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TOPS PROGRAMDAVID LU, RICHARD DU, FRIEDA RONG
DAVID LU
• WEB DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING TEACHER AT OLYMPIADS
• ENJOYS PROGRAMMING, GAMING, WEB DEVELOPMENT
• IN CHARGE OF WWW.TOPSPROGRAM.CA
• PLANS: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING @ UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
RICHARD DU
• MATH TEACHER AT OLYMPIADS
• ENJOYS MATH, RUNNING, MUSIC
• PLANS: MATH & CS @ UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
FRIEDA RONG
• ENJOYS SCIENCE, MATH, RUNNING
• PLANS: HONOURS MATH @ UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
ABOUT TOPS
• MATH, SCIENCE AND ENGLISH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
• MARC GARNEAU COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
• 60 STUDENTS PER YEAR
• HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOLARSHIP AND UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONSSTUDENT PROFILE
EXAM
STUDENT PROFILE
• WEIGHTED 50%
• ACTIVITIES WITHIN SCHOOL AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
• MAJOR CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS
• “WHY DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE TOPS PROGRAM” – ESSAY
• FOUND AT WWW.TOPSPROGRAM.CA/APPLY-2014
ACTIVITIES LIST
• RECENT ACTIVITIES
• NOT MORE THAN 3-4 YEARS IN THE PAST
• PLACE “STRONGER” ACTIVITIES FIRST
• SHOW BREADTH, NOT DEPTH
EXAMPLES• CLASSES AT OLYMPIADS
• MATH
• PROGRAMMING
• CLUBS
• CHESS
• ROBOTICS
• MUSIC/SPORTS
• SOCCER
• PIANO
• ORGANIZATIONS
• SCOUTS
• CADETS
• SPECIAL INTERESTS
• SCIENCE FAIR
MAJOR CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS• MATH CONTESTS
• GAUSS
• PASCAL
• CIMC
• AMC8
• MUSIC
• ARCT
• PROGRAMMING
• CANADIAN COMPUTING COMPETITION
• ARTS
• COMPETITIONS
• ESSAY COMPETITIONS
ESSAY• “TELL US MORE ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR INTERESTS. WHY DO YOU WANT
TO JOIN THE TOPS PROGRAM?”
• BE CREATIVE AND INTERESTING
• NO FORMULAIC ESSAY WRITING
• BE A LITTLE HUMBLE (TEACHERS LIKE FLATTERY!)
• WORD PROCESS
• NO GRAMMAR/STYLISTIC/SPELLING MISTAKES
SAMPLE STRUCTURE
• I LEARNED HOW TO BE A LEADER IN ACTIVITY X
• I DISCOVERED MY INTEREST IN MATHEMATICS/SCIENCE/ANYTHING IN ACTIVITY Y
• ANECDOTE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE
• “I WANT TO JOIN THE TOPS PROGRAM BECAUSE…”
EXTRAS• EXTRA MATERIAL CAN BE ATTACHED TO STUDENT PROFILES
• TO SHOWCASE SPECIAL INTERESTS
• SAMPLES OF WORK
• PROGRAMMING
• WEB DESIGN
• ART
• WRITTEN WORK (NO ESSAYS)
• NON-TEACHER REFERENCE LETTERS
• SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
REPORT CARD
• HIGH MARKS NOT NECESSARY
• MIDDLE SCHOOL MARKS ARE ARBITRARY
• LOW 80S GRADE 7 AVERAGE RECOMMENDED
• LEARNING SKILL EVALUATIONS PLAY A PART
SELECTION COMMITTEE
• PRIMARY DECISION MAKERS
• MR. MCMASTER – CURRICULUM LEADER/MATH TEACHER
• MR. VAN BEMMEL – PHYSICS TEACHER
• MS. SPEIRS – ENGLISH TEACHER
• OTHER TEACHERS MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS
EXAM
• 3 PARTS
• MATH
• SCIENCE
• ENGLISH
• 40 MINUTES EACH
• DESIGNED TO BE CHALLENGING
REGISTRATIONWWW.TOPSPROGRAM.CA/APPLY-2014
MATH• DESIGNED TO BE HIGHLY
CHALLENGING
• MULTIPLE CHOICE “SCANTRON”
• NO CALCULATORS
• PENALIZES GUESSING
• UNREALISTIC TO PREPARE FOR
• CALCULUS
• VECTOR GEOMETRY
• EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY
• TRIGONOMETRY
• FUNCTIONS
• COMBINATORICS
SCIENCE• HUGE BREADTH OF TOPICS
• MULTIPLE CHOICE “SCANTRON”
• PENALIZES GUESSING
• CAN BE PREPARED FOR
• ASTRONOMY
• MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
• MACROSCOPIC BIOLOGY
• ELEMENTAL CHEMISTRY
• ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
• NEWTONIAN PHYSICS
• ASTROPHYSICS
• GEOGRAPHY
RECOMMENDED PREPARATION• NO GUARANTEES
• IMPROVES BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE
• WWW.SCIENCEDAILY.COM
• WWW.REDDIT.COM/R/SCIENCE
• WWW.REDDIT.COM/R/ASKSCIENCE
• WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
• WWW.GIZMODO.COM
• GRADE 9/10 SCIENCE TEXTBOOK
ENGLISH• RESPONSE WRITING
• TOPICS UNPREDICTABLE
• TOPIC FORMATS CAN VARY
• BE CREATIVE
• NO FORMULAIC WRITING
• NO “FILLER”
• ANECDOTAL LENGTH: 300-500 WORDS
GENERAL TIPS• DO NOT RUSH
• STANDARD MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST PRACTICES APPLY
• SKIM THE EXAM BEFORE YOU START
• BE NICE TO YOUR PROCTORS
• NO ONE GETS PERFECT
• WRITE NEATLY (ENGLISH)
PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS• COME PREPARED WITH MATERIALS
• PEN(S)
• PENCIL(S)
• ERASER(S)
• NON-GRAPHING CALCULATOR(S)
• WORD PROCESS ENTIRE STUDENT PROFILE
• BRING REFRESHMENTS
• WATER
• SNACK(S)
• GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP
• EAT A NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST
• COFFEE (IF YOU DRINK IT)
• ARRIVE EARLY
LIFE IN TOPSCOURSEWORK
EXTRACURRICULARS
SOCIAL LIFE
COURSES
• TOPS STUDENTS ARE CORED FOR MOST CLASSES
• ~20 TOPS COURSES REQUIRED TO GRADUATE
• ALL TOPS COURSES ARE ENRICHED
• TOPS STUDENTS HAVE AN ADVANTAGE IN UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS AND IN UNIVERSITY
MATH
• STUDENTS LEARN MATH FAR BEYOND THEIR GRADE LEVEL
• COVERS THREE YEARS OF MATH IN TWO
• CALCULUS IN GRADE 11, LINEAR ALGEBRA IN GRADE 12
• EMPHASIS ON PROBLEM SOLVING
• STRONG FOUNDATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY
SCIENCE
• ENRICHED WITH EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES, NON-CURRICULUM TOPICS
• SPACE SCIENCE, QUANTUM MECHANICS
• LAB ACTIVITIES
• FIELD TRIPS
• INVESTIGATIONS
ALGONQUIN
• 4 DAYS. NO SHOWERS. SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION
• OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT REAL RESEARCH, DATA COLLECTION IS LIKE
• BONDING EXPERIENCE
• SCENIC VIEWS, OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY NATURE
AP PHYSICS
AP PHYSICS• HIGHLY ACCELERATED BEYOND AP PHYSICS LEVEL
• “VAN-BEMMELIZED”
• EMPHASIS ON CALCULUS KNOWLEDGE
• VERY INTRIGUING LABS
• INTENTIONALLY MADE TO CHALLENGE YOU, “UNFAIR COURSE”
• EXCELLENT PREPARATION FOR UNI
ENGLISH
• EMPHASIS ON CRITICAL THINKING AND RESPONDING
• BUILDS STRONG WRITERS AND WELL-READ STUDENTS
• PREPARES YOU FOR SATS, OTHER STANDARDIZED TESTS
STRATFORD
STRATFORD – LATE OCTOBER
• CULTURAL ENRICHMENT
• DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WORKS
• BONDING EXPERIENCE, DE-STRESSING
• SLEEP IS OPTIONAL
COMPETITIONS
MATH/PROGRAMMING CONTESTS• MULTIPLE MATH CONTESTS PART OF CURRICULUM
• PASCAL/CAYLEY/FERMAT
• FRYER/GALOIS/HYPATIA
• OTHER CONTESTS HELD THROUGH MATH/COMPUTER SCIENCE/PHYSICS CLUBS
• EUCLID
• CS/IMC
• COMC
• CTMC
• CCC
• ECOO
MATH/PROGRAMMING CONTESTS• EXCEPTIONAL PERFOMANCES
•6 CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD QUALIFIERS
•19 AIME QUALIFIERS
SOCIAL LIFE
• VIBRANT SOCIAL NETWORKING
• VALUABLE CONNECTIONS ARE MADE
• TOPS BONDS STUDENTS TOGETHER
• ALWAYS A BIG FAMILY
UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS
• INCREDIBLE SUCCESS
• PREPARATIONS IN TOPS
• EXCELLENT STUDENTS
• MOTIVATED TO GO WHEREVER YOU WANT
• US AND CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
• NATURAL SAT PREP THROUGH TOPS COURSES
• EXCELLENT PEER NETWORK, ADVICE FROM SENIORS
• ESSAY WRITING FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS
SCHOLARSHIPS
• THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
• LORAN SCHOLARSHIP
• SCHULICH LEADER STEM SCHOLARSHIP
• TD COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP
• MOREHEAD CAIN SCHOLARSHIP$1.3 million
BENEFITS OF TOPS
OPPORTUNITY
PROGRAMS
• SUNNYBROOK SUMMER RESEARCH
• HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES
• SHAD VALLEY
• 40+ ALUMNI IN THE LAST 3 YEARS
• DEEP RIVER SCIENCE ACADEMY
CLUBS+ORGANIZATIONS
• THE RECKONER
• DECA
• MARC GARNEAU MOONBUGGY TEAM
• GTA-WIDE EVENTS
• AND MORE...
TEACHERS
• PASSIONATE ABOUT TEACHING
• ENRICHED COURSES
• ORGANIZE FUN TOPS EVENTS
• MCMASTER HEALTH SCIENCES – 8
• QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY COMMERCE – 3
• NANOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING – 3
• MECHATRONICS – 7
• SOFTWARE ENG – 6
• WESTERN IVEY BUSINESS SCHOOL – 6
• U OF T ENGSCI – 9
• SCHULICH
• MCGILL LIFESCI – 2
• BERKELEY – 5
• UPENN – 2 (WHARTON)
• YALE
• CHICAGO
• CAMBRIDGE
• DARTMOUTH
• STANFORD
• HARVARD – 2
• CORNELL
• UNC – MOREHEAD CAIN SCHOLARSHIP
UNIVERSITIES
FAMILY
• TOPS IS A FAMILY
• SUPPORTIVE
• CONNECTED
• UNLIKE ANY OTHER PROGRAM
IN CONCLUSION:
• EXEMPLARY STUDENTS
• ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER
• EXEMPLARY TEACHERS
• CHALLENGING COURSES
• FUN
CONTACT US
• CO@TOPSPROGRAM.CA – GENERAL APPLICATION QUESTIONS
• BUSINESS@DAVID-LU.COM – DAVID LU
• RICHARDDU1226@GMAIL.COM – RICHARD DU
• ADEIRFF@GMAIL.COM – FRIEDA RONG
QUESTIONS?
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