University High School · Irvine, CaliforniaUniversity High School · 加州尔湾
陈熙研·潼潼
Physics-minded AI builder.
从第一性原理出发，用技术解决真实问题。
Start from first principles. Use technology to solve real problems.
A high school student in Irvine, California, working at the intersection of physics and artificial intelligence. USAPhO Semifinalist · USA-NA-AIO Round 2 at MIT & Harvard · AP Chinese 5/5.就读于加州尔湾的高中生，在物理与人工智能的交汇处学习与建造。USAPhO 半决赛 · USA-NA-AIO 第二轮（MIT 与哈佛）· AP 中文 5/5。
2 second-round olympiad experiences: USAPhO Semifinalist and USA-NA-AIO Round 2
2 项奥林匹克竞赛第二轮经历：USAPhO 半决赛与 USA-NA-AIO 第二轮
AP Chinese Language and Culture, score 5 out of 5, in 2026
2026 年 AP 中文语言与文化 5 分，满分 5 分
About 400 students nationwide invited to the USAPhO semifinal
全美约 400 名学生获邀参加 USAPhO 半决赛
More than 10 engineering projects, from air-quality alerts to AI mental-health tools
10 个以上工程项目，从空气质量预警到人工智能心理健康工具
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A student in Irvine who starts from the question, then looks for a tool that fits.一个在尔湾的学生。他从问题出发，再去找合适的工具。
From a Python Hello World to an AI olympiad, and from physics simulations to mental-health technology. He treats innovation as seeing a problem, understanding it, and solving it with the most fitting tool — not as chasing the newest trend.从 Python 的 Hello World 到人工智能奥林匹克，从物理模拟到心理健康科技。他相信创新不是追逐技术潮流，而是看到问题、理解问题、用最合适的技术解决问题。
Piano is a long practice, not a decoration. He went from CM Level 7 to CM Level 8 to a CM Level 10 attempt. After CM Level 10 was not passed, he did not stop. He used an FFT to study the timing of his own playing — music meeting signal processing.钢琴是热爱，也是长期的练习。CM Level 7、CM Level 8，再到挑战 CM Level 10。Level 10 受挫之后他没有停下，反而用 FFT 分析自己的演奏节奏——科技与音乐的跨领域碰撞。
The summer of 2026 went to badminton. A scientific mind still needs to sweat.整个 2026 年暑假投入羽毛球。科学脑袋也需要挥洒汗水。
From an air-quality alert on Beijing smog days, to classmates under academic stress, to the question of how AI can enhance people rather than replace them. The value of the technology is that it serves someone.从北京雾霾天的空气质量预警，到关注同学的心理健康，再到思考人工智能如何增强人类而非取代人类。他始终记得，技术的价值在于服务人类。
Technical innovation is not about the newest technology. It is about the deepest understanding of people. Real innovators are not the ones chasing a trend. They are the ones who see a problem, understand it, and solve it with the most fitting technology. Technology changes. Human nature does not.科技创新不是关于最新的技术，而是关于最深的人性理解。真正的创新者，不是那些追逐技术潮流的人，而是那些看到问题、理解问题、并用最合适的技术解决问题的人。技术会变，但人性不会变。
I hope Albert becomes a person with knowledge, ability, and a sense of responsibility. Whatever path he chooses, he should remember: the value of technology is to serve people, and the value of knowledge is to benefit society.我希望 Albert 成为一个有知识、有能力、有担当的人。无论他选择什么道路，都要记得：科技的价值在于服务人类，知识的价值在于造福社会。
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Curiosity is the best teacher好奇心是最好的老师
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An international way of seeing国际化视野
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Growth across more than one field全面发展
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The value of failure失败的价值
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Technology in the service of people科技向善
Physics taught me how to think. Programming taught me how to create. The two together are what real technical innovation is.物理教会我如何思考，编程教会我如何创造。两者结合，才是真正的科技创新。
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Four schools, then the dates that actually changed the work.四所学校，以及那些真正改变了工作方向的日期。
2017.08 – 2019.062017.08 – 2019.06
Irvine, California加州尔湾
Where scientific curiosity started. His first science lab. A Lego model of a “future city.” Half an hour on the playground watching ants move house — a child who wanted to know how things work.科学兴趣从这里萌芽。第一次接触科学实验课；用乐高搭建“未来城市”；在操场观察蚂蚁搬家，一站就是半小时——天生好奇的少年。
2019.08 – 2023.062019.08 – 2023.06
Beijing北京
The important turn. A multicultural school and project-based work that mixed science, technology, and art. Chinese stayed his foundation, and English developed to a native-level command. He learned to program in the science club and built a science-fair project, an energy-saving smart-home system. Music class introduced the piano. On a smog day he asked, “Why is the sky gray sometimes?” That question is where his attention to a community’s environment begins.最重要的转折点。多元文化环境，项目式学习把科学、技术和艺术放在一起。中文是根基，英语发展到母语水平。在科学俱乐部系统学习编程，并完成科学展览项目「智能家居节能系统」。音乐课让他接触钢琴，埋下音乐的种子。雾霾天他问出：“为什么天空有时候是灰色的？”这是他关注社区环境问题的起点。
2023.08 – 2025.062023.08 – 2025.06
Irvine, California加州尔湾
A period of academic depth. Physics, chemistry, and biology were strong, and physics was the subject he loved most. He taught himself Python and used it on real problems. As programming lead of the robotics club he designed an obstacle-avoidance algorithm, wrote arm-control code, and tuned path planning. The team placed second in the regional maze challenge. Piano became a daily practice. He passed CM Level 8 in March 2025. He did not pass CM Level 10 in February 2025, because the work had been left until the end. He also noticed classmates anxious under academic pressure, and began asking whether technology could help.学术深耕的两年。物理、化学、生物成绩优异，他尤其喜欢物理。自学 Python，并用代码解决实际问题。担任机器人社团编程组组长：设计自动避障算法、编写机械臂控制程序、优化路径规划。团队在区域赛迷宫挑战中获得第二名。钢琴成为每天不间断的练习。2025 年 3 月通过 CM Level 8。2025 年 2 月 CM Level 10 未通过，原因是事情都拖到了最后、准备不足。他也注意到同学因学业压力而焦虑，开始思考科技能否帮助管理心理健康。
2025.08 – present2025.08 – 至今
Irvine, California加州尔湾
High school, and the year the work became public. In April 2026 he was named a USAPhO Semifinalist and competed at USA-NA-AIO Round 2 at MIT and Harvard. He is studying mental-health technology — natural language processing, sentiment analysis, and privacy-preserving data handling — after noticing the strain school puts on people his age, and with a prompt from a family research project. He is also working on environmental sustainability: a carbon-footprint tracker and ideas for energy optimization. On July 7, 2026 his AP Chinese Language and Culture score was recorded as 5/5. The summer of 2026 went to badminton.高中阶段的展开。2026 年 4 月，他同时走到 USAPhO 半决赛和 USA-NA-AIO 第二轮（MIT 与哈佛）。在注意到同龄人的学业压力，并受到一个家庭研究项目启发之后，他自学自然语言处理、情感分析和隐私保护的数据处理，关注心理健康科技。他也关注环境可持续：碳足迹追踪工具和能源优化算法。2026 年 7 月 7 日，AP Chinese Language and Culture 成绩记录为 5/5。2026 年暑假全身心投入羽毛球。
First science lab, and a Lego “future city.”第一次科学实验课，并用乐高搭建“未来城市”。
Wrote his first line of code: print("Hello, World!")写下第一行代码：print("Hello, World!")
Built an air-quality alert in Python: a public API, a next-day PM2.5 estimate, and an email to family and friends.开发空气质量预警系统：用 Python 读取公开空气质量 API，预测次日 PM2.5，并邮件提醒家人与朋友。
Joined the robotics club as programming lead. The team placed second in the regional maze challenge.加入机器人社团，担任编程组组长。团队在区域赛迷宫挑战中获得第二名。
After CM Level 10 was not passed, he used an FFT to study the beat stability of his own playing.CM Level 10 受挫之后，用 FFT 分析自己钢琴演奏的节拍稳定性。
CM Level 10 was not passed. The reason he records: everything had been left until the last moment.CM Level 10 未通过。他自己的记录是：所有事情拖到了最后一刻。
Passed CM Level 8.通过 CM Level 8。
First community-service record: 4 hours of website maintenance for New Hope World Alliance Foundation.首次社会服务：为 New Hope World Alliance Foundation 进行 4 小时网站维护。
Began studying AI and mental health: NLP, sentiment analysis, and privacy-preserving data handling.开始研究人工智能与心理健康：自然语言处理、情感分析、隐私保护的数据处理。
Entered University High School (Irvine).入学 University High School (Irvine)。
Named a USAPhO Semifinalist, by email from the AAPT U.S. Physics Team.收到 AAPT U.S. Physics Team 官方邮件，入选 USAPhO 半决赛。
USA-NA-AIO Round 2 at MIT and Harvard, in Boston and Cambridge.USA-NA-AIO 第二轮，在波士顿与剑桥的 MIT 和哈佛大学。
Sat the 4-hour USAPhO semifinal exam.参加 4 小时 USAPhO 半决赛考试。
AP Chinese Language and Culture recorded as 5/5.AP 中文语言与文化成绩记录为 5/5 满分。
Spent the summer playing badminton.暑假全身心投入羽毛球。
In Irvine in 2017, five-year-old Albert pointed at data moving on a screen in the study and asked his father why the numbers were moving. Because someone is telling the computer what to do, his father said. Albert asked whether he could tell the computer too. The answer was yes. A seed was planted.
2017 年的加州尔湾，五岁的 Albert 指着书房屏幕上跳动的数据，问爸爸这些数字为什么会动。“因为有人在告诉电脑该做什么。”他问：“那我也可以告诉电脑吗？”“当然可以。”一颗种子埋下了。
At the International School of Beijing he wrote his first line: print("Hello, World!"). Winter smog was part of the walk to school. He asked why there could not be a system that said, a day ahead, which days the air would be all right and which days needed a mask.
He built one in Python. It read a public air-quality API, estimated the next day’s PM2.5, and emailed family and friends. The system was rough, and it was not very accurate. It was also the first time the code felt like more than a game. It could help a person. That is his sentence for it: “That was the first time I felt the code I wrote was not just a game. It could actually help someone.”
在北京国际学校，他写下第一行代码：print("Hello, World!")。冬天的雾霾是上学路的一部分。他问：为什么不能有一个系统，提前告诉我们哪天空气好，哪天需要戴口罩？
他用 Python 做了一个。程序读取公开的空气质量 API，估计次日 PM2.5，再给家人与朋友发邮件。系统很简陋，准确率也不高。但那是他第一次觉得，代码不只是游戏，它可以真正帮助人。他自己的话是：“那是我第一次感觉到，我写的代码不只是游戏，它可以真正帮助人。”
Physics and code met. In Python he simulated free fall, planetary orbits, and the period of a pendulum. Each model made the law less like a sentence to memorize and more like something he could watch.
As programming lead of the robotics club at Sierra Vista Middle School, he designed an obstacle-avoidance algorithm, wrote the arm-control program, and tuned the path planning. The team placed second in the regional maze challenge.
In February 2025, CM Level 10 was not passed. Preparation had been left until the end. That night he opened a computer and said he wanted a program that could analyze the timing problems in his playing. Audio signal processing and the Fast Fourier Transform became a way to measure whether the beat was steady. In March 2025 he passed CM Level 8.
物理和代码交汇。他用 Python 模拟自由落体、行星轨道和单摆的周期。每一次模拟，都让物理规律变得可以观察，而不只是一句要背的话。
在 Sierra Vista Middle School 的机器人社团，他担任编程组组长：设计自动避障算法，编写机械臂控制程序，优化路径规划。团队在区域赛迷宫挑战中获得第二名。
2025 年 2 月，CM Level 10 没有通过。准备拖到了最后。那天晚上他打开电脑，说想写一个程序，分析自己弹琴时的节奏问题。音频信号处理和快速傅里叶变换，成了测量节拍是否稳定的方法。2025 年 3 月，他通过了 CM Level 8。
ChatGPT forced a sharper question. AI can be powerful, and it still does not know what it does not know. His line for what intelligence should mean: real intelligence is the ability to judge in the unknown, and to find a direction when there is no answer key.
In April 2026 he was at USA-NA-AIO Round 2, at MIT and Harvard: robotic arms, autonomous driving, and medical AI, as the event presented them. A professor demonstrated a system for predicting the risk of a depression relapse, and then said: “Technology is only a tool. Real healing comes from human connection.” Albert wrote down his own sentence: “The mission of AI is not to replace humans, but to enhance them.”
The same month, the USAPhO semifinal asked him to derive from first principles, well beyond mechanics. He came away thinking that the habits of physics are exactly what AI work most often lacks: taking a problem apart, stating a hypothesis and testing it, and thinking about the limiting case.
ChatGPT 把问题推得更尖锐。人工智能可以很强，但它“不知道自己不知道什么”。他对智能的一句定义是：真正的智能，是能够在未知中做出判断，是在没有标准答案的情况下找到方向。
2026 年 4 月，他参加在 MIT 和哈佛举行的 USA-NA-AIO 第二轮，现场呈现的方向包括机器人手臂、自动驾驶和医疗人工智能。一位教授演示了预测抑郁症复发风险的系统，然后说：“技术只是工具，真正的治愈来自人与人的连接。” Albert 写下自己的句子：“AI 的使命不是取代人类，而是增强人类。”
同一个月，USAPhO 半决赛要求他从第一性原理推导，范围远超力学。他由此发现，物理训练出来的思维，恰是人工智能领域最稀缺的：把问题拆开，提出假设并加以检验，以及在极限情形下思考。
Two directions are open, both early. One is a non-intrusive way to notice how a teenager is doing. The rule is already fixed: use technology to protect mental health, and never invade privacy. He is teaching himself natural language processing, sentiment analysis, and privacy-preserving ways of handling data.
The other is the environment he has actually lived in, from Beijing smog to California wildfire season. He is exploring a personal carbon-footprint tracker and how a household might use less energy. His line: “Every line of code has an energy cost. Every algorithm has a carbon footprint.”
两个方向都还早，但都已经打开。一个是非侵入式地关注青少年的状态。原则先定下来：用技术守护心理健康，但绝不侵犯隐私。他正在自学自然语言处理、情感分析，以及隐私保护的数据处理方法。
另一个是他真正生活过的环境：从北京雾霾到加州的野火季节。他在探索个人碳足迹追踪，以及一个家庭怎样少用一些电。他自己的话是：“每一行代码都有能耗，每一个算法都有碳足迹。”
Near term, he wants to work where AI and physics meet, build a prototype of the mental-health tool, and keep working toward a place on the U.S. Physics Team. Those are goals, not results.
Further out, the fields he names are AI for Science, sustainable technology, education technology, and mental-health technology. The sentence he wants the work to end on: technology should enhance people, not replace them.
短期，他希望做人工智能与物理的交叉研究，做出心理健康工具的原型，并继续争取进入美国物理队。这些是目标，不是已经取得的结果。
更远的方向，他写下的是 AI for Science、可持续技术、教育科技和心理健康科技。他希望工作最后落到一句话上：让技术增强人类，而不是取代人类。
Science entered as play and attention: a lab, a Lego city, ants on the playground. The record’s picture of him at this age is a naturally curious child. Curiosity, later, is the first of his five educational ideas: it is the best teacher.
科学是以玩耍和注意力进来的：一节实验课，一座乐高城市，操场上的蚂蚁。档案里这个年纪的他，是一个天生好奇的孩子。好奇心后来成为他五条教育理念里的第一条：它是最好的老师。
ISB is the turn in the story. More than one culture in the same hallway. Projects that refused to stay inside a single subject. Chinese held, and English grew to a native-level command. Programming became a club, then a science-fair smart home that tried to save energy. Piano started in music class.
The sentence that still organizes the later environmental work is his, from a smog day: “Why is the sky gray sometimes?”
ISB 是故事里的转折。同一条走廊里有不止一种文化。项目不愿意停在单一学科里。中文稳住了，英语发展到母语水平。编程先是俱乐部，然后变成一个试图节能的科学展览智能家居。钢琴从音乐课开始。
后来那些环境工作，仍然由他在雾霾天问的一句组织起来：“为什么天空有时候是灰色的？”
Middle school is where the subjects got serious. Physics, chemistry, and biology were strong. Physics was the favorite. Python was self-taught and pointed at real tasks. The robotics club gave him a team and a title: programming lead. Second place in the regional maze was an engineering result, not only a grade.
It is also where a failure stayed on the record on purpose. CM Level 10, February 2025, was not passed, because the work was left until the end. CM Level 8 followed in March. Around the same time he noticed classmates anxious about school, and asked whether technology could help a person carry that pressure. The question is the start of the mental-health work. It is not a finished product.
中学是学科变得认真的地方。物理、化学、生物成绩优异，他最爱物理。Python 是自学的，并且对着真实任务去用。机器人社团给了他一个团队和一个角色：编程组组长。区域赛迷宫第二名是一个工程结果，不只是一门课的分数。
这里也故意留下了一次失败。2025 年 2 月的 CM Level 10 没有通过，因为事情拖到了最后。3 月通过了 CM Level 8。差不多同一时期，他注意到同学为学业焦虑，问技术能不能帮一个人承受这种压力。这个问题是心理健康工作的起点，还不是一件完成的产品。
University High School in Irvine is the current school, from August 2025. April 2026 held both olympiads. July 2026 held the AP Chinese 5. The summer held badminton.
The line he uses to join the two trains of work: physics taught him how to think, and programming taught him how to create. Together, they are what he means by technical innovation.
尔湾的 University High School 是现在的学校，从 2025 年 8 月开始。2026 年 4 月是两项奥林匹克。2026 年 7 月是 AP 中文满分。暑假是羽毛球。
他把两条工作接在一起的那句话是：物理教会他如何思考，编程教会他如何创造。两者结合，才是他所说的科技创新。
A score and a physical law are both structures you can learn to hear.乐谱和物理定律都是可以慢慢听懂的结构。
A performance and a program are both ways of making an idea leave your head.演奏和程序，都是让一个想法离开脑子、变成可以给别人的东西。
Passing CM Level 8 affirmed the daily practice. Not passing CM Level 10 taught him to face a setback. Growth here is not a straight line. It is getting up after the fall.通过 CM Level 8，是对日复一日练习的肯定。CM Level 10 没有通过，让他学习面对挫折。成长不是一帆风顺，而是跌倒之后重新站起来。
Seeds of paying attention社区关怀的种子
Classmates were anxious under academic pressure. He asked whether technology could help a person manage mental health. The current form of that question is an early, non-intrusive mood-tracking prototype, with privacy as a constraint rather than a feature to add later.同学在学业压力下感到焦虑。他问：科技能否帮助一个人管理心理健康。这个问题目前的形态，是一个早期的、非侵入式的情绪追踪原型。隐私是约束，不是以后再补的功能。
Seeds of paying attention社区关怀的种子
The question started in Beijing smog and continued through California wildfire season. The projects that follow are a carbon-footprint tracker, thinking about household energy, and the claim that a builder is responsible for the energy a program uses.问题从北京的雾霾开始，延续到加州的野火季节。跟着走出来的，是碳足迹追踪、对家庭用电的思考，以及一句话：写程序的人对程序消耗的能源负有责任。
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Four records with a source, a date, and the part that is still unknown left unknown.四条有来源、有日期的记录。还不知道的部分，就保持未知。
Academic学术
The top AP score, “Extremely well qualified.” Most U.S. colleges accept a 5 for credit or for placing out of a course. It is a heavy piece of evidence for bilingual range and cultural literacy. Source: the official 2026 SCORES report, recorded on July 7, 2026.AP 最高分，官方表述为 Extremely well qualified（极优秀）。多数美国大学接受用于兑换学分或课程免修。它是双语能力与文化素养的一份很重的证明。来源：2026 SCORES 官方成绩单，记录于 2026 年 7 月 7 日。
Physics · about 400 nationwide物理 · 全美约 400 人
Second round of the United States of America Physics Olympiad, after qualifying through the F=ma exam. A 4-hour individual closed-book paper. The syllabus goes well past mechanics: mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, waves and optics, and modern physics. The semifinal score itself is still pending.美国物理奥林匹克（United States of America Physics Olympiad）第二轮，由 F=ma 初赛晋级。个人 4 小时闭卷考试。考察范围远超力学，包括力学、电磁、热学、波动与光学、现代物理。半决赛成绩本身仍待补充。
AI · North American round人工智能 · 北美区域赛
Second round of the United States North American Artificial Intelligence Olympiad. Two on-site contest days (3 hours, then 4 hours), professional proctoring software, and an academic-integrity policy. Place: MIT and Harvard University, in Cambridge and Boston. Final rank and score are pending.美国-北美人工智能奥林匹克（United States North American Artificial Intelligence Olympiad）第二轮。现场两天赛（3 小时与 4 小时），专业监考软件，并有学术诚信政策。地点：剑桥与波士顿的 MIT 和哈佛大学。最终名次与成绩待补充。
Music音乐
In February 2025 he challenged CM Level 10 and did not pass. In March 2025, within the following month, he passed CM Level 8. The failure stays on the record. It is part of the story, not a footnote to hide.2025 年 2 月他挑战 CM Level 10，没有通过。2025 年 3 月，在接下来的一个月里，他通过了 CM Level 8。这次失败留在记录上。它是故事的一部分，不是要藏起来的脚注。
| Part题型 | Share占比 | What it asks关键能力 |
|---|---|---|
| Story narration from a picture看图叙述故事 | ~15% | Narrative order: time, place, people, then detail, then a close that answers the prompt.叙事结构：时空人事物，再到情节细节，最后扣题收尾。 |
| Email reply回复邮件 | 15% | Get to the point, give advice with a reason, answer every part, and check the characters.直奔主题，有分析地给建议，不漏题，检查错别字。 |
| Presentation outline演讲提纲 | 15% | 4 minutes to prepare, 3 minutes to speak. The significance section has to say what it means, what it does, and what it changes.4 分钟准备，3 分钟演讲。Significance 部分需要讲清意义、作用和影响。 |
| Conversation对话 | 30% | Spoken replies. An answer should not run shorter than about 18 seconds.口语应答。答题不应少于约 18 秒。 |
| Reading阅读理解 | 25% | One hour. Check what was missed, read the question carefully, and watch for words like “NOT.”1 小时。查漏、审题，识别 NOT 等否定词。 |
About 6,600 students sat F=ma in 2026. The mean was 8.90 out of 25, and the median was 8. Those figures describe the exam, not his personal score — individual scores were not published. About 400 students advanced to the USAPhO semifinal. That cutoff is what places the round inside the strongest tier of U.S. high-school physics students. USAPhO and F=ma together decide about 20 places on the U.S. Physics Team.2026 年 F=ma 全国参赛者约 6,600 人，均分 8.90/25，中位数 8。这些是全场统计，不是他的个人成绩——个人成绩官方不公布。约 400 人晋级 USAPhO 半决赛。这条晋级线本身位于全美物理最强的高中生梯队中。USAPhO 与 F=ma 共同决定约 20 个美国物理队席位。
Round 2 asks contestants to derive from scratch. Calling a ready-made pretrained model is not allowed. They derive the formulas and write the implementation. That is different from the international IOAI, where the task is to improve a score on a given real dataset. Round 2 weighs mathematical derivation and an understanding of the foundations. That is how this round selects. It is not a claim about a final placement — the rank is still pending.第二轮强调从零推导。不允许直接调用现成的预训练模型，要求选手手推公式、手写实现。这与 IOAI 国际赛“给定真实数据集、打榜调分”的形式不同。第二轮更侧重数理推导和底层理解。这是它选拔人才的方式，不是对最终名次的宣称——名次仍然待补充。
| Date时间 | Level级别 | Result结果 | Note说明 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CM Level 7 | Completed已完成 | Passed.通过。 |
| 2025-02-26 | CM Level 10 | Not passed未通过 | Not passed. Preparation was left until the end.未通过。准备不足：事情拖到了最后一刻。 |
| 2025-03-24 | CM Level 8 | Completed已完成 | Passed.通过。 |
| 2026 | CM Level 10 | Not yet taken待考 | Not yet taken.尚未考试。 |
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Plan earlier. An exam of this weight needs a schedule before the last week.提前规划。重要考试需要提前制定计划。
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Spread the work. Do not leave the pressure in one weekend.把准备散开。避免拖延，不要把压力堆在最后。
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Keep the daily practice. Piano does not yield to a crash session.持续练习。钢琴靠日积月累，不能突击。
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Turn the failure into a next question. The night CM Level 10 was not passed, he opened a computer and said he wanted a program that could analyze the timing of his playing. That became the FFT rhythm study.把失败变成下一个问题。CM Level 10 未通过的当晚，他打开电脑说：“我想写一个程序，分析我弹琴时的节奏问题。”这成了后来的 FFT 节奏分析。
Still open尚未写入的结果
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Only the score that exists is printed as a score. Everything else waits.只有已经存在的分数会被印成分数。其他的，都在等。
| Subject科目 | Year年份 | Score分数 | Note备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AP Chinese Language and CultureAP 中文语言与文化 | 2026 | 5 / 5 | Top score. Official 2026 SCORES report. Commonly accepted for college credit or placement.满分。2026 SCORES 官方成绩单。通常可用于兑换大学学分或免修。 |
AP Chinese is the only AP score on record. No other AP subject is listed here as taken or scored. Further official scores will be added when they exist. They will not be estimated.档案中只有 AP 中文有确切分数。其他 AP 科目不在这里被写成已考或已得分。等官方成绩出现后再补充，不会估算。
GPA, class rank, and a full transcriptGPA、班级排名与完整成绩单
Grades 10–12 A–G course list10–12 年级 A–G 课程列表
SATSAT
ACTACT
TOEFL / IELTSTOEFL / IELTS
The AP Chinese 5 documents Chinese. English standardized scores, if taken, will be recorded separately.AP 中文满分证明的是中文能力。英文标化如果考了，会另行记录。
An AP score of 5 means “extremely well qualified.” Most U.S. colleges accept it for credit or for placing out of a course. The exact policy has to be checked school by school. College Board’s search page is apstudents.collegeboard.org/getting-credit-placement/search-policies. Credit at his eventual colleges will be added after the application season confirms it.AP 5 分表示“极优秀”。大多数美国大学接受用于学分兑换或课程免修。具体政策需要逐校查询。College Board 的查询页是 apstudents.collegeboard.org/getting-credit-placement/search-policies。目标院校的具体换算，等申请季确认后再补充。
The dates below are the family’s working calendar for a Fall 2027 entry. Each college’s own page remains the authority. Nothing here is an application that has already been filed.下面是家庭为 2027 年秋季入学整理的工作日历。各校官网仍是最终依据。这里没有一件已经被提交的申请。
Common App opensCommon App 开放
Create the account, enter the basics and the activity list, and draft the 650-word personal statement.注册账号，填写基础信息与活动列表，起草 650 字主文书。
UC application opens for draftingUC 系统开放填写
The University of California application can be started.可以开始填写加州大学申请。
Recommendations and the school report推荐信与 School Report
Complete the FERPA release and send recommendation requests.完成 FERPA 授权，发出推荐信邀请。
Last testing window for November early deadlines赶上 11 月早申的最后标化窗口
October SAT or ACT, if a score is needed for a November 1 deadline.10 月 SAT 或 ACT，如果某所学校的 11 月 1 日截止需要分数。
UC applications can be submittedUC 可正式提交
Including UCLA and UC Berkeley.包括 UCLA 与 UC Berkeley。
First early deadlines首批早申截止
Examples on the working list: UNC EA, UT Austin EA, Georgia EA, and UF’s newer ED.工作清单上的例子：UNC EA、UT Austin EA、Georgia EA，以及 UF 新增的 ED。
Main early-application date早申主战场
Harvard and Stanford REA; Princeton and Yale SCEA; MIT EA; Penn, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Duke, Northwestern, and USC ED.Harvard / Stanford REA；Princeton / Yale SCEA；MIT EA；Penn、Columbia、Cornell、Brown、Duke、Northwestern、USC 的 ED。
Second early wave第二波早申
Chicago EA/ED1, Duke ED, CMU ED, Washington University in St. Louis’s newer EA. Many top-30 liberal-arts ED1 deadlines fall on November 15.Chicago EA/ED1、Duke ED、CMU ED、华盛顿大学圣路易斯分校新增 EA。11 月 15 日是多数 Top 30 文理学院 ED1 的截止日。
UC submission deadlineUC 提交截止
The University of California window closes at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.加州大学系统窗口于太平洋时间当日 23:59 关闭。
Regular-decision testing, and early results常规批标化与早申放榜
December SAT or ACT is the last typical sitting for regular decision. Early results arrive around mid-December.12 月 SAT 或 ACT 通常是常规批的最后一场。12 月中旬左右早申放榜。
Regular-decision deadlines常规批截止
Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, and Dartmouth on January 1. Yale, Cornell, and Duke on January 2. MIT, Stanford, Penn, and Brown on January 5. USC, Rice, and Emory around January 10–15. ED2 sits in the same window.Princeton、Harvard、Columbia、Dartmouth 为 1 月 1 日。Yale、Cornell、Duke 为 1 月 2 日。MIT、Stanford、Penn、Brown 为 1 月 5 日。USC、Rice、Emory 约在 1 月 10–15 日。ED2 在同一档期。
Results结果期
Prepare financial documents, visa materials, and scholarship applications as results require them.按录取结果准备资金证明、签证材料和奖学金申请。
Enrollment decision确认入读
Compare offers, aid, and how well the academic program fits, then commit.比较录取、资助方案和专业匹配度，然后确认。
The University of California is outside the Common App. It has its own system. It does not require recommendations, SAT or ACT, or a counselor report, and it has no early round. The Personal Insight Questions ask for 4 of the prompts, 350 words each.加州大学不在 Common App 体系内，使用自己的申请系统。它不要求推荐信、SAT/ACT 或 counselor report，也不设早轮。Personal Insight Questions 需要选 4 题，每题 350 字。
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Each card is a problem, a method, a result, and what he would keep. Early work is labeled early.每张卡片都是一个问题、一种做法、一个结果，以及他愿意留下的判断。早期的工作会标明早期。
2020 · Beijing, ISB2020 · 北京，ISB 时期
Independent独立完成
2023–2025 · Sierra Vista Middle School2023–2025 · Sierra Vista Middle School
Programming lead编程组组长
2023–20252023–2025
Independent独立完成
2024–20252024–2025
Independent独立完成
2025 – present · early2025 至今 · 早期
Independent study独立研究
2025 – present · exploring2025 至今 · 探索中
Independent study独立研究
P7 · A stance that runs through the projectsP7 · 贯穿这些项目的价值主张
“The mission of AI is not to replace humans, but to enhance them — so a doctor has more time with a patient, a teacher has more attention for each student, and a parent has more time with a child.”“AI 的使命不是取代人类，而是增强人类——让医生有更多时间陪伴患者，让老师有更多精力关注每个学生，让父母有更多时间陪伴孩子。”
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The full path, including the rounds he has not reached. A funnel is a map, not a trophy.完整路径，包括他还没有走到的轮次。漏斗是地图，不是奖杯。
| Contest竞赛 | Stage阶段 | When时间 | Where / form地点 / 形式 | Status状态 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F=maF=ma Physics ContestF=ma 物理竞赛 | Round 1第一轮 | 2026-02-12 | Online. 75 minutes, 25 multiple-choice questions, mechanics only.线上机考。75 分钟，25 道单选，只考力学。 | Qualified已晋级 Qualified. Individual scores are not published from 2026.已晋级。2026 年起个人成绩官方不公布。 |
| USAPhOUnited States of America Physics Olympiad美国物理奥林匹克 | Semifinal半决赛 | 2026-04-10 | Individual closed-book exam, 13:00–17:00 EDT, 4 hours.个人闭卷，美东 13:00–17:00，4 小时。 | Completed已完成 Semifinalist. The exam score is pending.半决赛选手。考试成绩待补充。 |
| USAPhO PlusUSAPhO PlusUSAPhO Plus 附加赛 | Additional round附加赛 | 2026-05-10 | For the top 20.前 20 名参加。 | Pending待补充 Whether he was included is not yet determined.是否入选尚未确定。 |
| U.S. Physics Team CampU.S. Physics Team training camp美国物理队训练营 | Round 3第三轮 | 2026-05-26 – 06-06 | University of Maryland, 10 days. About 20 students.马里兰大学，10 天。约 20 人。 | Pending待补充 Not yet determined.尚未确定。 |
| IPhOInternational Physics Olympiad国际物理奥林匹克 | International国际赛 | 2026-07-04 – 07-12 | International. Five students represent the United States.国际赛。5 人代表美国。 | Pending待补充 Not yet determined.尚未确定。 |
| USA-NA-AIOUnited States North American Artificial Intelligence Olympiad美国-北美人工智能奥林匹克 | Round 2第二轮 | 2026-04-03 – 04-05 | MIT and Harvard, on site, two contest days.MIT 与哈佛，现场，两天竞赛。 | Completed已完成 Completed. Rank and score are pending.已完成。名次与成绩待补充。 |
| AP ChineseAP Chinese Language and CultureAP 中文语言与文化 | College Board examCollege Board 考试 | 2026-05-08 | Los Altos High School.Los Altos High School。 | Completed已完成 Score 5 / 5.5 / 5 满分。 |
F=maF=ma
About 6,600 students in 2026. Mean 8.90/25, median 8. Those are exam-wide statistics, not his score.2026 年约 6,600 人。均分 8.90/25，中位数 8。这是全场统计，不是他的分数。
USAPhO semifinalUSAPhO 半决赛
Albert is hereAlbert 在这里About 400 students. April 10, 2026. Albert is here.约 400 人。2026 年 4 月 10 日。Albert 在这一层。
U.S. Physics Team camp美国物理队训练营
About 20 students. University of Maryland, 10 days. Pending for him.约 20 人。马里兰大学 10 天。对他而言尚未确定。
IPhOIPhO
5 students represent the United States, July 4–12, 2026. Pending for him.5 人代表美国，2026 年 7 月 4–12 日。对他而言尚未确定。
USA-NA-AIO Round 1USA-NA-AIO 第一轮
No qualifying exam required to enter.进入第一轮不需要资格赛。
Round 2第二轮
Albert is hereAlbert 在这里April 2026, Boston and Cambridge. Albert is here.2026 年 4 月，波士顿与剑桥。Albert 在这一层。
IOAI / IAIOIOAI / IAIO
Strong contestants may go on to represent North America. Not a result claimed here.优秀选手可能代表北美继续参赛。本站不将其写成他的结果。
A physics contest asks him to start from first principles and derive a conclusion with mathematics and logic. He found that the habits from that training are exactly the ones AI work most often lacks: decomposition (break a hard problem into parts that can be solved), hypothesis testing (state a hypothesis, design a test, keep it or reject it), and limiting-case thinking (look at the boundary and find what the problem actually is). Physics taught him how to think. Programming taught him how to create. Together, they are what he means by technical innovation.物理竞赛要求他从第一性原理出发，用数学和逻辑推导结论。他发现，这种训练出来的思维，恰恰是人工智能领域最稀缺的：问题拆解（把复杂问题分成可以解决的部分）、假设验证（提出假设，设计检验，保留或推翻）、极限思维（看边界条件，找到问题的本质）。物理教会他如何思考，编程教会他如何创造。两者结合，才是他所说的科技创新。
“In the labs at MIT and Harvard, I saw how far AI can go. I also saw the responsibility behind it — how to make AI actually help people, rather than replace them.”“在 MIT 和哈佛大学的实验室里，我看到了 AI 技术的无限可能。但同时，我也看到了技术背后的责任——如何让 AI 真正帮助人类，而不是取代人类。”
Round 2 does not allow a ready-made pretrained model. Contestants derive the formulas and write the implementation. The international IOAI, by contrast, asks them to improve a score on a given real dataset. Round 2 selects for the foundation: mathematical derivation and a grasp of what is underneath. That is not something a last-minute drill produces. This describes the exam. It does not upgrade a pending rank into a medal.第二轮不允许调用现成的预训练模型。选手需要手推公式、手写实现。IOAI 国际赛则是在给定的真实数据集上把分数做高。第二轮选的是地基：数理推导，和对底层的理解。这不是临时抱佛脚练得出来的。这段话描述的是考试本身，不是把一个待补充的名次说成奖牌。
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One verified service shift, and one team he actually led.一次可以核对的服务，和一个他真正带过的团队。
2025-10-17·4 hours 小时
A nonprofit that supports children in Africa through education, nutrition, medical care, and clean-water projects.一家非营利组织，通过教育、营养、医疗和清洁水源项目支持非洲儿童。
Website maintenance for four hours: updating pages, uploading event information, and fixing small problems. The point of the shift was a site that stayed accurate and understandable. He also helped with basic troubleshooting and a regular check so the site kept running.4 小时网站维护：更新内容、上传活动信息、修复小问题，让网站保持准确、易于使用。他也协助做了基本故障排查和定期检查，确保网站正常运行。
A move from “using technology to make something” to “using technology for someone else.” It is a community-service record an application can point to and a reader can check.从“用技术做一件东西”走到“用技术服务别人”。这是大学申请社区服务栏里一条可以核对的记录。
2023–2025
Robotics club, Sierra Vista Middle SchoolSierra Vista Middle School 机器人社团
Obstacle avoidance, arm control, and path planning. The team placed second in the regional maze challenge.负责避障算法、机械臂控制和路径规划。团队在区域赛迷宫挑战中获得第二名。
Classmates under academic stress led to a question, then to an early non-intrusive prototype. Privacy is part of the design, not a later patch.同学的学业压力先变成一个问题，再变成一个早期的非侵入式原型。隐私是设计的一部分，不是事后再补的补丁。
Beijing smog, then California wildfires. The work that follows is carbon tracking, household energy, and algorithms that cost less.北京雾霾，然后是加州野火。跟着出现的工作是碳足迹追踪、家庭能源，以及能耗更低的算法。
Four hours on October 17, 2025, for New Hope World Alliance Foundation. The organization and the date are public.2025 年 10 月 17 日，为 New Hope World Alliance Foundation 服务 4 小时。机构和日期都是公开的。
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Piano, kept on the days that were not performances.钢琴，留在那些没有演出的日子里。
Piano is a real practice, not a line added for an application. What it shares with science, for him, is pattern and order, making something that can be heard, and staying with a hard thing long enough to get better at it.钢琴是真正的长期练习，不是为了申请临时加上的一行。对他来说，音乐和科学的共通之处是规律与秩序、做出一件可以被听见的东西，以及在难的事情上停留得足够久。
From 2024 he has used an FFT on his own recordings to study whether the beat stays steady. The tool came out of the CM Level 10 attempt, not out of a class unit.从 2024 年起，他用 FFT 分析自己的录音，看节拍是否稳定。这个工具来自挑战 CM Level 10 之后，不是一门课的作业。
Not passing CM Level 10 taught him how to face a setback. Growth is not a smooth path. It is standing up after the fall.CM Level 10 的挑战没有通过，让他学习面对挫折。成长不是一帆风顺，而是跌倒之后重新站起来。
CM Level record, including the one he did not pass →CM 考级记录，包括没有通过的那一次 →
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Badminton, for the whole summer of 2026.羽毛球，贯穿整个 2026 年暑假。
He spent that summer playing badminton, and he likes it a great deal. A mind trained on physics still needs the sweat.那个暑假他都在打羽毛球，而且打得很投入。受过物理训练的头脑，也需要出汗。
Weekly frequency, partners or a coach, a level, equipment, whether he has competed, and whether it continues during the school year are not in the record yet.每周频率、一起练的同伴或教练、水平、装备、是否参赛、学期中是否继续，档案里都还没有。
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What he can use, tied to the project where it actually showed up. Foundational means foundational.他会用的东西，都连回它真正出现过的项目。基础就是基础。
Python is the main language, for contests, studies, and projects.Python 是主力，用于竞赛、学习和项目。
Python
Primary. P1 air quality, P3 simulations, P4 rhythm.主力。用于 P1 空气质量、P3 物理仿真、P4 节奏分析。
C++
In the toolkit. Not the language of the public projects above.在工具箱里。上面的公开项目不是用它写的。
JavaScript
In the toolkit, alongside basic web work.在工具箱里，和基础的网页工作放在一起。
Foundational.基础。
TensorFlow
Foundational use, not a published model.基础使用，没有已发表的模型。
PyTorch
Foundational use, not a published model.基础使用，没有已发表的模型。
Used inside projects.在项目里常用。
Pandas
Project data work.项目中的数据处理。
NumPy
Project numerics, including the simulations.项目中的数值计算，包括物理仿真。
Matplotlib
Plots for the project work.为项目画图。
His own Python simulators.自建的 Python 模拟器。
Free fall
P3P3
Orbits
P3P3
Pendulum
P3P3
Used in the club, hands on.社团项目中的实际操作。
Arduino
P2 robotics club.P2 机器人社团。
Raspberry Pi
P2 robotics club.P2 机器人社团。
Foundational.基础。
HTML / CSS
Foundational, and the New Hope maintenance shift.基础，也用于 New Hope 的维护。
Flask
Foundational.基础。
Early self-directed study.早期的自主学习。
NLP
P5 mental-health tool.P5 心理健康工具。
Sentiment analysis
P5 mental-health tool.P5 心理健康工具。
Multimodal affective computing
Named as a direction of study, not as a finished system.作为学习方向写下，不是一个已经完成的系统。
Used on his own piano recordings.用在他自己的钢琴录音上。
FFT
P4 rhythm analyzer.P4 节奏分析器。
Audio analysis
P4 rhythm analyzer.P4 节奏分析器。
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Notes for a later application. Not a submitted essay, and not a place where missing scores get filled in.给以后申请用的笔记。不是已经提交的文书，也不是把缺失的分数补上去的地方。
Working notes for a future application. This is not a submitted essay, and it is not a list of claims beyond the record. The personal statement on the Common App is 650 words. The useful story is not “what I won.” It is how he asks a question, and how he rebuilds a method after something fails.给未来申请季用的工作笔记。这不是一篇已经提交的文书，也不会超出档案去加码。Common App 主文书是 650 字。有用的故事不是“我赢得了什么”，而是他怎样提问，以及一件事失败之后，他怎样重建方法。
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| 1 | USAPhO SemifinalistUSAPhO 半决赛 | AAPT U.S. Physics TeamAAPT U.S. Physics Team | 2025–20262025–2026 | Contestant参赛者 | Sat the 4-hour closed-book semifinal on April 10, after qualifying from the national F=ma contest. About 400 students were invited.4 月 10 日参加 4 小时闭卷半决赛。此前从全国 F=ma 晋级，约 400 人受邀。 |
| 2 | USA-NA-AIO Round 2USA-NA-AIO 第二轮 | USA-NA-AIOUSA-NA-AIO | 2026-042026-04 | Contestant参赛者 | Traveled to Boston and Cambridge for the on-site round at MIT and Harvard: three faculty talks and two contest blocks.前往波士顿与剑桥，在 MIT 和哈佛完成现场赛程，包括三场教授讲座和两段竞赛。 |
| 3 | AP Chinese Language and CultureAP 中文语言与文化 | College BoardCollege Board | 20262026 | Candidate应考 | Sat the exam on May 8 at Los Altos High School. The July report was 5/5.5 月 8 日在 Los Altos High School 应考。7 月成绩为 5/5。 |
| 4 | Robot club, programming lead机器人社团编程组组长 | Sierra Vista Middle SchoolSierra Vista Middle School | 2023–20252023–2025 | Lead组长 | Obstacle avoidance, arm control, and path planning. The team placed second in the regional maze challenge.负责避障算法、机械臂控制与路径规划。团队在区域赛迷宫挑战中获得第二名。 |
| 5 | Air-quality forecasting system空气质量预测系统 | Personal project个人项目 | 20202020 | Independent独立开发 | Python read public air-quality data, estimated the next day’s PM2.5, and sent an email alert.用 Python 读取公开空气质量数据，估计次日 PM2.5，并发送邮件提醒。 |
| 6 | Website maintenance网站维护 | New Hope World Alliance FoundationNew Hope World Alliance Foundation | 2025-102025-10 | Volunteer志愿者 | Four hours updating the site, in support of education, nutrition, medical care, and clean-water work for children in Africa.4 小时网站维护与内容更新，支持面向非洲儿童的教育、营养、医疗与清洁水源项目。 |
| 7 | Piano — CM Level 8钢琴 — CM Level 8 | Certificate of MeritCertificate of Merit | 2024–20262024–2026 | Pianist演奏者 | Passed CM Level 8. After CM Level 10 was not passed, he reviewed how he had managed the time and kept going.通过 CM Level 8。CM Level 10 未通过之后，复盘了时间管理并继续考下去。 |
| 8 | AI and mental health人工智能与心理健康 | Self-directed个人研究 | 2025 – present2025 至今 | Independent独立研究者 | Teaching himself NLP and sentiment analysis, toward a privacy-preserving, non-intrusive check-in for teenagers. Early stage.自学自然语言处理与情感分析，探索隐私保护的、非侵入式的青少年情绪监测。早期阶段。 |
| 9 | Sustainable technology可持续技术 | Self-directed个人研究 | 2025 – present2025 至今 | Independent独立研究者 | A personal carbon tracker, and study of energy-optimization and lower-cost algorithms.个人碳排放追踪，以及能源优化算法与更可持续的算法设计。 |
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A smog day, and “Why is the sky gray sometimes?” Problem-seeing, then a piece of technology that actually reached his family.一个雾霾天，和那句“为什么天空有时候是灰色的？”。先看见问题，再让技术真正落到家人身上。
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CM Level 10, and the time-management lesson: plan earlier, spread the pressure, keep the daily practice. The same night became the FFT project.CM Level 10，以及时间管理上的教训：提前规划，分散压力，持续练习。当天晚上，这件事变成了 FFT 项目。
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Physics derives from first principles. A lot of AI work iterates and tries. He thinks the real innovation is the combination.物理从第一性原理推导。很多人工智能工作靠迭代和试错。他认为真正的创新是两者合在一起。
What I have actually been doing, for as long as I can remember, is asking why, and then finding a way.我从小到大真正在做的一件事，是追问为什么，然后想办法。
The direction he wants to keep walking is AI for Science, sustainable technology, and education technology — technology that enhances people rather than replacing them.他选择继续走的方向，是 AI for Science、可持续技术与教育科技——让技术增强人类，而不是取代人类。
UC Personal Insight Questions: choose 4 prompts, 350 words each. The lines above are directions, not drafts.UC Personal Insight Questions：选 4 题，每题 350 字。上面是方向，不是已经写好的答案。
An experience that changed how you see the world一次改变你看待世界的经历
The smog, and the air-quality system.雾霾，和空气质量系统。
A challenge or a failure, and what you did with it一次挑战或失败，以及你如何应对
CM Level 10.CM Level 10。
Something you want to change你想改变的一件事
A tool for teenage mental health, and sustainable technology.青少年心理健康工具，以及可持续技术。
A word or an idea that defines you一个定义你的词或理念
“Enhance, not replace.” Solve the real problem with the most fitting technology.“增强，而不是取代。”用最合适的技术解决真实问题。
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For an admissions office, a teacher, or a question about the work.给招生办公室、老师，或一个关于这些工作的问题。
The résumé page is built to print, or to save as a PDF from the browser.简历页可以直接打印，也可以在浏览器里另存为 PDF。
Open résumé打开简历