Maplewood on Social Media
For the latest tidbits on college admission trends, tips, inspirations on studies, activities, even parenting (yes, for parents!), and announcements on Maplewood events and seminars, join us on Facebook and Twitter:
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, 2007Vickie 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, 2007Jeffrey 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 byadding 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 onsuccessful 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 theChinglin English Peer Tutoring Program held over the summer and the experiences of students - both tutors and learners - appears in YoungPost, 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.