Hall of GT High School

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 [...]

Math:    48Reading:     54Reasoning:    49Writing:    3    The day I received my letter from Takoma Park Middle School was one of the days I truly and genuinely felt raw rejection. At first it hadn’t hit me as hard, but I soon realized that it was serious and I couldn’t take anything else easily and for granted. That “failure” humbled me and gave me the motivation to lead me to my eventual success. The consequences were severe, I would not obtain the same education or opportunities as my peers at Takoma. My parents were disappointed, my brother was disappointed, my friends were disappointed, but [...]

Math:    51/52Reading:     48/64Reasoning:    42/60Writing:    3/6 Coming from a non-magnet elementary and enrolled in a non-magnet middle school, I thought I had no chance of making it into any of the programs. I took the magnet test to get into middle school blindly with no preparation at all. When I found out all my friends were going to leave me to go, I regretted not going to prepare. I always felt behind my friends, who were all a part of the middle school magnet programs. When my parents enrolled me into Dr. Li, I was ecstatic to finally get a redemption of [...]

Math:    50/52Reading:     49/64Reasoning:    54/60Writing:    4/6     This high school magnet preparation class has been a truly beneficial and unforgettable experience. Every single class that I attended taught me so much about not only the skills needed for taking the test but also many advantages of going to a magnet school. All of the skills I learned would be used many times in the future and I would never forget them. When my mom first told me that she signed me up for Dr. Li, I was not very happy. I had almost no interest in getting into a magnet school at [...]

Math:    51Reading:     53Reasoning:    43Writing:    5    For a very long time, I have wanted to be a part of a magnet high school, so when the summer before 8th grade came, I started to prepare. I wanted to be accepted and I wanted to do the best I could to achieve this goal. I studied properly, finding problems to work on in order to prepare me. I was serious about achieving this, so I worked hard and worked diligently. I eventually joined Dr. Li’s program because I thought it would aid me in my quest. I had practiced before, but no other [...]

I am thankful for Dr. Li’s 2019 Fall GT Prep class. At the beginning of eighth grade, the magnet exam was lingering in the back of my head. I was in the last year of middle school and December seventh felt like the grand finale that everything was leading up to. Ever since sixth grade, I was captivated by engineering, especially the aerospace field. I participated in the rubber band powered model plane event at the Maryland Science Olympiad. I knew the Poolesville SMCS program would be perfect for me with its numerous STEM classes. With a goal set firmly in mind, [...]

My rise to the magnet programs was one that was thrilling at every turn. My history with the Dr. Li Program can be traced back to 5th grade, in which Dr. Li greatly assisted me with getting into Takoma Park, an extremely competitive middle school. I knew that those 3 years I spent in middle school were not meant to be thrown away and wasted, but that every precious second I had was to ensure that I had an edge in high school applications. After a 3-year hiatus from Dr. Li, I returned to start preparing for applications into the Blair magnet [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]