Brianna Gao
City of Residence: Shanghai, China
School: Shanghai Weiyu International
Intended major: Psychology
Age during program: Grade 11
Brianna’s favorite subjects in school are Geography, Economics, Music and Dance. She is ranked top 30% in class and aspires to enter either NYU, UCLA, USC, University of Rochester or Tufts University.
What challenges did she face?
- She had a bit of time management issue due to school and personal commitment.
- Interested in psychology but still a green horn in this field, she has a lot of basics to catch up on.
Matched professor:
A full-time lecturer in psychology at Princeton University and University of Washington Tacoma. He is also a psychological scientist at Central Michigan University.
How did our program help her?
- At the end of the mentorship program, her task was to do a PowerPoint presentation for the mentor. This enabled her to learn about communication and presentation skills.
- She got exposed to searching, reading and summarizing literature articles for her final project.
Below is part of an example work done during the program:
