Insights
News and insights
Tutor interviews, student stories and competition results from Hanlin, written for an English-reading audience.
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Humanities and social science competition results
Results across IOL, the John Locke Institute essay competition and IHBB, including 57 students through to the IOL national round and 57 John Locke shortlistings in a year with a 17.5% shortlist rate.
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15 students selected for IEO national training teams; CNEC global championship
Hanlin students placed first and second globally as teams at the 2026 IEO final, won the CNEC Quiz Bowl representing China, and took four global golds at SIC.
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A student journey to offers from UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon and Rice
Student H finished her standardised tests in Grade 10, took five AP examinations and reached the USABO semi-final. She reflects on ordering priorities and writing essays.
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Overview of the 2027 AP reforms
The 2027 AP season changes the clock, the papers and several syllabuses at once: seven time-zone papers, two new career-oriented subjects, and a rebuilt AP Statistics.
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Four AP scores of 5 achieved in Grade 8
Student E studies at Stanford Online High School. In Grade 8 she took four AP examinations and scored 5 in all of them, reached USACO Silver, and taught herself Python from the age of eight.
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Preparing academic English for an international-school transition
Moving from the state system to an international school changes what English is for. A summer plan: an hour of listening a day, academic vocabulary, spoken output, and one book worth annotating.
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A student experience at Shanghai Concordia Gubei
A current student’s account of SUIS Gubei: why she chose IB over A-Level, what the entrance test was like, and the everyday texture of the school - published with her permission.
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From finance professional to economics and business educator
Zhang spent nine years in finance before moving to the classroom. She now teaches AP, A-Level and IB economics and coaches business competition teams.
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From algorithm engineering and statistics to mathematics teaching
Gao read mathematics at UC Irvine and statistics at Columbia, then spent two and a half years building audio algorithms at Huawei HiSilicon. She now teaches IGCSE, A-Level and AP mathematics.
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2026 Concordia bilingual admissions information
SUIS Wanyuan’s 2026 autumn entrance exam and open day both fall on 21 March - the same Saturday as several of Shanghai’s top international high schools. The dates, the papers, and how to plan around the clash.