优秀学生,为何与藤校无缘?
Three big mistakes in essays and extracurriculars
文书与课外活动的三大误区
活动流程
A structured breakdown of T20 admissions from ninth grade through the final application.从九年级到最终提交,系统拆解美国前二十名校的录取逻辑。
The three mistakes in essays and extracurriculars that quietly sink strong applicants.文书与课外活动的三大误区——正是它们让优秀申请者悄悄落榜。
Financial aid and education funds, then open Q&A for your questions.助学金与教育基金介绍,随后是开放问答环节。
Reserve Your Seat
预约座位
Someone from the Whetstone team will call you shortly to confirm your seat.Whetstone 团队会尽快与您电话联系,确认您的座位。
Hold the date添加到日历
What You'll Walk Away With你将收获
Which extracurriculars admissions officers reward, and which waste four years哪些课外活动招生官真正看重,哪些只是白白浪费四年
How to know if your essay topic actually stands out如何判断你的文书选题是否真的出彩
The three mistakes that quietly sink strong applicants让优秀申请者悄悄落榜的三大误区
Financial aid and education funds助学金与教育基金
主讲人介绍

科尔 · 惠特斯通
Founder & Academic Director
创始人 · 学术总监
BA Harvard University哈佛大学 学士
MSt University of Oxford牛津大学 硕士
After graduating from Harvard, where he served as program director of its largest afterschool program, Cole received a full scholarship to study Ancient Philosophy at Oxford, where he went on to teach Ancient Greek. His research has been published in academic journals, with contributions to breakthroughs in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's treatment.
Cole 毕业于哈佛大学,曾担任哈佛最大课外项目的负责人,随后获全额奖学金赴牛津大学攻读古代哲学,并在牛津教授古希腊语。他的研究发表于多本学术期刊,并参与了帕金森与阿尔茨海默病治疗方面的突破性工作。

于韧
Operations Director & Capstone Mentor
运营总监 · 课题导师
BS New York University纽约大学 学士
After graduating high school at 16, Ren received a merit scholarship to study philosophy and economics at Brandeis University. He later transferred to NYU to study and accept a job opportunity in finance. He co-founded the New York Philosophical Society alongside Cole, a nonprofit with over 8,500 members.
Ren 16 岁高中毕业,获优秀奖学金进入布兰迪斯大学攻读哲学与经济学,之后转学至纽约大学,并进入金融行业工作。他与 Cole 共同创办了纽约哲学学会——一个拥有超过 8,500 名成员的非营利组织。
There's dedicated time to ask Cole and Ren anything — about your own child's situation, the process in general, or whatever else is on your mind.现场设有专门的问答时间,欢迎向 Cole 和 Ren 提出任何问题——关于孩子的具体情况、申请流程,或任何您关心的话题。
Whetstone 的理念
Elite admissions is ultimately a judgment about a person. Committees are trying to understand who someone is, what they've built, and what they're capable of becoming.顶尖名校的录取,归根结底是对一个人的判断。招生委员会想弄清楚的是:这个学生是谁,他做成过什么,以及他将来可能成为什么样的人。
We do not treat admissions as a packaging problem. We approach it as a process of formation: helping students build the skills, judgment, character, and body of work that make elite admissions the natural result of who they are becoming.我们不把升学当作"包装"问题,而视其为一个成长过程:帮助学生打磨能力、判断力、品格与真正的作品积累,让名校录取成为水到渠成的结果。
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