origin: Chongqing Morning News Reporter Lin Qi
New York University, Abu Dhabi. Data picture
He Qixiao received a letter of admission from the New York University, Abu Dhabi. Newspaper reporter Xu Huiyi photo
16 morning, 17 year old He Qixiao received the admission notice of New York University Abu Dhabi branch. He Qixiao's mother sent the good news to friends circle, and suddenly exploded flowers on the Internet.
this university in UAE has a lower acceptance rate than Harvard University. It is one of the most difficult universities in the world. Why does it provide a $76 thousand scholarship per year (4 years for RMB 2 million yuan), including all tuition, food, accommodation, overseas tourism, extracurricular activities, medical insurance and transportation, even pocket money for the next 4 years, and two tickets to return home to Abu Dhabi every year.
why he was admitted to the top of
math
He Qixiao is the 1 class of class 2016 at the Chongqing foreign language school. Since the age of 6 and a half has entered primary school, academic achievement has been ranked the top five of grade. Xiao Sheng first won a 35000 yuan scholarship to attend the Chongqing foreign language school. High school continued to be sent to the school to avoid all the tuition fees, and the school provided him with a scholarship of 5000 yuan a year.
Mother Yang Xian is very proud to say: "strictly speaking, from high school, we have no longer why Qi Xiao read money."
He Qixiao, 1.82 meters tall, is tall and slim with black frame glasses. He speaks a little bit faster. When he was in Grade 5, he had great interest in mathematics.
"once, when the teacher asked questions in class, everyone gave the same answer with one voice, and only I gave a different answer." He Qixiao said, the teacher did not suppress his enthusiasm, let him go to the platform to show his solution, "this has given me a lot of encouragement." After
, He Qixiao's love for mathematics was out of hand. In addition to brush questions, he will find all kinds of theoretical books about mathematics, biographies of mathematicians, and even all kinds of mathematical isolated books. At school, he set up a mathematics sharing Conference; at home, he often worked with his father from Polytechnic University to solve math problems.
every mathematical formula, he not only memorize, but also understand why it is established through his own thinking. When
high one, He Qixiao himself developed a calculation method to calculate the surface area of the sphere. In his application to New York University, Abu Dhabi, he wrote the love of mathematics as a highlight.
hobby wide character sunshine, rule consciousness strong
mathematics, He Qixiao likes singing, often a person run to sing to record songs, the favorite singer is Jay Chou. Because he liked music, he taught himself piano and guitar, but never thought of grading.
from the beginning of the high school, He Qixiao wants to take both study and normal school study. "For some time, I really don't know how to stay up." But in such an environment, He Qixiao got 112 points, SAT2200 points, SAT2 mathematical and mathematical three, ACT33 points, and the first test of the first test in Chongqing.
in Yang Xian's eyes, son is a child with good character and learning. In addition to normal school learning, he is also willing to take part in various activities both inside and outside the class.
"he is in the school, we hope to be able to double insurance, hope that he is preparing to study at the same time to enter the school's delivery class, but he is firmly rejected. He said that his ideal is to study abroad, and to occupy the school's target for his own protection, which will affect the lives of other students.
under the request of parents, from the age of 5, He Qixiao recited the classical Chinese classic "the Analects of Confucius", "three characters", "disciple rules" and hundreds of classical classical poems. Yang Xian said that the study of the Analects of Confucius has a profound influence on the temperament of his son. His character's honesty, good learning, respecting teachers, positive, kind and social sense of responsibility are gradually taking root and thriving in good soil.
before grade three, parents were very strict with He Qixiao and made various rules. Once violated, they must be punished. "But we never beat the kids in anger. He was beaten because he broke the rules."
this school has many cattle
New York University Abu Dhabi campus is praised as "God's school" by netizens. Let's see, how bulls is it?
the admission rate is much lower than Harvard's
the school was founded by New York University in Abu Dhabi in the capital of the United Arab Emirates in 2007 by the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates. The school recruited the first batch of students in September 2010, when 9048 students applied, and the final 150 were enrolled, only 1.65%, and the same rate was maintained for the next two years. In 2012, the number of applicants reached 15489. According to the planned enrollment of 150 people, the application rate was only 0.97%. The admission rate of Harvard University in the world's prestigious schools is 7%, and the admission rate of Columbia University is around 9%. Therefore, the school is regarded as one of the most difficult universities in the world.
eight semesters of
4 years at college every semester, two term can be studied in the school district of the University in other countries. These cities include: New York, Washington, D. C., Garner Accra, Berlin, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Italy Florence, London, Madrid, Paris, Czech, Czech, Shanghai, Sydney and Israeli Tel Aviv.
each semester, the students here will have a regional academic journey, that is, with their teachers and students in other countries to study in the field, to study the culture and history of the world. In the 2013-2014 academic year, the destination of the regional journey included the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Ethiopia, India, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Zambia.
although it is a branch school, the school shares all resources with New York University. All the teachers have doctorates, of which 1/3 comes from the team of high quality teachers from New York University, 1/3 is independently recruited, and 1/3 is a guest professor from the world's famous schools. All of these teachers must be "trained" at New York University for one year before they are laid off. The
school scholarship covers every student
all the fees from the United Arab Emirates government, with a strong financial guarantee that every student who has been admitted will not drop out of school for the cost problem. The school's scholarship includes 4 years of all tuition, food, accommodation, extracurricular activities, medical insurance, pocket money, two tickets to and from Abu Dhabi home and so on each year.
that is to say, in 4 years, He Qixiao does not have to pay 1 cent for his school study.
someone says that reading there is equivalent to: 4 years in the Middle East, the Middle East of China has been fluent in American higher education world - class universities fluency in Chinese fluency in Chinese and friends global alumni network all over the world.
He Qixiao said, this time, he received a letter of admission from the New York University, Abu Dhabi, and he would choose the branch of Abu Dhabi unswervingly, even after the other schools he applied for. Of course, this includes his application for Harvard University.