Here's a
chronological listing of
highlights in Maplewood's
counseling services, educational
programs, and community
involvements. Check out the links
for Aspiration - a Maplewood
Newsletter and Maplewood
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more 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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