[In 金榜題名, Don Chen (71) shares the experience how his son brought up in LA applied to top U.S.Universities.  Here, Jason’s experience is able to offer more insight on this topic.  Jason, son of Terence Leung (71), was brought up in Hong Kong and is now a lawyer in Hong Kong.]

“We are native speakers of Cantonese who have not lived in any English-speaking country for more than 14 days. Our son, Jason, went to Yew Chung International School (耀中國際學校) for his primary education up to P.5 and thereafter studied for a term at Kowloon Junior School and was then promoted to Shatin College (沙田書院) on a through-train basis since these latter two belong to the English Schools Foundation (ESF) system.

At the age of 17 and all through high school, Jason remained a top student, but not one of those star pupils, and it was kind of odd that he wanted to go to college in America because ESF schools, by tradition, have no or very little affiliation with American universities. Continue reading →