Archive for the 'Chinese' Category

Chinese Students Pursue A True Liberal Arts Education in the USA

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

A new book written by three Chinese undergraduates now attending liberal arts degrees at American colleges highlights the many advantages of smaller colleges for Chinese students and their families who hope to study in the United States.
The book, written in Chinese, aims to educate Chinese families about schools beyond the Ivy League and the large [...]

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Transferring Colleges, Studying Chinese

Friday, May 15th, 2009

During a recent trip to Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, I met a young man from Massachusetts who spoke beautiful Mandarin Chinese. I had lunch with him, and asked him about his educational trajectory.  He mentioned several tantalizing tidbits, including the fact that he had transfered from Boston University to the University of Massachusetts, that his major [...]

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Top 200 Universities in Asia: Three of the Top 4 in Hong Kong

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

QS has published its QS Top 200 Asian University Rankings. Turns out I used to teach at #4: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Hong Kong universities are also in the number 1 (Hong Kong University) and number 2 (Chinese University of Hong Kong) slots, with the University of Tokyo pulling in at [...]

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Advice for University Admissions in the US–Interview in the Chinese press

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Greetings from Hong Kong, where I’m happy to say that the Chinese language media reported on my presentation today a the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.  I spoke about admission to colleges and universities in the United States.
The article appeared today in the Apple Daily, a respected newspaper.

Mark Montgomery
Study in the USA for [...]

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