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Maplewood on Social
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on college admission trends,
tips, inspirations on studies,
activities, even parenting (yes,
for parents!), and announcements
on Maplewood events and
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Maplewood has been
active on social media since
2008. We have built a strong
network of Maplewood students
attending different colleges
and universities over the
years. Each year, many of the
graduates together with the
upperclassmen still in school
would gladly share their
wonderful and diverse college
experiences with Maplewood's
fresh crop of outbound freshman
students.
Maplewood
Aspiration
Here's a chronological
listing of highlights in
Maplewood's counseling services,
educational programs, and
community involvements prior to
2008. Check out the links for Aspiration - a Maplewood
Newsletter and Maplewood seminars
on the left sidebar for events
and reports.
2007 | 2006 | 2005
Special Guests Share the
Latest on College Admissions
at Maplewood Study in the USA
Seminars
Jul
11, 2007 - Maplewood
has invited special guests in
the latest
seminar series on
Study in the USA to share
insights and experiences on
their most recent college and
application experiences. The
special guests, well-received by
the audience who came to hear
their first-hand stories, have
been:
Tendelle Sheu, MIT '11,
sharing her early planning and
preparation story leading to
successful college application
results at seminar on Thursday
July 5, 2007
Vickie Cheng, Wesleyan
'10, and
Wesleyan
Freeman Asian Scholar,
sharing her US college freshman
experience, her insights on what
makes an applicant special in
her experience, at seminar on
Saturday July 7, 2007
Jeffrey Sun, Yale '08 and
Undergraduate Recruitment
Coordinator at the Yale
Admissions Office, discussing
the admissions requirements and
strategies necessary for a
successful application to highly
selective schools on Wednesday
July 11, 2007
Maplewood Sends
Alert on College Board SAT
Registration
Jun
4, 2007 - Maplewood students and
parents who will be applying to
US colleges and universities in
2007 and 2008 were alerted on
May 29, 2007 the opening of College
Board's SAT registration for
2007-08. Many of our students
successfully registered for the
standardized tests online and
the registration was filled up
fast for test centers in Hong
Kong for the entire year as
soon as after two days. By June
4, students in Hong Kong had to
register for test centers in Taiwan, Singapore and
hope that College Board may open
more test centers in Hong Kong
for them to make a test center
transfer. Stay alert with MAPLEWOOD
NEWSBYTE by adding
your name to our mail list.
Maplewood Press
Release on 2007 Results
Jun
1, 2007 - Maplewood
Students Savor Success on the
College Road - Maplewood
reports on their students
successfully gaining admissions
to top schools in their college
and transfer applications in
2007, analyzes the latest
admissions trends, and explains
the key success factors for
Maplewood students in one of the
most competitive years in US
college application. Read
release in English (doc file, 122 KB). In
Chinese (doc
file, 131 KB).
Maplewood Recruits
Volunteers for Chinglin
Tutoring Program 2007
May
25, 2007 -
Maplewood announces the Chinglin
Tutoring Program, an
English peer tutoring program
for students in summer 2007,
riding on successful
experiences since 2005.
Volunteer students are being
recruited to provide
conversational English and
reading/writing workshops to
fellow students attending Fukien
Middle School (North Point), a
local junior secondary school in
Hong Kong. The program will be
run for a 3-week period from
July 16 to August 3, 2007. The
hours will be 2 to 5 pm Mondays
to Fridays inclusive. Learn
more about Chinglin 2007.
Maplewood Sponsors
Hong Kong Arts Festival 2007
Mar
5, 2007 - Maplewood
is a Bronze
Award Donor to the Hong Kong Arts
Festival Student Ticket Scheme
in the 35th Hong Kong Arts
Festival which runs from
February 28 to March 25, 2007.
Through the sponsorship,
Maplewood hopes to make more
arts programs accessible and
affordable to students, and that
more students will have an
opportunity to develop an
appreciation and understanding
of the arts from a young age. Read
more.
Maplewood in the News
Sep
29, 2006 - Maplewood
education consultant uses the UC
Berkeley summer Academic Talent
Development Program (ATDP) as an
example to explain how high
school students with the right
motivation and academic
interests can attend substantive
summer programs rather than join
the typical summer study tours
to gain a more in-depth exposure
to American college life and
help them focus on their college
goals. Reported
in Sing Tao Daily News
(Parents Page, Education
Section):
 Unlike
your typical summer study
tour, Berkeley's
Academic
Talent
Development Program (ATDP)
offers full-day curricula
Jul
21, 2006 - Maplewood
education consultant reveals the
latest, record-low admission
rates to top US colleges and
universities at an overseas
study forum held at St Paul's
Co-educational College in June
2006, as reported in an article
on liberal arts colleges in Jiu
Jik, South China
Morning Post. Read the
report:
Liberal
arts colleges in America:
unsurpassed in providing
education
and training for the
professonals
Jul
12, 2006 - Maplewood
education consultants explain
the latest trends in full-time
MBA studies in the US and
Europe, and offer tips on top
MBA program admissions in
featured reports in Sing
Tao Daily News (Studies
Page, Education Section) in
July, 2006. Read the report:
Start
early in applying to top MBA
programs in Europe and the US;
Excel
in your candidacy through
shining interviews and essays
- July
11, 2006
Read
up English newspapers and
periodicals for your GMAT
prep;
Get to
know the universities in depth
will help in your interviews
and
essays - July 12, 2006
Maplewood Announces Chinglin
Tutoring Program 2006
Jun
20, 2006 -
Maplewood is again coordinating
the Chinglin Tutoring
Program, an English peer
tutoring program for students in
summer 2006, riding on our successful experience
in 2005. Volunteer students
are being recruited to provide
conversational English and
reading/writing workshops to
fellow students attending Fukien
Middle School (North Point), a
local junior secondary school in
Hong Kong. A planning meeting is
scheduled for July 12, 2006 for
tutors to meet each other and
arrange their schedules. The
program will last for five weeks
from July 17 to August 18, 2006.
Chinglin Program 2006
update.
Maplewood Press Release on
Expanded MBA Counseling
Services
Jun
15, 2006 - Maplewood
Expands Top MBA Admissions
Services - Maplewood
announces alliance with MBA
Exchange, a leading US-based
resource for applicants to the
world's best MBA programs in the
US and Europe, to strengthen its
business school counseling
services to clients in Hong Kong
and the South China region. Read
release in English (doc file, 114 KB). Seminar
on MBA Admissions in July 2006.
Maplewood Press Release on
2006 Results
May
15, 2006 - Maplewood
Paves the Road to Ivy League
Success - Maplewood
reports on students successfully
admitted to top schools in their
college and boarding school
applications in 2006, and shares
the secrets of success with
client testimonial and
announcement of enhancements in
boarding school and MBA
application services. Read
release in English (doc file, 110 KB). In
Chinese (doc file, 91 KB).
Maplewood Sponsors Hong Kong
Arts Festival 2006
Feb
8, 2006 - Maplewood
is a Bronze
Award Donor to the Hong Kong Arts
Festival Student Ticket Scheme
in the 34th Hong Kong Arts
Festival which runs from
February 8 to March 12 in 2006.
Through the sponsorship,
Maplewood hopes to make more
arts programs accessible and
affordable to students, and that
more students will have an
opportunity to develop an
appreciation and understanding
of the arts from a young age. Read
more.
Summer 2006 College Program
Listing
Jan
29, 2006 - Summer
2006 college programs for high
school students - in science,
engineering, math, humanities
and the arts - is now available
on Maplewood's website. This
information is compiled for the
convenience of our students and
parents, as we receive many
enquiries on US college summer
programs for high school
students every year. See
listing.
Maplewood in the News
Dec
14, 2005 - Novel
college counseling services at
Maplewood? Start getting ready
for college from Year 9?
Maplewood's consultants were
interviewed on college planning
and college counseling services
by Sing Tao Daily News
and the story is featured in Sing
Tao Daily News Parents
Page in December, 2005. Read the
stories:
Start
getting ready from Year 9 -
December 14, 2005
Novel
college counseling services -
December 13, 2004
St Paul's Co-educational
College Career Day Workshop
Nov
19, 2005 - Maplewood
continues its outreach program
and participates in a Career Day
Workshop for upper form students
at St Paul's Co-educational
College and Maplerwood education
consultant Perry Yu speaks to
students who aspire to study
science and engineering in
college and gives a presentation
on Your Major in Science
and Engineering and Your
Career. Read
more.
College Education Forums at
Wah Yan College, Kowloon and
DBS
Oct
22, 2005 - Maplewood
consultants George Wong, David
Lai, Perry Yu are invited by Wah
Yan One Foundation to speak at a
forum Preparation for
University Education in the US
organized in collaboration
with Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
and Wah Yan College, Kowloon.
This follows from the University
Day forum at Diosesan Boys
School (DBS) a week earlier at
which Perry Yu has spoken to an
audience of over 60 students and
parents on US university
education. Maplewood hopes that
our outreach program on US
university education will help
open the students' options in
higher education and career
choices. Read
more.
Crossing Beethoven and
Education
Oct
21, 2005 - The
results of Maplewood's Berliner
Philharmoniker Student Essay
Contest 2005 are out! The two
winning essayists have expressed
their original and personalized
thoughts on music listening or
concert-going and win the two
$1,200 student tickets to the
first-ever Berliner
Philharmoniker concert in Hong
Kong on November 13, 2005. Read
the winning essays.
Maplewood Meets La Salle
Teachers and Social Workers
Oct
13, 2005 - Maplewood
consultant Perry Yu attends the
La Salle College Old Boys'
Association Happy
Hour in Tsim Sha Tsui, meets La Salle old
boys, teachers, and social
workers and discusses studying
overseas, education in Hong
Kong, and peer counseling
programs at school.
College Counseling
Services - Who Needs Them and
Why?
Sep 28, 2005 -
Maplewood summarizes our
experiences on how college
counseling may benefit parents
and students applying to US
colleges and universities. Read
the benefits.
Peer Tutors Find That Help
Cuts Both Ways
Sep
24, 2005 - Maplewood
education consultant and
director Perry Yu reflects in Insight
and Opinion, Education Post,
South China Morning Post,
Hong Kong, on the Chinglin
English Peer Tutoring Program
held over the summer, and how
the program showed how much
teenagers can learn from and
help each other. Read
full article.
Berliner Philharmoniker in
Hong Kong
Sep
13, 2005 - Maplewood
announces the Berliner
Philharmoniker Student Essay
Contest on the first day of
ticket sale for the first-ever
visit and performance in Hong
Kong by the world-acclaimed
orchestra in November 2005. To
enter the contest, Maplewood
students and other students aged
under 20 should submit an essay
in English of 200 to 400 words
on Why I want to win a
ticket to the Berliner
Philharmoniker concert.
The best two essays will win two
$1,200 student tickets to the
Berliner Philharmoniker concert
on November 13, 2005. Essay
entries will close on September
30, 2005; results will be
announced in October, 2005. Read
more.
Peer Support Cover Story
Aug
29, 2005 - "Being
taught by someone of the same
age was interesting and fun,"
said Andy Tsui Kwok-cheung, a
Hon Wah Middle School student
tutored by Maplewood students.
"The teacher was nice and we
learned better in a relaxed
playful environment." A cover
story on the Chinglin English Peer
Tutoring Program held over the
summer and the experiences of
students - both tutors and
learners - appears in Young
Post, South China Morning Post.
Read
more (pdf file, 298 KB).
Announcing the Chinglin Peer
Tutoring Program
Jun
10, 2005 - Maplewood
announces the Chinglin Tutoring
Program, a peer-to-peer English
tutoring program for students in
summer 2005. Volunteer students
are now being recruited to
provide conversational English
and reading/writing workshops to
fellow students attending Hon
Wah Middle School, a local
secondary school in Hong Kong. Read
program objectives and
highlights.
Maplewood Sponsors Hong Kong
Arts Festival 2005
Feb 17, 2005
- Arts appreciation nurtures
creativity and cultural
understanding. Exposure to the
arts also cultivates a more
well-rounded person. While many
students have learned to dance,
sing, act, or play a musical
instrument in Hong Kong, not all
have had the chance to attend
world-class performances, or
develop a habit of attending
professional performances
regularly. In Hong Kong,
extracurricular arts activities
have often been geared towards
interschool competitions or
certification exams. As a Bronze
Award Donor, Maplewood sponsors
the 33rd Hong Kong Arts Festival
Student Ticket Scheme to enable
more students to attend
performing arts programs and
develop appreciation and
understanding of the arts from a
young age. Read
more.
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