I have raised two daughters. My elder daughter graduated from a public high school in Wisconsin and received several prestigious national awards, including the U.S. Presidential Scholar. She was admitted to top universities such as Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Columbia, USC, UC Berkeley, Georgetown, NYU, UW-Madison. She ultimately chose Yale, where she is pursuing a double major in Economics and Film Directing.
My younger daughter graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall, a top private high school. She was accepted by several universities, including Brown, the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), Columbia, the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and Georgetown University. She eventually chose Columbia University, where she is studying Finanical Engineering and Mathematics as major, and Sustainable Engineering, Applied Math as minors.
I graduated from Chongqing University with a Master’s degree in Engineering. In 2002, I received a full scholarship to pursue graduate studies in the U.S. After earning my master degree in Chemistry, I have been working in a multinational pharmaceutical company in the U.S., where I have been working in drug analysis and management. At the same time, I pursued and obtained a master degree in Business Administration.
Although I am a full-time professional, I have never missed any important moment in my daughters’ lives. I have maintained mutual trust and open communication with them. I guided them in building their own dreams and encouraged them to stay persistent in achieving their goals at each stage of growth, successfully helping them gain admission into top 10 universities in the U.S.
Having lived in the U.S. for over 20 years and with my daughters attending both public and private high schools, I have gained deep insights into both educational systems. I have also accumulated extensive experience in extracurricular planning, leadership development, and community service. I can help children choose projects based on their interests and strengths — projects they can excel in and stay committed to. I understand how to leverage existing resources and provide the most optimized, personalized strategies to help students achieve their goals.
Throughout this journey with my daughters, I have had the opportunity to build strong connections with their classmates and parents, receiving valuable advice and support. I deeply understand the common challenges teenagers face during their developmental years, as well as the confusion and anxiety many parents experience. This has enabled me to help others with both competence and empathy. I am eager to share my educational philosophies, resources, and experiences I have accumulated with more families in need. As a planning and college application consultant for middle and high school students, I strive to assist parents who lack experience or time, and support their children in finding direction and realizing their dreams.
A student's current academic level is not the key factor that determines the success of our collaboration. What truly influences the outcome is the student's attitude toward learning, as well as the parents' understanding of and support for education. I firmly believe that as long as the child is proactive and the parents are rational and open-minded, I am confident in my role as a mentor—guiding the student to challenge themselves and preparing them thoroughly for applying to their dream university using the most effective strategies.
College admission is just a short-term goal. What matters more to me is helping the student grow through this process into someone who is honest, kind, independent, confident, and possesses leadership and influence. My ideal students are self-disciplined individuals, supported by parents who recognize the long-term value of this approach.
Throughout the mentoring process, I focus on developing the student’s overall character and abilities. By strategically amplifying their strengths, I help them gain admission to dream universities that are a match for them. While we cannot control every admissions outcome, the skills and character the student builds during this journey will lay a solid foundation for their future success and happiness.
If your only goal is to “get into the Ivy League” at any cost, and you're willing to pursue that by any means, then I may not be the right college admissions mentor for you. Because I believe that truly valuable education shapes a person for lifelong benefit—not just a one-time result.
The students I have mentored have been admitted to the following universities: Yale University, Princeton University, Havard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, University of Southern California, University of California (Berkeley), New York Univeristy, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Georgetown University, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
In recent years, AI tools such as ChatGPT have demonstrated powerful capabilities in information synthesis, language refinement, and writing support. I believe that using AI in a thoughtful and responsible way is an unavoidable part of future learning and the admissions process.
However, the core of college admissions has never been simply about “whether an essay sounds good.”. AI can help students organize information more efficiently and improve expression, but it cannot replace several critical forms of judgment: 1) assessing a student’s genuine academic potential and long-term development trajectory; 2) understanding the implicit preferences and evaluation logic behind admissions decisions; 3) identifying which parts of a student’s story are truly meaningful versus those that look impressive but carry little weight; 4) making strategic trade-offs among a student’s background, abilities, and a school’s expectations; 5) making sound decisions when students feel uncertain, anxious, or torn. These elements are precisely what determine the success of an application.
In my guidance, AI is treated as an assisting tool, not a decision-maker. I guide students how to use AI appropriately to improve efficiency while avoiding overreliance, and I insist that the thinking, judgment, and expression always come from the student. The value I provide is not simple “essay editing,” but rather helping students make clearer, more rational, and more personally suitable choices—based on a deep understanding of the individual student, admissions logic, and educational pathways.