谢谢您们的祝福！Vivian前面还有漫长的路要走。昨天我给她打电话让她明年暑假回来要补上中国文化这一课。她欣然接受，确实是一个很纯良上进的好孩子。
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- 2009-11-24 祝一位华裔女孩梦想成真!
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本帖最后由 于 2009-11-29 23:28:00 编辑
Harvard Law School
Established 1817
Type Private
Endowment US$1.7 billion
Dean Martha Minow
Staff 284
Students 1,800
1,680 JD
150 LLM
50 S.J.D.
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Campus Urban
Website： http://www.law.harvard.edu
Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. HLS typically ranks among the top law schools. The U.S. News and World Report law school rankings place it as second, behind Yale Law School.
Rankings (USNews)
Best Law Schools
Ranked in 2009 : 2
2008-2009 Tuition Full-time: $41,500 per year
Type Private
Endowment US$1.7 billion
Dean Martha Minow
Staff 284
Students 1,800
1,680 JD
150 LLM
50 S.J.D.
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Campus Urban
Website： http://www.law.harvard.edu
Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. HLS typically ranks among the top law schools. The U.S. News and World Report law school rankings place it as second, behind Yale Law School.
Rankings (USNews)
Best Law Schools
Ranked in 2009 : 2
2008-2009 Tuition Full-time: $41,500 per year
- 三十功名尘与土，八千里路云与月。
FW: an email from Vivian's Mom to me
Thank you for your note. Vivian came yesterday. She told me she still waits for Yale or Standford offer. Her dream job is to be a law professor in a university. So if Yale or Standford give her an offer, she might consider it. I prefer her going to Harvard Law. One of her best friend is learning economic in Harvard Undergraduate School (they went to same high school here), she already got job offer from Morgan Stanley in Walt Street. The other best friend of hers (also same high school class here, now is roommate with Vivian in UT) also got offer from multiple medical schools. They are all happy for each other. I told Vivian to keep this friendship and encourage/support for each other. Vivian told me she is planning to borrow money for her own tuition and expense. I appreciate her consideration. I told her we can pay her tuition.
Thanks God and God blesses for all of us!
Happy Thanksgiving Day,
- 三十功名尘与土，八千里路云与月。
Stanford Law School
Established： 1893
School type： Private
Parent Endowment ：$12 Billion
Dean： Larry Kramer
Location： Stanford, California, USA
Enrollment ：534
Faculty： 134
USNWR ranking： 3
Annual tuition ： $42,080
Website： www.law.stanford.edu
Stanford Law School (also known as Stanford Law or SLS) is a graduate school at Stanford University located in the area known as the Silicon Valley, near Palo Alto, California in the United States. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law. It employs more than 50 faculty and hosts over 500 students who are working towards their Juris Doctor (J.D.) or other graduate legal degrees such as the Master of Laws (LL.M.) and the Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.), giving it the smallest student body of any law school in the top 25 of the US News & World Report annual ranking.
Between 4,000 and 5,000 students apply for admission each year. Selection is intense: the median undergraduate grade point average of students is around 3.9 and the median LSAT 170.
In 2006, Stanford Law School's acceptance rate was 8.7%, one of the lowest in the nation. The Law School also accepts a small number of transfers each year.
School type： Private
Parent Endowment ：$12 Billion
Dean： Larry Kramer
Location： Stanford, California, USA
Enrollment ：534
Faculty： 134
USNWR ranking： 3
Annual tuition ： $42,080
Website： www.law.stanford.edu
Stanford Law School (also known as Stanford Law or SLS) is a graduate school at Stanford University located in the area known as the Silicon Valley, near Palo Alto, California in the United States. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law. It employs more than 50 faculty and hosts over 500 students who are working towards their Juris Doctor (J.D.) or other graduate legal degrees such as the Master of Laws (LL.M.) and the Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.), giving it the smallest student body of any law school in the top 25 of the US News & World Report annual ranking.
Between 4,000 and 5,000 students apply for admission each year. Selection is intense: the median undergraduate grade point average of students is around 3.9 and the median LSAT 170.
In 2006, Stanford Law School's acceptance rate was 8.7%, one of the lowest in the nation. The Law School also accepts a small number of transfers each year.
- 三十功名尘与土，八千里路云与月。
Vivian和家人春假期间去路易斯安那州度假，摄于密西西比河的游船上
外甥女Vivian是德州大学奥斯汀分校法预科大四生，一周以前接到了哈佛大学法学院提前录取的Offer。当然这是一件非常令人高兴的事。
Vivian的成功貌似偶然，细细想来其实是一种必然。无论在什么地方，天道酬勤，向来如此。 Vivian心地善良、勤奋努力、性格沉静朴实、仪表端庄、举止典雅，赋予东方内秀含蓄之美。
她的成绩优秀拔尖，在今年的全美法学院入学考试（LSAT）中一举获得排列在全美99.6%的好成绩，大学学科平均成绩已达GPA3.96。她每个寒暑假都在参加社会实践活动及做义工，参加‘Teaching America’帮助贫困家庭的孩子们、悉心教他们读书、学习。去启发、帮助他们努力改善自身命运。
由于她各方面的优秀出众使得她有机会获得在德州参议员及最高检察院办公室当实习生的机会，从而打开了眼界及获得了相关经验。
她的理想是将来当一名大学法学院老师（A Law Prof. in University）；她的人生抱负是：‘要为亚裔美国人去争取更多的民主与权益...’
显然,是她身上所具备的特质与光泽深深打动了哈佛大学法学院那些异常苛刻、挑剔的学生录取官们。他们将提前录取（ED）通知时间于平日圣诞节前夕发放破例地提前了几乎整整一个月的时间——于2009.11.24（北京时间）通知她已被哈佛法学院提前录取（ED）。
美国大学入学申请的‘一录皆录、一拒皆拒’在孩子的入学申请中已深有体会。Vivian在继续等待耶鲁大学法学院、斯坦福大学法学院的Offer.在等待全美法学院TOP学校的Offer Rain...
她的成功在于‘她身上除了具备美国文化那种开拓、进取的强烈意识外、同时更重要是也具备了亚洲文化里那种刻苦、踏实、专注、务实的作风’。
她的父母以身作则的表率作用可以说是她成长中最好的楷模。她的生长环境、她的家庭影响是她获取成功不可忽略的重要因素。
诚然，Vivian想要实现她的‘远大抱负’前面还有相当漫长的路要去跋涉...
我们深深地祝福——一位华裔女孩依靠自身契而不舍的努力奋斗终于梦想成真。
同时，也期待更多的优秀华人、华裔能进入美国主流社会。
- 三十功名尘与土，八千里路云与月。
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本帖最后由 于 2009-12-03 16:23:00 编辑
Vivian,你是好样的！我们谢谢你(ZT)
昨天Vivian来电话告诉我们她已经被哈佛法学院录取，我们真为她高兴不已！
在美国，上医学院和法学院都是属于读研究生院性质。Vivian早年随我们来美国，我们作为第一代新移民奋斗了十几年，孩子现在也终于得到了美国社会的初步认可，如最后决定去读哈佛法学院就会成为奥巴马总统和马英九的校友，这也算是对她为人正直，勤奋好学的嘉奖与认定。扪心自问，不可否认来到美国是她成功的一个很重要客观条件。
Vivian从小眼睛不太好，患有先天性散光、远视。小时在国内看眼科，眼科医生说：没啥关系，大了就好了。来到了美国后这里的眼科医生却强调：要100%的矫正视力，否则会影响到孩子的学习、自信心、还有外貌的美观。
记得当初到美国后，一位小儿眼科医生为她看病，诊室里没有那种成人常规用的E字视力表，而是采用米老鼠等立体卡通动画视力表。女儿那时刚4岁，还不懂英语，看一看、歇一歇，那位小儿眼科医生极有耐心地为她忙活了整整一个下午。
女儿从小就比较腼腆、内向，有时反应也没有其他孩子来得快，加上刚来美国时，语言不通，在学校不太言声，但美国老师特别照顾到每一个孩子，老师为她提供了各种机会，来鼓励培养她的外向交流能力。
孩子生性很善良、从小就不会撒谎，从不会做有损害于别人的事。我们当初来到美国时，无钱、无权也无势，也不懂去巴结老师们。我们一直在忙于自己的事业，从来没有为她的学习和工作去送礼奔走过。美国确实是一个讲究自食其力的地方，一切都要依靠自己，就连孩子他们自己的学业、前途也是如此。
我的体会美国确实是一个不嫌贫，不仇富的地方。我们总在想如果女儿在国内长大，会不会每个寒暑假都会义无反顾地去做义工、服务社会？会把穷人的孩子很在乎地放在眼里、会起早贪黑不厌其烦地去接送他们、去悉心地教他们读书学习？
女儿读法学院（研究生院），拿定主意要自己去贷款，要自食其力地去完成她的专业学位。我们感到深深的欣慰。
哈佛大学遴选每一位学生，非常看重学生的学术成绩，更看重学生对社会的责任感、组织领导能干、对社会的贡献能力...哈佛法学院，它是美国总统的摇篮,也是培养美国社会精英乃至国际社会精英的地方。
女儿被哈佛法学院录取后，让我心里久久都不能平静下来。妻含泪对我说：我们来美奋斗这么多年，就连我们双双通过美国医生执业资格考试、当上了美国医生...都还不能完全体会到生命意义的完整，只在这一天——2009年11月23日，我们真实、切肤地体会到了。
亲爱的Vivian,我们的好女儿、好朋友，你是好样的！我们谢谢你。
（丁香园版主、美国麻醉医生Weike Tao寄自达拉斯）
- 三十功名尘与土，八千里路云与月。
