2024Fall U.S. undergraduate application season has come to a perfect close! This year, the overall number of applicants to most Ivy League schools reached a new high, while the acceptance rate continued to decline! Faced with this situation, many students and parents feel stressed, filled with worry and anxiety about the uncertainty of the future, and unsure which scientific research projects to undertake to enhance their competitiveness. Therefore, in last week's math & physics special session, Teacher S, through new case studies, deciphered the secrets to admission at top universities! Don't worry if you missed it, I've compiled a written review for you to save and refer to!

Youfang Science and Engineering Academic Director | Teacher S

✔ Main person in charge of the physics and mathematics direction, has won national awards in physics/chemistry/biology competitions multiple times.

✔ Rich teaching experience, adept at analyzing award-winning works and judging trends in top science and technology competitions.

✔ Coached students to participate in the National Youth Science Competition, Talent Program, ISEF, etc., leading students to win provincial/state/international honors in domestic and international science and innovation competitions.

Sharing Outline

✨ Big reveal! 2024Fall Ivy League G5 admission data for mathematics and physics revealed!

✨ Unveiling the popular majors in mathematics and physics! What are the actual acceptance ratios?

✨ Personalized track selection guide! A comprehensive strategy for enhancing academic backgrounds!

✨ 2024Fall Youfang mathematics and physics students' admission experience sharing!

01, physical play space

In the lecture, Teacher S first explained in detail what physics and mathematics are for us. So what kind of space does physics and mathematics have to play? Next, let's review the admission cases together to explore the infinite charm and broad prospects of these two disciplines!

(1) The space for physics to play in the Yau Chengtong Middle School Student Science Award

2022 Yau Chengtong Middle School Student Science Award Physics winner

Alteration of Sedirnent Resuspension Threshold Condition Caused by Microplastic-Sedirnent Aggregation and Its Potential Influence on Climate Change

The student did a project to explore microplastics, sediments and climate change. Although this project only won the prize, it gave everyone a reminder and thinking: how to do the physics topic of the Yau Chengtong Middle School Student Science Award from the perspective of phenomena.

(2) The space of physics in ISEF

Physics There are many projects awarded in ISEF, such as physics and astronomy, materials, and environment.

The first is physical classification. This project uses a device to measure astigmatism. The second is environmental classification, which measures the effects of climate change on Arctic rivers and comes to the conclusion that rivers are melting earlier and earlier. Warning people to pay attention to global warming. This project also won the first prize in the EAEV category.

2. Space for mathematics to play

(1) The space for mathematics to play in Qiu Prize

2023 Hill Prize Mathematics Gold Medal

Desargues’Involution at Action

This project explores the application of DIT and dDIT in proving plane geometry. So, if you're interested in pure numbers, you can do this kind of project.

Similarly, modeling can also be used to participate in the Qiu prize economic and financial modeling circuit. The main thing of this track is to establish a mathematical model, that is, whether the model you build can play a good research effect on the problem you study.

(2) The space for mathematics to play in ISEF

2023 ISEF Mathematics -FirstAward

Heuristic solution to the Two-Way Partitioning Problem

This project won the first prize in ISEF Mathematics. The aim is to find a partition of the set of integers such that the sum of the subsets is as close to equal as possible.

03. Interpretation of the latest admission cases of mathematical physics

Scientific research ability is an indispensable part of Ivy League admission, and those admitted to Ivy League students usually have a strong interest in scientific research and a solid scientific research foundation, and won a number of honors in various international competitions, which all add luster to their application. Below, let's take a look at what students admitted to top universities do in research!

embark H

Admission institution: UCB

Course system: Public Macco

Research project: Fluid mechanics

Research Honors:

2022-2023 ISEF Regional First Prize

2022-2023 ISEF State First Prize

Starting project: Grade 11

Participating in the competition: Grade 11

Research topic: Airfoil Design with Computational Fluid Dynamics

embark z

Admitted to: University of Chicago

Curriculum: An international high school in Qingdao

Research project: Acoustics

Starting project: Grade 11

Participating in the competition: Grade 11

Research topic: Sound Localization Based on the Doppler Effect

Students H and Z fought side by side with you. With your careful planning and your diligent efforts day after day, they finally successfully knocked on the door of the top university! From the academic history of these two students, we have deeply felt the powerful force of hard work and persistence, and witnessed the indispensability of scientific planning and professional guidance on the road to success.

Mathematical physics direction to prepare for the game

The Yau Chengtong High School Science Award and ISEF are undoubtedly the top competitions in the field of mathematical physics. With their unique charm and influence, they attract a large number of middle school students with innovative spirit and scientific research talent to participate in them every year.

As the only scientific research competition for Chinese middle school students around the world, Qiu Prize is a scientific innovation award for middle school students initiated by Mr. Yau Chengtong, a master of mathematics, in 2008. It takes "scientific research academic paper" and "professional academic defense" as the evaluation body, and entries are submitted in the form of papers.

Official website: http://www.yau-awards.com/

Attention, please! Yesterday, the CIU Prize Organizing Committee announced the registration notice, schedule and entry guide for the 2024 CIu Prize China Mainland Competition! Now is the perfect time to prepare for the 2024 Mound Prize! Determine the project as early as possible, arrange the schedule reasonably, and set aside enough polishing time to increase the probability of winning the prize! Students who are willing to participate must hurry up!