乐观向上的德威学子收获建筑排名全美前六的名校录取 | Chloe X. Admitted into Virginia Tech
Chloe X. 苏州德威国际高中13年级学生 收获弗吉尼亚理工大学提前录取
Chloe X.是苏州德威国际高中13年级的学生，目前已经收获了弗吉尼亚理工大学（Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University）建筑学专业的ED录取，2019年该校的建筑系全美排名第6位（PrepScholar: https://blog.prepscholar.com/best-architecture-schools-undergraduate）。ED是Early Decision的英文缩写，是一种申请美国大学的方式，顾名思义是指学校早决定录取。和普通申请不同的是，一个学生只能选择一所学校进行ED申请，如果被录取了则只能接受offer进入该校学习，并撤回已经向其他学校投出的申请。所以，学生选择申请ED的学校往往是自己的第一选择。
关于弗吉尼亚理工大学
弗吉尼亚理工学院暨州立大学（Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University，官方缩写为Virginia Tech，又简称VT），中文简称弗吉尼亚理工大学，坐落在美国东海岸弗吉尼亚州的黑堡（Blacksburg），是一所以工科为主的综合性公立高等学府。根据卡内基教育基金会公布的大学分类，学校被归类为特高研究型大学（very high research activity）。
为什么选择这所学校呢？
Chloe当初为什么选择这所学校作为第一选择呢？她说首先因为她热爱建筑学专业，该校建筑系在全美排名第六，所以是理想的院校之一；其次，因为Chloe自己不喜欢嘈杂的大城市，而喜欢亲近大自然，而弗吉尼亚理工大学背靠阿巴拉契亚山脉，处于新河谷（New River Valley）中心区，附近设有1700英亩的研究性农场，距离美国杰佛逊国家森林公园（Jefferson National Forest）仅有数里之遥，因此这里自然环境优越，四季分明，这样的环境正合她的意，安静的环境也适合学习和研究。
Chloe的作品
优势学科与兴趣让她选择了建筑学
说到为什么选择建筑学，Chloe有很多话要说。首先，她曾经做过一个升学指导老师给的职业倾向测试，她的测试匹配到第一位的职业就是建筑设计师。其次，她最喜欢的学科是数学，物理和计算机，所以她早就知道自己以后一定会学工科，另外她还修了两年的艺术课，对摄影一直都充满热情，这些学科和兴趣的结合点就是建筑学。当然，Chloe还需要把自己对建筑学的理解向学校清晰地表明。在申请弗吉尼亚理工大学时，她通过文书很好地表达了自己对建筑学的热爱和深刻的理解，她把建筑与摄影相结合，建筑不仅仅是一栋楼那么简单，而是与人和社会息息相关的。
对学科的热爱也离不开老师的悉心教导。Chloe说她对物理的热爱是从11年级开始的，因为当时的物理老师Muraleetharan先生讲课条理非常清晰，他总能把复杂的理念简单化，让学生很容易理解，Chloe慢慢地喜欢上了物理且学起来也很轻松。从12年级开始，她开始学习了计算机科学，刚开始的时候她感觉到有点困难，但慢慢地，看着自己写的代码运行后变成一个个的程序让她很有成就感，她开始逐渐理解了编程思想，喜欢上了计算机科学。
联课活动丰富多彩
在联课活动中，她参加了建筑社团，学校邀请了来自西交利物浦大学的教师来讲课，学生们还自己制作了桥型结构，实践了建筑学原理；除此之外，她还负责了视频挑战赛的艺术设计，为活动设计了海报和PPT；参加了学校运动会，连续三年都获得了800米银牌；连续两年参加了射箭社团；还参加了慈善活动，去木渎的小学支教，教学生们英语，带领他们一起唱歌，这让她感到很快乐；她还是Wingsplan的成员，为万圣节的寻宝活动出题目；还参加了爱丁堡公爵奖的铜奖和银奖，锻炼了自己的意志力。
Chloe摄影作品
乐观积极自律来源于父母的鼓励与信任
Chloe来自徐州，当初选择德威是受朋友推荐，并且父母和她都很看重德威集团这个品牌，所以才在众多国际学校中选择了德威。刚来时，她承认有点听不懂课，但在父母的鼓励教育下，她并没有灰心，她通过自己的努力，多看书，课前预习，逐渐适应了全英文的教学。由于长期住宿，她需要很强的自我管理能力。父母对她有充分的信任，注重培养她良好的生活习惯和平和的心态，所以Chloe一直很乐观且积极向上。她在大目标——学习建筑学的驱使下为自己设立了一个个的小目标，然后一步步实现他们，最终完成了考取建筑学院的大目标。对于未来，她想进入一些顶尖的建筑事务所做建筑设计，她自己非常欣赏两家事务所，一家是当今荷兰最有影响力的建筑师事务所之一MVRDV建筑设计事务所，另一家是当今中国最有潜力的年轻事务所MAD。我们祝愿她早日达成自己的理想！
给低年级同学们的建议
一旦发现自己对某个学科的热爱就不要因为一点小困难而放弃，要坚持下去。
——Chloe X.
Chloe X. Received Early Decision Offer from Virginia Tech
Chloe X. is a 13th grade student at Dulwich International High School Suzhou. She has already received an ED offer from the Architecture School in Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 2019, the school's architecture course ranked 6th in the US (PrepScholar: https://blog.prepscholar.com/best-architecture-schools-undergraduate). ED is the English abbreviation of Early Decision. As the name suggests, the school decides to accept an applicant early. Unlike ordinary applications, a student can only choose one school to apply for an ED. If they are accepted, they can only accept the offer to enter the school and must withdraw the applications to any other schools. Therefore, students who choose to apply for ED normally do so to their first choice.
About Virginia Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (also known as VT or Virginia Tech) is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, on the east coast of the United States. According to the university classification published by the Carnegie Education Foundation, the school is classified as a very high research activity institute and is the main comprehensive public institution of higher learning in the area.
Why choose this school?
Why did Chloe choose this school as her first choice? Because she loves architecture and Virginia Tech ranked sixth in the United States, it is one of her ideal colleges. Chloe doesn't like big cities and prefers to be close to nature. Virginia Tech is next to the Appalachian Mountains and is in the heart of the New River Valley, with 1,700 acres of research farms nearby and is just a few miles from the Jefferson National Forest. The surroundings are beautiful and the four seasons are distinct. The quiet environment is also suitable for both study and research.
Studying architecture
When it comes to her choice of architecture, Chloe has a lot to say. She once did a career orientation test given by a school counsellor, and the first occupation she matched was architect. Secondly, her favorite subjects are mathematics, physics and computer science, so she already knew that she would study a related area in the future. She studied art for two years and is passionate about photography. The combination of these subjects and interests all feed into architecture. As a result, Chloe was able to clearly show her understanding of architecture to the school. When applying to Virginia Tech, she expressed her love and deep understanding of it in her personal statement, demonstrating how she combined architecture with photography. She firmly believes architecture is not just about buildings, but also about people and society.
Her love of the subject was inspired by careful teaching. Chloe said that her love of physics began in the 11th grade, because the physics teacher Mr. Muraleethharan who has a very clear style of delivering lectures. He simplifies complex concepts and making it easy for students to understand which helped Chloe to fall in love with physics. From the 12th grade, she began to learn computer science. At first, she found it difficult, but found watching the code she wrote turning into a work computer program very rewarding.
Co-curricular activities
Chloe has participated in various co-curricular activities, including the architectural club. The school invited teachers from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University to give lectures. The students also made their own bridge structure, practicing architectural principals. In addition, she was also responsible for graphic design in the video challenge and she designed the posters and PPT’s for the event; she has won the silver medal of 800 meters for three consecutive years; she also participated in the archery society for two consecutive years; she participated in charity activities and taught English to students in a primary school in Mudu, which she greatly enjoyed; a member of Wingsplan and helped to design questions for the treasure hunt during Halloween; she participated in the Bronze and Silver Awards of the Duke of Edinburgh Award which helped to strengthened her body and mind.
Encouraging parents made her optimistic and self-disciplined
Chloe came from Xuzhou. She chose Dulwich International High School Suzhou primarily because of friends’ recommendation but also because of brand value of Dulwich College International. When she first arrived, she admitted that she could not understand some of the lessons. However, she didn’t feel defeated due to her parent’s continuous encouragement. Through her own efforts of reading more books and pre-studying classes, Chloe gradually adapted to the English only environment. Because she is a termly boarder, she needs to have strong self-management skills. Her parents trust her to focus on developing good habits and a stable mind and Chloe has always been optimistic and positive. In order to reach her goal of studying architecture, she set up small goals for herself, and then achieved them step by step, finally reached the goal of the acceptance from one of the top architecture schools in the world. For the future, she wants to enter some of the best architectural firms and do architectural design professionally. She likes twofirms . One is MVRDV Architects, one of the most influential architects in the Netherlands, and the other is MAD, the most promising young architecture firm in China. We wish her every success in the realization of her dreams!
Her advice to younger students is: Once you find a subject you love, don't give up because of a little difficulty. Stick with it.
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