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1、美国名校如何挑选学生星腾科国际教育集团总裁马振翼为您解读美国名校录取趋势及申请策略CoachingandMuchMoreforChineseStudentsLookingtoU.S.JimWilson/TheNewYorkTimesLuShuangXu,left,soughtadvicefromaconsultant,whichhelpedhergetintoHarvard.ByDANLEVINPublished:May29,2011·Recommend·Twitter·Linkedin·SignIntoE-Mail·Print·SinglePage·窗体顶端窗体底端Reprints
2、·ShareCloseoDiggoRedditoTumblroPermalinkoBEIJING—InDecember2009,arejectionletterfromColumbiaUniversityfounditswaytothesouthernChinesecityofShenzhen.ItwasaddressedtoLuJingyu,atopstudentandmemberofherschool’sstudentgovernment.Asshereadthedishearteningwords,Ms.Luimmediatelybegantopanic.Wherehadshe
3、gonewrong?Howcouldshefixthis?EnlargeThisImageShihoFukadaforTheInternationalHeraldTribuneStevenMa,right,thefounderofThinkTankLearning,inhisBeijingfacility,wherestudentsaretaughthowtogetintoU.S.colleges.Foranswers,sheturnedtoThinkTankLearning,acollegeadmissionconsultingcompanyfromCaliforniathatha
4、drecentlyopenedanofficeinShenzhen,nextdoortoHongKong.“IwantedAmericanprofessionalstolookatmyapplicationandshedsomenewlightonhowIcouldmakeitbetter,”shesaid.Thepricewassteep:100,000renminbi,or$15,000.Butitcamewitha100percentmoney-backguarantee—ifMs.LuwasrejectedfromthenineselectiveU.S.universitie
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6、forThinkTank,theapproachworked.ShehasjustcompletedherfirstyearattheUniversityofPennsylvania.AsarecordnumberofstudentsfromoutsidetheUnitedStatescompeteforalimitednumberofspotsatthemostselectiveAmericancolleges,companieslikeThinkTankareseekingtoprofitfromtheirambitions.IntheUnitedStates,studentsh
7、avelongturnedtoindependentcollegecounselors,butinrecentyears,largeroutfitshaveenteredthemarket,offeringfull-servicedesignercourses,extracurricularactivitiesandfocusedapplicationassistance.Theseserviceshavespreadtothefast-growingan
