访校团英国G5、美本前30等11封录取Elaine，用“分子级”好奇心叩开全球名校
2026-05-06 08:54
发布于广东
Elaine, a prospective graduate of FCG’s Class of 2026, has received 11 university offers across the UK, the US, and Australia.
UK G5 and leading universities:
Two offers from University College London, as well as offers from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Manchester.
US UC system and top public universities:
University of California, San Diego; University of California, Davis; University of California, Irvine; University of California, Santa Barbara; Rutgers University; and Pennsylvania State University.
Australia’s Group of Eight:
The University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney.
How did she cultivate academic curiosity at FCG, engage in research practice, and plan strategically to secure admission to top universities worldwide?
那碗黑褐色的汤药苦涩难耐，令她眉头紧锁。而真正令她心生困惑的是：为何寥寥几片甘草、数味草药，经煎煮成汤，便能治好病症？
这份疑惑化作一颗好奇的种子，在她心底悄然深埋多年。
直到在广州斐特思上学，开始系统学习生物和化学，她才慢慢找到答案——中药里含有微小的化学分子，进入人体后会产生生理作用。
这正是生物与化学的交叉学科的魅力。
Elaine applied almost exclusively for Majors in Biological Sciences. Her interest in biology can be traced back to a childhood memory—a bowl of bitter traditional Chinese Medicine.
As a child, she once took a dark herbal decoction for a cold. The bitterness made her frown, but what puzzled her more was a question that stayed with her for years: how could a few pieces of liquorice root and herbs, boiled together, cure illness?
It was only after she began systematically studying biology and chemistry at FCG that she gradually found the answer. Traditional Chinese medicine contains microscopic chemical compounds that produce physiological effects once they enter the human body. This is precisely the appeal of interdisciplinary study between biology and chemistry.
【图】Elaine上一对一辅导课
但“感兴趣”和“这就是我想学的东西”之间，还隔着一段路。未来“方向”这件事情也一度让她迷惘。
Elaine说：“我感兴趣的学科很多。十年级时想选物理，但升学老师建议在兴趣浓厚的学科中，把生物和化学一起选，所以我放弃了物理。”
十一年级，Elaine选了六门课：经济、数学、高数、生物、化学、中文。尝试朝着源自童年 “大致”的热爱出发。
However, being “interested” and knowing “this is what I want to pursue” are not the same. For a time, Elaine felt uncertain about her future direction.
“I was interested in many subjects,” she recalled. “In Grade 10, I wanted to choose physics, but my university counsellor suggested that since I was strongly interested in biology and chemistry, I should take both. So I gave up physics.”
In Grade 11, Elaine chose six subjects: Economics, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, and Chinese, building on a general interest rooted in childhood.
【图】华南农业大学阮博士在广州斐特思授课
【图】Elaine在校内种植园拉样方，
测种群密度和生物多样性。
十一年级的暑假，Elaine在老师的建议下，去了广州药科大学，跟随一位教授做植物内生菌的研究。正是这次经历，让她进一步明确了心中所向。
“内生菌是与植物共生的菌类，有细菌和真菌，我做的是真菌方向。我们把植物的切面放在培养皿上，真菌就会长出来。我们主要检测它的活性。很多植物生长周期长，但内生菌生长周期短，有些还能产生和植物一样的有效成分。如果能从内生菌里提取出有用的物质，比种植物效率高得多。这是近五年比较新的研究方向。”
During the summer of Grade 11, under her teacher’s guidance, she conducted research on plant endophytes at Guangzhou Pharmaceutical University, supervised by a professor. This experience helped her further clarify her academic direction.
“Endophytes are micro-organisms that live symbiotically within plants, including bacteria and fungi. I worked on the fungal side. We placed plant tissue samples on culture media, and the fungi grew out. We then tested their biological activity. Many plants have long growth cycles, but endophytes grow much faster, and some can produce the same active compounds as their host plants. Extracting useful substances from endophytes can be far more efficient than cultivating the plants themselves. This is a relatively new research area in the past five years.”
【图】Elaine在实验室进行解剖实验
那段时间，Elaine每天调配培养基、分离真菌、测活性，重复、细致、专注。
“我发现自己很容易进入一种‘心流’状态——什么都不用想，只管把手头的事做好。”Elaine回忆道。
During this period, Elaine spent her days preparing culture media, isolating fungi, and testing activity—repetitive, meticulous, and focused work.
“I found it easy to enter a state of flow.” she said. “I didn’t think about anything else— I just focused on doing the task well.”
【图】Elaine获得玫红星星徽章总校长奖
随着好奇心的推动，Elaine对生物学科愈发痴迷。总问升学老师：“我还有哪些途径了解生物学科的专业？”
很多学生会期待一个现成的书单，但老师没有直接给她答案。“你去剑桥官网，自己找。”升学老师教她的不是“看什么”，而是“怎么找”。
Elaine自己去翻阅、去阅读、去比较。慢慢地，Elaine明确了分子生物学——她喜欢那种“微观机制解释宏观现象”的逻辑，喜欢那种可以用实验验证的确定性。
Driven by curiosity, Elaine became increasingly fascinated with biology. She often asked her university counsellor: “What other ways are there to explore this subject in depth?”
Rather than providing a ready-made reading list, her counsellor encouraged her to search independently: “Go to the Cambridge website and find out yourself.”
What Elaine learned was not just what to read, but how to search, compare, and evaluate information. Gradually, she developed a clear interest in molecular biology—drawn to its ability to explain macroscopic phenomena through microscopic mechanisms, and to its emphasis on experimental verification.
【图】升学老师为Elaine和同学开设模拟面试课堂
【图】Elaine参加学校举办的国际大学展
AS大考，Elaine选的六门学科均取得了A的优异成绩，EPQ项目也获得了A*，雅思更取得了总分7.5的高分。这些成绩背后，离不开老师们在学习方法上的关键点拨。
生物Jennifer老师告诉她：十一年级考试的大题，很多是书上的固定模式，背下来就行；反而是那些三四分的小题更灵活，需要多思考。
In her AS examinations, Elaine achieved straight A grades across all six subjects. She also earned an A* in her EPQ and achieved an IELTS overall score of 7.5. Behind these results was targeted guidance from her teachers.
Her biology teacher, Jennifer, advised her that many long-answer questions in Year 12 follow fixed patterns from the textbook and can be memorised, while shorter questions are more flexible and require deeper thinking.
【图】Jennifer老师对Elaine的祝愿成真
化学 Demi 老师建议：刷题后先自行核对答案，独立重做错题；课堂上再重点分析错因、梳理解题思路，这样学习效果更扎实，印象也更深刻。
数学Angela老师对真题非常熟悉，会帮她们筛选出最有价值的题目，深挖评分答案里的扣分点，讲透每一道题。
Her chemistry teacher, Demi, emphasised reviewing answers independently after completing practice questions, followed by classroom discussion to reinforce understanding.
Her mathematics teacher, Angela, had deep familiarity with past papers. She helped students identify the most valuable questions and analyse mark schemes in detail, ensuring they understood common pitfalls.
【图】Elaine与Demi老师、同学参加科技艺术节活动
Elaine是个完美主义者，总担心“时机不成熟，怕做不好”，很多事想做却不敢开始。老师没有只是口头上鼓励或者说教，而是直接推她行动——学编程、参加竞赛。
结果她不仅滑铁卢数学比赛进入前25%，还拿下了加拿大化学奥林匹克竞赛（GCCO）金奖和英国化学奥林匹克竞赛（UKCHO）银奖。
Elaine describes herself as a perfectionist who often hesitates to begin tasks, fearing she is not ready. Rather than simply offering encouragement, her teachers pushed her to take action—learning programming and participating in competitions.
As a result, she ranked in the top 25% in the Waterloo Mathematics Competition, and won a Gold Award in the Canadian Chemistry Contest (GCCO) and a Silver Award in the UK Chemistry Olympiad (UKChO).
【图】Elaine获得各项奖项
在选专业、写文书、申请大学的时候，她也不再等“准备好了”才动手，而是先做，再慢慢调整。升学老师会给Elaine文书修改建议、设置截止日期、定期检查申请进度，帮助她从喜欢拖延的人，变成能提前规划的人。
后来，她说自己很喜欢一句话：“成功就是此时此地有所行动。”
When it came to choosing her Major, writing personal statements, and submitting applications, she no longer waited until she felt “fully prepared.” Instead, she started early and refined her work as she went. Her university counsellor provided feedback on her essays, set deadlines, and regularly monitored her progress, helping her move from procrastination to proactive planning.
She later reflected on a phrase she particularly values:
“Success is taking action in the present moment.”
【图】Elaine录制申学视频
Elaine总结了自己的学习方法：
第一，定期复习，不要等到最后才把整本书捡起来。
第二，刷题时要理解出题人的思路，对照评分答案，学习怎么像标准答案一样回答。有些题有固定的关键词，看到题目就要知道该写什么。
第三，建立错题本，分析错因，不只是“粗心”，而是找到具体的弱点，再针对性地练习。
第四，一定要记笔记，写多了就熟了。还可以读给自己听，读音和拼写是相辅相成的。
Elaine summarised her study approach:
* Review regularly instead of leaving everything until the end.
* When practising questions, understand the examiner’s logic and learn to answer in line with mark schemes, including key terminology.
* Keep an error log, analyse the causes of mistakes, and address specific weaknesses rather than attributing errors to carelessness.
* Take consistent notes—writing reinforces memory. Reading notes aloud can also help with both pronunciation and spelling.
【图】Elaine和同学们学习、做实验
Elaine有几个经常一起学习的同学，她们会互相讲解题目。“如果能讲明白，说明你真懂了。讲的过程中会发现逻辑漏洞，再去查漏补缺，效果会很好。”Elaine说道。
She often studied with a small group of classmates, explaining problems to one another.
“If you can explain it clearly, it means you truly understand it. During the explanation process, you may discover gaps in your logic, which you can then address. It’s very effective.”
【图】英国驻广州总领事馆代总领事杜睿和先生来访，
Elaine为他介绍校园
Elaine不是只会学习的人。十年级时，她喜欢拳击课，“打完整个人都放松了。”
后来她还上了马术课，参加过生物化学社团，亲自解剖过鱼，研究过花的结构。这些多彩的课后，让Elaine获得充足的“呼吸”节奏。
Elaine’s school life extended beyond academics. In Grade 10, she enjoyed boxing classes, which helped her relax.
She also took horse riding lessons, joined biology and chemistry clubs, dissected fish, and studied plant structures. These diverse experiences provided a balanced rhythm to her learning.
最有趣的是一次化学课。Elaine和同学们想做一个能变换“四季颜色”的实验。老师没有说“这不考，别浪费时间”，而是帮她们找材料，让她们自己查资料、设计反应。
最后，她们真的做出来了。“不是为了考试，就是觉得好玩。那种用学过的知识做自己想做的事的感觉，特别好。”这对Elaine而言弥足珍贵。
One of her most memorable experiences was a chemistry project in which she and her classmates designed an experiment to create colour changes representing the four seasons.
Rather than discouraging them because it was not part of the exam syllabus, their teacher supported them, helping source materials and guiding them to research and design the reactions themselves. In the end, they successfully completed the experiment.
“It wasn’t for exams—we just thought it would be fun. Using what we learned to create something we wanted was an amazing feeling.”
在广州斐特思，她被允许“为了好玩”而学习。这种氛围让她始终保持着对学习的热爱。
目前，Elaine 最心仪的是 U.S.News 排名第29的加州大学圣地亚哥分校。该校给予学生入学前两年探索兴趣的自由，她可以一边学习，一边寻找自己真正热爱的方向。
广州斐特思提供的，不只是一份漂亮的成绩单，更是让学生拥有定义自己未来的能力。
At FCG, Elaine was allowed to learn “for the joy of it,” a culture that helped sustain her passion for learning.
Elaine’s top choice is the University of California, San Diego, ranked 29th in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. The university offers students the flexibility to explore different interests during their first two years, allowing them to continue discovering their true academic direction.
What FCG provides is not only strong academic results, but also the ability for students to define their own futures.
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