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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 help but feel that Chemistry and I were destined for each other. In secondary, I was more of a humanities student. I remember spending hours

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 two years to do so. I had no time to overthink it . I just knew that, I had to pick four AS subjects by

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 go to the University of Cambridge,” my five-year-old self pointed at the TV and whined to my mom, “Mommy, I want to go to Cambridge

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 campus, yet every moment of those four years changed my heart forever… Strangeness In 2021, upon transitioning from a public middle school to SCIE, I

Introduction:  Once I thought happiness was a clear path – getting into a good university, finding a good job, and achieving “success” step by step. After coming to SCIE, I had my first experience of staying up all night, more time to think about the meaning of life, and to present a conclusion on eight

Time at SCIE resembled an exquisitely crafted hourglass.Its gilded sands flowed, at times with such urgent haste it sparked anxiety: the frantic clatter of keyboards before deadlines, the desperate urge for “one last glance” at notes before entering the exam hall. At other moments, the stream seemed to stretch into eternity, suspended. Our time felt

Before I knew it, my four years of high school had flown by. I’ve gone from being the younger student who eagerly read the “Graduate Story”  from graduating seniors each year to becoming the senior now penning my own “Graduate Story”. Part 1. A Chance Encounter with SCIE Choosing SCIE was an “accidental” decision prompted

❒ Comfort Zone Let me talk about my comfort zone first. The basketball team is one of them. I’ll never forget staying up all night with my roommates watching basketball videos in G1 to prepare for tryouts; The senior girls on the basketball team teaching me chemistry by the basketball court during the 24-hour basketball