Harvard's Chinese Mother: How I Got My Kids into Harvard

Author: Liu Wei
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Shen Liangji (the author) – Harvard Ph.D. in Physics, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston, recipient of the American Petroleum Well Logging Gold Medal, becoming the first Chinese-American recipient of this highest technological achievement award. Shen Keping (the author's eldest son) – Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, Harvard Law Doctor (J.D.), currently a senior executive at an insurance company in Hong Kong. Shen Yining (the author's second son) – Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Harvard, MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, currently a partner at a hedge fund company in the suburbs of New York City. This is a rare success story in the U.S. of a "three Harvard family."
The author, a renowned Chinese education expert and successful mother, uses vivid and profound writing to analyze the journey of her family's achievement at Harvard, telling the extraordinary experiences of her husband and two sons as outstanding figures overseas. She meticulously examines the similarities and differences between Chinese education and American/Harvard education, as well as the methods of adaptation. She outlines a set of principles and details for Chinese people to integrate into Western society and stand out.