Chaowen (Mark) Zheng

Driven to learn, highly interested in the Medieval Abbasic Caliphate as well as old books and maps - owns a personal collection of books, mostly from the last century but also consisted of 19-century books, an intense-reader and a book lover. A great teacher self-started, recognized by all students who enjoyed their services, invited by two companies (Ivy Horse, Inspire! Education), the latter one highly renowned in the educational field in Shanghai known for "5 Harvard-admitted in one year. Seeking for more guidance on researches and archive-related skills, intended to be a professional researcher in the future in the field of history.

1. Created the first student symphonic orchestra in high school, starting from 5 people to 22 people with a full range of sections, 7 performances in and out of schools on major events as well as individual performances.

2. Created website for social criticism and wrote numerous articles along with like-minded peers, open to public (later got restricted), consisting of 5 months of work on website building and criticism-writing with a brief encyclopedia section of basic terms in political economy

3. Student Council President and creator in the middle school, 9 school-scale events and activities, advocating for student right and achieved the compromise of school officials, improving the student experience of meals

4. Geology club creator, first club creator in the middle school, 30-members, lecture-based and experiment-based, creator of the culture of clubs of the school, most influential student organization besides the Student Council

5. Editor-in-Chief of the high school academic journal's humanities section (co-founder, the first academic journal of the school), published 2 works on the journal

ACT: 35

TOEFL: 115

John Locke Essay Competition: History, High Recommendation, 2023

AP scholar with distinction, 2023