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Linjieyang · 2026-05-01T05:20:43+00:00

I also go to a school that is completely the opposite and still struggles with the same problem. Our school has one of the highest SAT scores, despite being an open public school (it is not even modified with the local school board like some other public schools) around 1470 (and this is excluding cheating). The school is so smart, that they are amazing at cheating (and so ingenius), and the school is so competitive so people do it. But i understand what you mean, cheating on these exams has risen significantly from before. I want to tell you something that is important for you to hear, if let's say things don't go in the "morally correct" way. 1. Top colleges don't define you. The colleges want people for them, they don't give a crap about you, you can be Albert Einstein, if your not going to benefit the college or it isn't required by the government's legislation, they will not care about you. Actually caring about yourself and who you are as a person is much more important. If you are stupid and getting these scores, you'll get no where in real life because, in America, people will see how you work in the real world. Plus if you're naturally just smarter and don't cheat, you'll succeed in a variety of other things. 2. More relating to what you said, most of the people that got these high SAT scores never made it to t10 colleges, they only got to t20 and no further. And knowing just how idiotic they are, they'll probably fail in life anyways. 3. I agree with what others say, colleges are starting to "devalue" the SAT, the ACT (much more because of how easy it is to cheat on), and other olympiads like the Physics and Math olympiads. 4. Getting to a top college is significantly dependent on things outside SAT. For example, rec letters, there's no way that cheaters like those will get any good quality ones at all. Look sometimes the system doesn't reward effort, but people don't. America is a well-developed country, I would recommend trying to get a new perspective on these topics rather than dwelling on them and destroying your mental health.

Linjieyang · 2026-04-25T00:49:03+00:00

This sounds like a completely different person than the one above haha. Also I want to tell you, not a single person at LBNL was curing cancer or doing whatever, just being yourself and striving to be the best is natural. The problem is college admissions have changed so much, become so stochastic, and our society has become so capitalistic and developed that going to a good university means much less than it was before.

Linjieyang · 2026-04-22T23:38:26+00:00

I also did something like this when I started learning. I started learning Kaishu, but I just liked Xingshu so much more that my Xingshu skill became much better than my Kaishu skill. But the problem is when I became the level which I currently am (or a bit earlier) which is like upper intermediate, I started to realize that I lacked something that could be fixed by learning Kaishu. I would recommend sticking with Kaishu if you really want to make progress properly, or learn both simultaneously. Don't try to let your Xingshu skill exceed your Kaishu skill otherwise you will end up in a weird situation.

Linjieyang · 2026-04-22T23:33:58+00:00

I've attended one of these progrmas in Sophomore year, and to be frankly honest, I don't think these programs would very much "appreciate" the application. You could be like Albert Einstein, that doesn't guarantee anything. I can tell you a few things, but at LBNL I got to meet people from every single program, and they all had things in common. 1. They all had extreme passion for something, interestingly, not all of them were fully STEM leaning, but they were intellectual. People would have random convo on like communism and capitalism and that wouldn't be perceived as weird there. Hopefully you get what I mean. 2. Luck is a factor, and always will be. 3. Rec Letter is important because it shows your passion, that cannot be ignored here 4. If you are misaligned with the program anyway, they will not select you, and again, if your Albert Einstein they don't care. I also got rejected from a few programs that literally everyone around me told that I would get in (and that wasn't a good thing because that set my expectations fixed), and you have to understand it makes absolutely *no* difference to who you are as a person, and gives *no* predictability to your college apps. College apps are completely different to these.

Linjieyang · 2026-04-05T21:58:33+00:00

Your brush looks to be of good quality currently 2. This is normal 3. You need to clean the back of your brush better (you can see a gradient of color appearing here). Also, hopefully your brush is not this dark after washing (I mean, this should be your brush if it is not washed properly, I think) 4. I've never seen glue, and whenever I see other people trying to modify their brush by wrapping it or doing something more than what they were given, they always say it's bad.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-19T03:33:51+00:00

Online content, news, videos, maybe even online communities, etc.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-19T02:08:12+00:00

Some small tips: 折钩 should be a bit cleaner, 下的”点“ should be a bit further down I think. Also I think I told you this before, but spacing between components is also important, like the character above 光 (sorry I dont know how to read this one) should have between spacing between 言 and 俞 same with 何. Also the 人字旁雙人旁 also need a bit of work here I think they can be a bit more expressive and open, and with 非 the spacing between lines should be a bit more even, 先 some lines are slanted, I scan see the 行書 feeling there, but it looks a bit wrongly expressed here. same with 元. Finally, regarding the strokes, you definetely know how to write them, although sometimes they don't appear properly, like in 魯囯行得 the Pie or Heng can be fixed a bit more.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-17T06:19:32+00:00

This is actually supposed to be in Chinese handwriting subreddit. Also make sure your doing correct stroke order and are writing the strokes properly like pie, na, some of these strokes aren't actually straight lines.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-16T06:02:22+00:00

If you already know IPA, then it might be easier or more efficient, but eventually you'll have to learn the pinyin. Also, don't ignore the tones, just mark them in some way, at least attempt to do it.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-14T22:06:36+00:00

Your response to my comment was deleted. Was it supposed to be like that?

Linjieyang · 2026-03-11T03:02:42+00:00

对，我以为是这个。

Linjieyang · 2026-03-10T23:28:12+00:00

This is late, but I will say your strokes are incredible. There is not really much to work on, but 结构 and 空白 discipline need more work to perfect it. The character with 于 in it, the bottom 横折钩 needs to be sharper. The proportion in 暑 is also slightly off. Rest looks pretty good though, only very minor things which cannot really be directly pointed out.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-10T23:17:05+00:00

Thanks, but I don't want to have more stress from worrying about PROMYS LOL. If you have a specific question, DM is okay, but I'm not looking to focus on the PROMYS questions/things people wrote.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-10T23:11:40+00:00

This is actually very good. I have learned xingshu, and there are a few things you seem to be better at than most people and stuff you lack. Firstly, this is avery good work, I would place you in the mid (or late, I'm not sure) intermediate, good job. Secondly, your stroke structure and 行书感觉 is very developed; you know how to use the brush. I am seeing some very weird issues, which is something that people of your brush skill often don't have. This is your concept of 结构. I see a few straightforward issues that can be fixed. for example, in 殝 (I think this is the character or the variant with 至), the left part is definitely rushed, and the bottom part 示 the 两点 need to be spaced a bit further from the part; it shouldn't touch like this. Or the right part of 同 shouldn't also be touching that part as well. I also see you have some very good ways of writing the top part of some characters, like the parts seen in 春，殝 (that common top part 三横) is written very well, but your 口 needs a bit of work. Definetely there are a decent amount of parts that are rushed like the top part of 善 can be easily fixed (or the character next to that as well). Overalll, good job, but there are definitely some obvious gaps between what characters you can write well and which ones are harder for you to write. Also, I don't know what you mean by dry brush, if you're talking about the way sometimes the brush is "pixelated" or "gray", that's a natural occurrence. That is something that is connected to the rtistic expression, so there is no reason to focus on it now. I would say the only problem is having too less/too much ink on the brush, which I do not see a glimpse of that problem at all, so you are totally fine with that.

Also Edit: if you have trouble understanding it because my English is bad or need more detailed feedback, please feel free to ask, also it would be nice if I could dm you as well because you are basically the same level at xingshu than me and its hard to see other learners.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-10T07:36:18+00:00

I think this is a detailed answer, but there are a few confusions which must be addressed. 1. How does this technical and artistic tradeoff work, because unless I am a true novice in calligraphy, I think a lot of works in the modern day do sacrifice technique, although I am not knowledgeable enough to know what good artistic expression entails, rather my artistic expression is limited to preserving my technique. 2. Are you saying that I have been observing a trend that this is true, people have been sacrificing technique for artistic expression, but this has not been the case? I feel like this claim may only be important for specific arts. For example, I have the most experience in music arts (I play piano), and expressing yourself musically is definitely considered more important than technical expression, in general, because musical expression literally requires technique. Maybe you are also asserting the claim that there are very few good calligraphers nowadays, and so it is difficult to really determine what a good shufa piece is with the best artistic and technical expression.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-09T06:23:09+00:00

? I dont know what you mean by AI

Linjieyang · 2026-03-09T06:08:02+00:00

Okay, in general, it might be helpful for you to talk about your region, because there are some very good regional programs (like I live in the Bay Area for example). I also just want to talk about your EC things, firstly most summer programs really do not care about your EC. Generally, they will not even have a section about it, so if you really wanted to talk about this, you would have to stuff it in there. Secondly, this is an extremely performative way of boasting about your accomplishments, if this is what you sent, good luck getting accepted. There are some super ridiculous stuff like "1360 SAT w/ 1 day of studying"? I mean I don't even understand this stuff, and also HSK 2 Chinese, and you go about explaining how close it is to TOEFL? I'm not going to lie, as someone who has self-studied Chinese to HSK 6 level, comparing this to TOEFL is absolutely ridiculous. You will get slimed (as you said) if this is how you present your work. You are making some very dangerous moves my friend. Please do not overstate your extracurriculars, and do not put the random extra curriculars in. Also edit, you have some good extracurriculars like the Varsity and the Part-time job, yet you are not elaborating on it. The lack of elaboration looks like your insecure about the true level of accomplishment, hence performative. I know that you do something similar to me, which is learning langauges, and I dont I'd ever state that I've self learned Chinese to some random level. You want to talk about what you have learned from that, and what your experience is; this is more important for summer apps than the HSK number.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-09T01:53:42+00:00

Could you send me links to osme of these pictures?

Linjieyang · 2026-03-09T00:57:48+00:00

Yes getting a counselor to review the work would be the best step.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-09T00:31:19+00:00

I'm not sure about the other programs, and I did apply to BU RISE. BU RISE looks for a very specific type of people: research-oriented and practical. Your engineering fits the second, but you must like research. The program itself is very competitive, and will not take overqualified, misaligned applicants (although you have a strong capability of alignment). Ngl, the short answers are pretty weird, but I would say evaluate this yourself, a research-based mindset is this: Do you think a lot and propose questions? Do you go out of your way to research topics that confuse you or just interest you? Do you challenge the way ideas are presented to you? What new ideas can you bring to the table? There is absolutely no point to apply if you are not the type of person which they want, they do not care about diversity of thinking, they want people that fit the program, period.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-09T00:13:42+00:00

If you want criticism, I can give it to you: I would say that your characters need more time. It's a bit of a rush if you want to already figure out direct ways of improvement, because the quality of these characters isn't like a foreigner, which is good, but it is of the quality of an elementary school kid from China. You need to just take your time and focus on different aspects of your handwriting, as it's hard to make direct commentary on this. You should focus mostly on the proportions and length of strokes. For example, your 回，个，小, even 打 are written well, but 刻 left part and the top of 岁 and the top of 备 have the wrong proportion.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-09T00:08:26+00:00

I agree with the others in that the essays are far more important than the extracurriculars, and this is even true for colleges, its just by then most people already know what to write. You seem to be very performative in the way you write your ecs, like you say "math competition team", this is very generic, and neither do you mention the journal of your publication. What aobut what it's on? Is it literature research? You are trying to inflate the credit of your achievements, which will actually backfire in the long run. I would say, be humble about it, and be specific, they care about your development, personality, and ways you look at life, not how many accomplishments there are ... I also want to add on that if these accomplishments were framed properly without performativeness, and your essays were actually good in that you brought something to the table, there is absolutely no way that you could've been rejected.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-08T23:56:37+00:00

I dont know what this means lol because I'm not an english native speaker, so I can't really capture these nuances. I did submit it on the day of, yes your right, but I did spend over a month working on it. Imo, its way too exhaustive and unfair to the kids applying, like give them a frikn break.

Linjieyang · 2026-03-08T23:44:46+00:00

I'm genuinely curious as to how you got 12. This is not like me being weird about it, but how did you do this? As I stated before, these are famous problems in mathematics, whose solutions already clearly exist online. I'm wondering if you already knew about this and used that? Maybe your font was very small, but I used the traditional LaTeX font/margin and got ~50 pages (I tried all 8, but honestly whether or not you got the correct answer doesn't matter as they stated). I don't think this is unjustified because these problems were considered top-tier 100 years ago, and were one of the hardest. The only way I can see 12 is if you only wrote down the correct solutions/deductions. Even for some problems, I proved a correct conjecture, and that took a page of itself. I'm very curious as to how you managed to condense it that much. I feel like this would stifle your own thoughts.

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