Alumni News
“I don’t know”
For a long time after receiving my Cambridge offer, I did not know how to begin this piece. Throughout these four years, my state of mind was always in motion,...
Read MoreLooking Back at the Storm-Swept Path
Back then, my favorite thing to do was stare up at the admission wall, plastered with the portraits of the seniors. To my eyes, they were effortlessly confident. They were the...
Read MoreThe Choice itself is the answer
Before coming to SCIE, I was both excited and intimidated by this school filled with outstanding peers. Faced with an unknown future, I embarked on the happiest week0 of my...
Read MoreFrom “Leave It to Fate” to “Making My Own Choices”
Leave It to Fate When playing the Super Body mode in Game For Peace, the plugin I choose most often is called “Leave It to Fate”—the system randomly assigns power-ups, so...
Read MoreFrom SCIE to Oxford — a few honest words for those of you still growing up
Zhu Wenqi (Kate) is an alumna of Shenzhen College of International Education (SCIE). She entered the mathematics department of the University of Oxford at sixteen, one of the youngest Chinese...
Read MoreClaiming My Right to Understand the World with Chemistry
As a STEM student, it only seems logical if I were to be a materialist, which to a large extent, I am, but in my case with Chemistry, I cannot...
Read MoreGiving up is Growing up
When I first came to SCIE as an A1 student, I had never seriously thought about “majors.” Everyone else had been planning for universities since G1, but I only had...
Read MoreA New Age is Upon Us
Preface: I will never forget the HongEn Young Children’s English: The Three Little Pigs series. Thirteen years ago, one afternoon, when the second little pig introduced himself by saying, “I...
Read MorePraising My Imperfect Self
Foreword: The summer of 2025 proved far more humid than what I had imagined. The 1,460 days spent with SCIE ended in a rainy morning. Behind me stood the unchanged...
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