Nathan Chen

[Cookie511]

How about being trained in Toronto? It’s not that far from Yale. I know it’s not probable but it could be a potential choice.

You mean BO's Cricket Club??

 

[SkatingMusic]

I know kids that rejected MIT and went to a liberal art college and kids that went to Harvard and MIT and had to quite after a year.

HPYSM is not the best for everyone. There are so many top universities and colleges in US. Finding the right one is the key, like in a marriage

True. Education is an individual experience. However, the prestigious schools become prestigious for a reason. That's enough to attract the top applicants.

 

[Mamamiia]

I remember reading an article that Nathan wanted to do double major, medicine/bioscience and business. I don't think he is really planning to be a MD or physician.Perhaps he can start some family pharmaceutical business lol

 

[alexaa]

Just to throw in some thoughts late in the conversation:
Johns Hopkins is in a bad area with no skating rink around. I can only think of a rink in Laurel, Maryland where Michael Weiss used to train, but that would still be at least a half hour or more drive into the burbs.

Berkeley: no skating rink around. The Berkeley Iceland closed down years ago. The nearest rink would be in Oakland, a long walk and BART ride, plus more walking in the streets of downtown Oakland to get to. Oh-- as a Cal grad, yeah those required science classes are extremely competitive and overcrowded. I was in Chem 1A with at least 500 people, jammed into an auditorium so full that some people had to sit on steps, and that wasn't even the only Chem1A class offered that semester. It sure did a great job weeding me out of being pre-med! Just today I was telling a relative not to go to Berkeley (it would be out of state tuition for him).

Yale: one of the top schools in the nation with its own rink. And the alma mater of Sarah Hughes!

I just wonder if Nathan plans to get coached by Rafael through Skype. I hope he can manage his training with the rigorous academics of Yale, as well as the normal distractions of being a college freshman.

Skype is certainly an option. Is there any top coach near that area?

 

[Cookie511]

"The admission to UCB is indeed more academic performance driven, while Ivy League schools are weighing more on students' full package" It's true. Though the way to read is that you need top GAPs to get into UCB. You need top GAPs plus very compelling total package to get into a top Ivy League school. I've been monitoring the college admission patterns very closely for personal reason. e.g. in a highly competitive high school, typically the top 5% aim for the top ivy league schools. The next 10% target UCB.

Not entirely true. Again, it depends on the kids and their interested majors.

As long as Nathan is happy about his choice, we are all fine. Just worried about his skating career

 

[SkatingMusic]

Ok I should add, with the the exception of computer science.

 

[SkatingMusic]

I remember reading an article that Nathan wanted to do double major, medicine/bioscience and business. I don't think he is really planning to be a MD or physician.Perhaps he can start some family pharmaceutical business lol

Oh boy. I'm worried if he can balance even one major. He is thinking about double-major

 

[Cookie511]

Oh boy. I'm worried if he can balance even one major. He is thinking about double-major

You are not the only one! I share the same concern too

 

[Mamamiia]

Oh boy. I'm worried if he can balance even one major. He is thinking about double-major

lol can't remember the source of the article, perhaps some pre OG interview. Or he can do MBA after undergraduate.

 

[NicoleH]

Oh-- as a Cal grad, yeah those required science classes are extremely competitive and overcrowded. I was in Chem 1A with at least 500 people, jammed into an auditorium so full that some people had to sit on steps, and that wasn't even the only Chem1A class offered that semester. It sure did a great job weeding me out of being pre-med! Just today I was telling a relative not to go to Berkeley (it would be out of state tuition for him)..

UCB is very competitive, but it forces you to learn your stuff. That's also the case for schools like Stanford and MIT. Yale from what I know is more lenient and easier to graduate, which could be a good thing for Nathan since he's a full-time skater.

 

[SkatingMusic]

lol can't remember the source of the article, perhaps some pre OG interview. Or he can do MBA after undergraduate.

I'm sure he will comes back to earth as soon as he starts at YALE

 

[Cookie511]

Heard the same thing about UCB's chemistry from my friends.

 

[Bookworm]

The last few pages of this thread are hilarious. Not sure how we all got to hotly debating which schools have the best undergrad programs for ... computer science? Taking nothing away from the west coast schools mentioned in this thread (go Bears!), Nathan's decision to go to Yale strikes me as an excellent decision for many of the reasons already stated. Suffice to say, I am so proud of Nathan and all he has accomplished.

To change the topic for a moment, is anyone planning to attend Stars on Ice this year? I haven't attended a skating show before (not counting the Smuckers Skating Spectacular following the 2018 Nationals) and was wondering if any of you had past experiences with SOI, positive or otherwise.

 

[hhh]

lol can't remember the source of the article, perhaps some pre OG interview. Or he can do MBA after undergraduate.

To me, his interviews relating to college plan before and after OG sounds different could be he didn’t win so his priorities have shifted, all in all, Nathan - be happy and stay healthy! XOXO

 

[SkatingMusic]

The last few pages of this thread are hilarious. Not sure how we all got to hotly debating which schools have the best undergrad programs for ... computer science? Taking nothing away from the west coast schools mentioned in this thread (go Bears!), Nathan's decision to go to Yale strikes me as an excellent decision for many of the reasons already stated. Suffice to say, I am so proud of Nathan and all he has accomplished.

To change the topic for a moment, is anyone planning to attend Stars on Ice this year? I haven't attended a skating show before (not counting the Smuckers Skating Spectacular following the 2018 Nationals) and was wondering if any of you had past experiences with SOI, positive or otherwise.

I attended SOI years ago. It was pretty good. There were group numbers and individual numbers. I plan to go again this year, for obvious reason.

 

[alexaa]

UCB is very competitive, but it forces you to learn your stuff. That's also the case for schools like Stanford and MIT. Yale from what I know is more lenient and easier to graduate, which could be a good thing for Nathan since he's a full-time skater.

UCB and MIT maybe, Stanford not necessarily.

 

[hhh]

@Bookworm I’ve been once a few years back and it was fun, crowd was into it and overall nice weekend night event, I wasn’t a devoted fan of any and still enjoyed it.

And yes going this year for sure! And maybe Skate America.

 

[Mamamiia]

I bought tickets for SOI for the first time, also for obvious reason:luv17::luv17::luv17:

 

[Bookworm]

Thanks, all. I think I will go ahead and purchase tickets :agree:.

I had been planning (way in advance!) to go to Four Continents in Anaheim, but will probably now wait to see what Nathan's competition schedule looks like as the 2019 season progresses.

 

[yyyskate]

Nathan said, he would like to study medicine and business as a minor, so that he can get the spectrum of every end. But I think medicine is still his preferred major cos he really likes medicine related stuff.
I think Nathan just wanna try different things. He is explorative and very smart. Maybe Nathan himself really isn't fixated on minor differences between schools. He just have goals and will find practical ways to achieve his goals.
His goal may include a ivy league college experience, study medicine and go for his second olympic games. Maybe, Yale is the most practical and the best choice to achieve all his goal (that includes possible special offer promised by Yale).
Then Nathan will move on quickly to pursuit what he want next.
Also, I think the minor differences of all the colleges that Nathan applied (I bet all of them are great ones) really would not matter that much in terms of his future success as a doctor or in the big picture.