4.0 GPA. I am studying or working all day long, and still feel like there is a lot more I can do. I feel like I need to choose what to do, even though I like it all.
Thank you for the wonderful post.
Это было написано в июле 2011. Я плохо еще разбираюсь в том как устроены американские школы, в каком году он поступать-то должен? У него в профиле по-прежнему указана старшая школа. То есть этот текст реально написан был 8-классником?
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Date: 2013-02-19 09:30 am (UTC)если я на линкедине начну перечислять все свои победы в олимпиадах в школе, публикации в универе и прочие доп курсы, то потенциальный работодатель после 5 строк забьет на чтение
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Date: 2013-02-19 04:19 pm (UTC)а это готовое cover letter для поступления в универ :)
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Date: 2013-02-19 01:35 pm (UTC)Поступают тут в 12м классе high school (аллликации надо заслать до нового года примерно).
У меня есть один самый любимый человек всех времен и народов - такой профессор по химии в Гарварде, Дэвид Лиу его зовут, китаец и сын иммигрантов. У него CV висит в инторнетике, по которому можно ставить диагноз. Вот этот индийский мальчик мне чем-то этого Лиу напомнил, да.
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Date: 2013-02-19 05:44 pm (UTC)А хорошо написанное эссе может оказаться даже важнее, чем оценки по математике. Из тех, кто хорошо учится, университетам важно выбрать тех, кто умеет выгодно себя продавать.
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Date: 2013-02-19 04:17 pm (UTC)70% принятых по early admission в Стенфорд имеют средний балл 4.0 "или выше". Это, я так понимаю, все А или А+?
а ваши посты про поступление я видимо проглядела, пойду почитаю!
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Date: 2013-02-19 05:37 pm (UTC)Что я хотела сказать - часто берут тех, у кого баллы ниже, чем у тех, кого не взяли.
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Date: 2013-02-19 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-02-19 11:10 pm (UTC)И я думаю, что если Вы будете в хорошей окружающей среде, то подавать свой личный пример будет и не так обязательно, главное - не мешать :)))
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Date: 2013-02-19 05:33 pm (UTC)My boy is gifted, but not a genious, he is smart, but was not trained from tender age on taking math olympics and so on, like his school friends - taking Algebra 2 in 6 grade (8 grade subject) and getting 96 in it, he was only in 50% score in his class.
And all those kids will compete against each others for college admission. NCSU (not Stanford), that 10 years ago would take any decent student, has crazy competition and it's not funny.
We applied to Charter school for him, in orientation we've been told - "Don't keep your hopes up, your chance of getting in is less than 1%"...
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Date: 2013-02-19 05:43 pm (UTC)Кстати, а что такое "in 50% score"? Я этот момент не очень поняла. Это как top 5% performers - только, соответственно, входящие в 50%?
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Date: 2013-02-19 07:30 pm (UTC)Education is a sore topic - every single girls night or other type of party has this as hot topic of discussion in Russian speaking companies;-)
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