Hall of GT High School

I have always wanted to be a part of the magnet program. It was my dream that was only a dream until this year, 2020. With support from Dr. Li and Mr. Li, I have achieved my goal of making the magnet program at Richard Montgomery High School. The entire preparation period was incredibly rewarding as classes taught by Mr. Li and Dr. Li have changed my life. The lessons they taught have also motivated and inspired my friends that have attended these classes regardless of whether they were accepted or not. Working towards my goal required a lot of effort. I [...]

Math:    48Reading:     52Reasoning:    47Writing:    5    When I was accepted into Richard Montgomery’s IB program, I felt happy and proud of myself and the accomplishment. I had worked really hard for it and getting in felt really good.  I had been preparing for many months, and Dr. Li’s classes helped me learn the essential skills I needed for the magnet test.  When I had started preparing, I really liked the IB program at Richard Montgomery, and I really wanted to get it.  I liked the school and the way the program was set up because I wanted an academic challenge at school, [...]

Math:    49Reading:     50Reasoning:    50Writing:    4    As of now, I have been accepted into the International Baccalaureate program and Richard Montgomery High School, and the SMCS program at Poolesville High School. My experience prior to my success was filled with hard work, extreme time management, and steady learning at Dr. Li. To get in to the programs, I knew that I was going to have to work hard learn new skills in order to be prepared for the CogAT exam. My Saturdays were filled with Dr. Li's lessons on math and writing, and even after I worked to finish packets that were [...]

Math:    50Reading:     51Reasoning:    42Writing:    3 My experiences with the magnet program began rather early, when I first took the test in third grade for a magnet elementary school. I did not make the selection, so I continued school at my current ES at the time. Even though I was rejected, not many feelings impacted me. I was neither happy nor sad, because at the time I did not know the significance and strong effects of the magnet program. When I started preparing for the Roberto Clemente Magnet Program test, the real pressure suddenly revealed itself. I was surrounded with the stress [...]

Math:    48Reading:     54Reasoning:    47Writing:    5    Everyone experiences success in their lives, and most of the time it’s due to hard work and good preparation rather than luck. I recently received my results for the magnet high school test, and I was invited to all the programs I applied to. I attribute my success to three years of hard work, my family, and attending Dr. Li’s test preparation classes. After failing to get accepted to the middle school magnet program, I spent my three years at middle school studying very hard. Since I was greatly disappointed about my middle school magnet test [...]

Math:    47Reading:     54Reasoning:    40Writing:    5 My Dr. Li Experience My goal was always to go to a high performing school that I would be challenged in. To test my limits and show that I can be on top. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the best experiences with magnet tests in the past, so I had lost a lot of my confidence in my abilities. I knew that I had potential to be a top performing student so I was looking to improve myself for the upcoming high school Magnet exams. Before Dr. Li, I felt uneasy about the Cogat test. I had [...]

Math:    51/52Reading:     52/64Reasoning:    48/60Writing:    3/6 The start of eighth grade established a new beginning. A fresh, empty canvas which holds the vast secrets of our approaching adulthood. No one was ready to step back into our arduous routines, each brimming with grueling tasks. Nobody wanted to be lectured for six hours and forty-five minutes until next summer. However, the most challenging aspect remained unsolved, planning our high school careers. Many were excited as they yearned for their favorite schools while others were overwhelmed by their boundless freedom and infinite choices. Soon aspiration turned into competition and nervousness became rivalry. People started [...]

Math:    48Reading:     51Reasoning:    50Writing:    5 For many 8th grade students in Montgomery County, December 7th was a date that evoked a sense of fear, apprehension, and anxiety during the months preceding it. So comfortably situated in our middle school lives, it was difficult to believe that this chapter in our academic careers would soon come to a close and that a single assessment would determine what the next four years, and the future beyond that, would entail. As I have long aspired to attend a magnet high school, I was fully aware that I would not be accepted by merely relying [...]

The precalculus course taken at Dr. Li’s is highly beneficial to high schoolers who want to review for major exams and incoming high schoolers who want to prepare early for their upcoming math courses.My daughter took this course to prepare her for high school. The curriculum covers essential topics such as trigonometry, probability, exponential and logarithmic functions, analytic geometry, and more. After taking this course, she felt more confident and prepared to handle the work in the SMCS program at Poolesville High School. The pace of this course is just right–not too slow or fast-paced. The homework assigned after every class is [...]

At M&E Academy, it has been a great learning experience. Taking these classes is highly beneficial for me to learn and help me improve. Through the classes I took, the teachers were always observant and helpful to their students to create a welcomingenvironment, and they always want their students to succeed, while making the class interesting, fun, and competitive.In math class, there is usually a competition where students try to answer the question or solve a math problem first and correctly, whoever does gets a point, and at the end, the one with the most points receives a prize that keeps us [...]