【China】ASEEDER Talented Development Summer Camp

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2026 CTD — ASEEDER Talented Development Summer Camp

Northwestern Center for Talent Development

 

Primary School: Grade 1-6 | Middle School: Grade 7-9

Dates: July 13 - July 24 (last for 12 days, with a total of 10 days of courses, two-day activity and rest time) | Location: Shanghai

40+ Years
of history in Gifted Education, one of the top three gifted education camps in the US
Academic courses
Northwestern Center for Talent Development Academic courses
Course faculty
trained by Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development
English teaching
Tutored by bilingual teaching assistants
Receive
The official completion certificate and evaluation report
18
Subjects, including Mathematics, Engineering, Business, Biology, Economics, Chemistry, Medicine

Introduction

About Northwestern University Center for Talent Development

Since 1982, CTD has evolved from a single focus on talent identification to a multi-faceted research and service organization with four central goals: Talent identification, Talent Development, Research, and Advocacy. CTD has a wide array of high-quality, captivating courses for students from age 3 through grade 12, which include Science, Technology & Engineering, Mathematics, Social Science and Humanities, and English & Language Arts. Whether it is advancing in a core subject or trying something new, they have what students need to develop all their talents and interests.

“At Center for Talent Development, we believe giftedness is not a trait, like your eye color or fingerprint, but rather a process — a journey — that involves developing potential into achievement through assessment, advanced enrichment, and accelerated programs. The Pathways approach allows students to focus on a particular subject or explore different fields and interest areas.”

Accredited Institutions




North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI)
NCA CASI is recognized by the US Department of Education and has over 100 years of experience in enhancing educational quality



National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
An association consisting of over 1,000 universities and colleges in the US and Canada.



Advanced Placement Course Approval from College Board
College Board CEEB Code: 851091

Development History

2026 Summer

ASEEDER Talented Program - CTD Summer Camp will once again be held in Shanghai, featuring senior instructors officially appointed by CTD. The program will provide academic courses and guidance for students in grades 1–9, offering topics such as mathematics, physics, engineering, biology, chemistry, economics, and medicine. Given the quota of 20 students per course, admission is competitive and on a first-come, first-served basis.

2025

ASEEDER Talented Program - CTD Camp has now expanded to cover grades 1–9 in both Shanghai and Shenzhen, offering academic courses and professional guidance across multiple topics, including mathematics, engineering, biology, economics, psychology, and medicine. Since its launch, the program has received applications from over 2,600 students from hundreds of international and bilingual schools across China. With its rigorous academic framework, innovative teaching approach, and years of dedication to gifted education, CTD has earned widespread acclaim from students and parents.

2024

ASEEDER, in collaboration with CTD, specially invited CTD instructors to China to deliver courses on-site for grades 5-9. This also marks the first time CTD courses have been offered outside the United States

2022

ASEEDER established a strategic partnership with CTD, introducing CTD programs to China for gifted Chinese students.

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Outcomes

  • Official completion certificates Official completion certificates upon completion of courses, assignments and the final expo.
  • Evaluation report provided by instructors based on students’ performance, assignments, and presentations.

* The Completion Certificate will be awarded on-site. Evaluation reports will be available approximately two months after the program ends.

Evaluation Report Sample

Completion Certificate Sample

Available Courses

Course Guidelines

  • Grade: 1-9 Grade Level: Grades 1–9 (Prior to the program, students must have completed the coursework for their current grade level)
  • Language: English
  • Course Length: Grade 1-4: One week/course. Students can choose to sign up for either one week or two weeks; Grade 5-9: Two weeks/course. Only one course can be chosen for study


Notes

  • Given the 20 quota for each topic, admission is selective based on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Scan the QR code for more details. The final teaching content is subject to the onsite arrangement.

 

Life on Mars

Scientists have predicted that one day, a space colony will be established on Mars. Imagine you are an astronaut preparing to build and live in a space colony on Mars. What will you need to bring? How will you prepare? What will ensure the colony survives? Read fiction and nonfiction about the Red Planet. Make a plan to grow food. Build a prototype of the imagined colony in a strange new world.

Essential Questions
  • How to grow food in space?
  • Create a plan for living in a space colony
  • Research the science behind traveling in space and living on another planet.
  • What kinds of rules and agreements might people need to get along in a space colony?
  • Write stories about their space colony

Detective Math

A good detective looks for clues and investigates patterns to solve a mystery. Through interactive games and story-problem riddles, sharpen your detective skills. Identify patterns to break math codes, apply problem-solving strategies to decipher logic problems, and create simple equations based on the clues found.

Essential Questions
  • Identify increasingly complex patterns of shapes, numbers, letters, sounds, and symbols used to create secret messages or codes.
  • Solve story problems by observing patterns and identifying elements that tell the reader what mathematical function is required.
  • Identify“criminals” by using logic and math to solve cases.
  • Create original story problems and logic puzzle mysteries.

Chemistry: Liquids and Mixtures

Aspiring scientists develop their reasoning skills through exploration of the properties of liquids, solids, and gases including differences in shape, boundaries, visibility and stability. Students create their own unique mixtures and observe the fascinating (sometimes messy) results, and document their discoveries and conclusions.

Essential Questions:
  • Identify the characteristics of the different states of matter.
  • Explore characteristics of chemical mixtures such as colloids and suspensions
  • Carry out lab activities safely to answer questions about chemical mixtures.
  • Document procedures and results of lab activities, including measurements and observations.
  • Apply understanding of chemistry to invent questions that could be addressed by chemists to solve problems in everyday life or other contexts.

Physics Force and Motion

What begins as a question of speed becomes a fun ride on the road of creative reinvention, where design-engineering skills get better with every test drive. Discuss physics examples from human history and the animal world. Skills in computational thinking, observation, and data collection are critical for the ongoing study of engineering, physics, and other lab sciences.

Essential Questions:
  • Define and provide natural and man-made examples of Newton’s Laws of Motion
  • Explain physics terms, such as force, acceleration, mass, friction, potential, and kinetic energy, using words, pictures or hands-on demonstrations.
  • Experiment with moving objects and apply physics principles to independent and group projects.

Surviving in Space

Do you want to design a Mission Launch? Do you want to solve the troubles in the space station? Try to be an engineer to feel confident working from planning, testing, to improving your launch, solving problems, to survive in space.

Essential Questions
  • Introduction to space engineering and space careers of aerospace or mechanical engineers.
  • Engineering design process & Guided reflection: How engineers plan, test and improve.
  • Design a balloon-powered vehicle that can move using only air power with limited materials and clear constraints.
  • Understand how NASA and other space agencies solve problems.
  • Begin engineering research poster.

Brain Games: Math Logic

Explore and build a variety of mathematical, deductive reasoning, and logic puzzles to build problem solving strategies and stretch your “math mind!” Through independent and collaborative efforts, students strategize solutions and grapple with games as they learn about the similarities between how humans solve problems and how we program computers to solve problems.

Essential Questions
  • Discuss the defined ways in which the human brain and the machines it programs are similar and different.
  • Develop and apply computational problem-solving skills to a range of math puzzles and challenges.
  • Gain an understanding of computational thinking principles and apply them to puzzles of their own creation.
  • Explain and analyze different strategies for solving math and logic puzzles to determine optimal methods to find solutions.

Engineering: Building Skyscrapers

Students explore the challenges faced by architects of tall towers and stupendous skyscrapers as they design and build models that express ideas from their own up-and-coming imaginations. Foundational knowledge of physics becomes stronger and design thinking skills soar with each iteration.

Essential Questions
  • Identify and define elements of skyscraper constructions such as beams, frames, columns, foundation, super construction and core.
  • Explain concepts of structural engineering such as force, sway, wind flow, dead load, and live load.
  • Explain the history of skyscrapers, including important innovations such as methods of steel production and elevators.
  • Sketch, build, test, and improve models using the design engineering process.
  • Imagine and plan a future skyscraper, including its design elements, purpose, and name.

Super Sleuths

Act as new forensic investigators by learning how observation, evidence, and documentation work, such as documenting a crime scene, testing observation skills, and establishing the detective mindset, to hone their concentration, critical thinking, and detective science.

Essential Questions
  • Think like forensic scientists, understand the idea that investigators must rely on evidence.
  • Introduction to crime scenes by documenting scenes, measuring from fixed points, and drawing walls, doors, windows, and evidence locations.
  • Carefully observing and sketching a staged crime scene and small details.
  • Introduction to eyewitness and memory, and the idea that brain can change or omit details.
  • Issue mock arrest warrants and solve simulated cases to enhance logical thinking skills.

Math Puzzles & Games

Learn and apply critical math topics, such as probability, through games of skill and chance, including, but not limited to KenKen, Sudoku, and other games. Students will apply the concepts of risk analysis, expected values, and outcomes to create their own game and predict the success of the players.

Essential Questions
  • Know how to calculate theoretical and experimental probability.
  • Understand multiple models for determining the probability of compound events.
  • Understand the basic principles of permutations, combinations, and other counting methods to determine the number of ways events can occur.
  • Gain deep insight into how they can approach challenging puzzles and games.
  • Create a game of chance for the Expo and analyze its possible outcomes, fairness and likelihood of winning.

Chem-Lab

Discover how chemistry explains—and impacts—the world around us and learn about core subjects including atomic theory, stoichiometry, chemical reactions, intermolecular forces, periodic trends, and acids and bases. In the lab, students will explore concepts, adjust variables independently, apply proper techniques, and use findings to determine next steps.

Essential Questions
  • What is matter in the universe made of, and how is it organized?
  • How does matter interact on the submicroscopic, microscopic and macroscopic levels?
  • What are common chemical elements in life?
  • How does chemistry impact our daily life?
  • How can our understanding of chemistry be used to solve problems?
  • How can the understanding of the properties of matter and how it changes help chemists design materials to fit special needs?

Detective Science

Learn the forensic science involved in solving crimes, including how to collect fingerprints, crack secret codes, and examine evidence. Topics from life science, psychology, literary analysis, and physical science are combined to create, write, and solve complex mysteries.

Essential Questions
  • What is forensics?
  • How are scientific practices used in forensics?
  • What is evidence?
  • How to identify evidence using a microscope?
  • How can DNA and blood be used as evidence?
  • How to define matters according to their physical and chemical reactions?

Math in Motion: The Science of Sports

What makes the perfect basketball shot, the fastest sprint, or the longest home run? In Math in Motion, students step onto the field as both athletes and mathematicians to uncover the numbers behind the game. Through hands-on experiments, movement-based challenges, and data analysis, students apply concepts such as geometry, probability, ratios, and statistics to real-world sports scenarios. This course emphasizes problem solving, collaboration, and real-world application as students test strategies, analyze performance, and search for the winning formula.

Essential Questions
  • Analyze speed, distance, time, and accuracy using real data.
  • Apply geometry and measurement to predict and improve performance.
  • Use probability and statistics to evaluate outcomes in games.
  • Collect, graph, and interpret data from physical experiments.
  • Collaborate to design strategies and solutions based on evidence.
  • Present findings clearly using visual models and data displays.

Future Engineers: Mechanical, Civil & Smart Systems Engineering

This immersive 10-day course introduces students to the core principles of engineering across four disciplines: Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, and Industrial Engineering. Students will engage in daily hands-on projects, applying the Engineering Design Process (Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, Improve, Communicate) to solve real-world problems. The course emphasizes creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, data analysis, and iterative design. Each day includes design planning, building, testing, and reflection, culminating in a capstone project to synthesize learning across disciplines.

Essential Questions
  • Complete the rubber band vehicle design challenge leveraging the knowledge of force, work and mechanical advantages.
  • Complete the Basla tower construction challenge and truss design challenge based on civil engineering and structural design.
  • Build a basic smart device based on an introduction to electricity and circuit principles.
  • Assembly line simulation, optimize the process through time trials and bottleneck analysis, and redesign workflow to improve efficiency.
  • Complete the whole-group challenge to design a creative capstone project from sketches to product.

Real World Math

Students will explore the practical mathematics of change and accumulation using calculus while simultaneously learning how to collect, analyze, and interpret data using basic statistics and data analytics techniques. Real-world applications—from motion experiments to economic simulations—will highlight how these disciplines are used to solve the most complicated issues facing us today

Essential Questions
  • How mathematics can be used to compare, contrast, and explain real-world situations.
  • Apply calculus to analyze motion and optimize outcomes.
  • Collect, organize, and graph data from real-world experiments.
  • Know how mathematics can model-not just quantify- real world situations.
  • Describe basic statistical measures and probability.
  • Apply mathematical thinking as part of a decision-making toolbox.

Aerospace Engineering&The Science of Fligh

Learn about the history of flight, experiments, create hypotheses, observe flying machines, and compose lab reports to understand the physics principles behind the science. Apply the engineering process as you become an aeronautical engineer.

Essential Questions
  • What major scientific principles make flight possible?
  • Who were the major contributors to the evolution of human flight?
  • Understand how to apply crucial scientific concepts in flight to their design and projects.
  • Apply the scientific method in a collaborative setting to design, test, and build experiments where meaningful data is obtained in order to test hypotheses.

Bubbles & Crashes: Introduction to Economics

Budding economists examine economic booms and busts of the past and present, focusing on concepts such as risk, supply & demand, marginal utility, and the fundamentals of investing. This course builds critical-thinking skills through discussion and writing experiences and is ideal for those interested in economics, political science, international relations, or other advanced social sciences.

Essential Questions
  • Introduction to Economics and Behavioral Economics, Game Theory, Investment Strategies.
  • How do people make rational decisions when it comes to matters related to money and investment?
  • How do economists think about problems, and how does the market operate?
  • In the creation, maintenance, and collapse of the financial system, what roles do individuals and enterprises play?

Introduction to Biomedicine

Explore groundbreaking medical research, gain insights into the body’s molecular and cellular processes, and learn how that knowledge is applied to medical practice and treatments. Get acquainted with topics in chemistry by examining essential biochemical reactions that occur in the body, learn about physics while investigating bio-mechanics, and explore biology at the cellular level.

Essential Questions
  • Know about the micro and macro physiology of the human body and how biomedicine can be used to solve problems within the body.
  • Calculate the genetic probability of traits using the Punnett square method.
  • Understanding the medical achievements brought about by bioengineering and biotechnology.
  • Apply current biomedical research to discussions of bioethics.
  • Based on the patient’s symptoms and family medical history, conduct simulation experiments and simulate the diagnosis process.

Chemistry of Medicine

This lab-based, introductory course will guide you, as a future researcher, into the interdisciplinary realm of chemistry and biomedical science, exploring the journey from microscopic molecules to life-saving medicines. Here, starting from atomic structures, you will personally synthesize and test compounds with potential antibacterial activity, completing an authentic drug discovery project that moves from theoretical design to functional validation. This is not merely training in experimental techniques, but a deep cultivation of scientific thinking and innovative capability.

Essential Questions
  • Build understanding of atoms, molecules, chemical bonds, and reaction mechanisms, and comprehend the scientific relationship between drug structure and biological activity.
  • Master stoichiometric calculations, and develop core lab skills: measurement, solution-making, titration, calorimetry,separation/distillation, safe heating/stirring, and basic analytical reasoning.
  • Explain and apply “drug-like” concepts (polarity, hydrogen bonding potential, lipophilicity, basic toxicity ideas) in evaluating molecules.
  • Identify nucleophilic and electrophilic behavior in simplified reaction contexts and connect reactivity to structure.
  • Experience the entire process from compound design and synthesis route planning to the actual synthesis, purification, and structural characterization of ester derivatives.
  • Learn microbiological experimental techniques, test the antibacterial effects of synthesized compounds, and conduct scientific analysis and interpretation of experimental data.
  • Design and carry out an inquiry-based mini-research project, analyze results, and present findings clearly in posters.

优秀学生作品

 

一场数学趣味盛宴 —— 设计一款属于自己的数学嘉年华游戏

作品来自“数学逻辑游戏”学员Cindy同学(上海市民办协和双语学校(虹桥校区)),在结业当天中为大家展示了自己设计的嘉年华游戏。学生利用在课程中学习关于数学和逻辑的知识,完成了一款数学游戏的基础说明、分析游戏公平性、游戏的分步说明等环节的设计。

“精准把控投石机”——探索数学如何运用在物理领域

本作品出自2025 CTD中国站夏季营“真实世界数学”课堂,由William、Eric、Sammy、Isaiah 和 Marc 同学共同完成。他们围绕“如何用弹射器精准击中目标”展开研究,探索了发射角度、橡皮筋张力、球体种类等变量对发射距离的影响。通过反复试验、数据采集与Minitab软件分析,他们最终建立了一套可预测1到5米目标射程的回归模型和残差图。

Intro to BioMed !——初中生如何理解生物医学?

作品来自2023CTD中国站夏季营“生物医学入门”学员鲁同学(无锡狄邦文理学校), 其通过课程学习、文献阅读等方式,在结业那天为大家带来了长达14页的精彩演讲——从细胞讲到器官,从免疫系统讲到1型糖尿病,在一周又一周的积累中,初中生所理解的生物医学,让人惊艳。

后疫情时代下的Z世代,在关心粮食和蔬菜!

上述作品来自2023CTD中国站夏季营“泡沫与经济”学员吕同学(苏州新加坡国际学校), 在学习了经济学基础知识后,8年级的吕同学开始思考“疫情之下的全球经济”都经历了哪些波动..

Sample Schedule

Date Morning 9:00-12:00 Noon 12:00-13:00 Afternoon 13:00-16:00 Evening 16:30-17:30 Evening After 18:00
Sunday Arrival
Monday Opening Ceremony
Lectures: Guided by CTD instructors, explore subject knowledge through highly interactive activities such as brainstorming, group discussions, hands-on experiments, and report documentation to cultivate the foundational skills required for rigorous scientific research.
STEM Experiments*
Lunch Lectures: Guided by CTD
instructors, explore subject knowledge through highly interactive activities such as brainstorming, group discussions, hands-on experiments, and report documentation to cultivate the foundational skills required for rigorous scientific research.
STEM Experiments*
Office hour
30-min Q&A session led by teaching assistants after courses.
Dinner Finish course assignments and reading
Tuesday - Friday
Saturday Game Carnival Game Carnival
Sunday Rest & Presentation Preparation Rest & Presentation Preparation
Monday - Thursday Lectures: Guided by CTD instructors, explore subject knowledge through highly interactive activities such as brainstorming, group discussions, hands-on experiments, and report documentation to cultivate the foundational skills required for rigorous scientific research.
STEM Experiments*
Lectures: Guided by CTD instructors, explore subject knowledge through highly interactive activities such as brainstorming, group discussions, hands-on experiments, and report documentation to cultivate the foundational skills required for rigorous scientific research.
STEM Experiments*
Office Hour
30-min Q&A session led by teaching assistants after courses.
Talent show (Thursday)
Friday Lectures: Guided by CTD instructors, explore subject knowledge through highly interactive activities such as brainstorming, group discussions, hands-on experiments, and report documentation to cultivate the foundational skills required for rigorous scientific research. EXPO
(Parents will be invited to watch the EXPO)
Closing Ceremony
Finish course assignments and reading
Saturday Departure

* The schedule is based on the two-week class. It may be subject to change.
* Some courses may have STEM experiment. Specific arrangements may vary depending on the instructors.
* Participants can choose to be a commuting student or purchase ASEEDER’s accommodation services, which include accommodation at a star-rated hotel near the school, meals, going to school on foot, or taking a daily round-trip shuttle bus between the hotel and the school (accompanied by ASEEDER group leaders). Parents of students in Grades 1-3 are required to accompany their children to reside in the hotel. Please consult ASEEDER teachers for details.

Logistics

Parental Accompaniment

  • Students in Grades 1–3 must be accompanied by a legal guardian for the entire program; they cannot attend without adult supervision.
  • Students in Grades 4–9 may participate independently or be accompanied by an adult.

Accommodation

  • Students and parents will reside together in a four-star or above hotel. Please contact staff for hotel details.
  • If a student participates individually, they may choose a single bed in a twin room or a double room.
  • If a parent accompanies the student, they will share a twin room or double room.
  • For multiple accompanying parents or other special requests, please contact ASEEDER teachers for more information.

Meals

  • Due to the school’s strict food safety controls and to ensure students’ dietary safety during the program, meals must be purchased from the school’s unified catering service. Outside food delivery is not permitted on campus.
  • The school will provide lunch and dinner. Students may choose to have lunch or both lunch and dinner at school based on their needs.
  • Students who book the ASEEDER logistics package will have breakfast at the hotel (buffet style).
  • Students who book the ASEEDER logistics package will have breakfast at the hotel (buffet style).
  • On the rest day (Sunday, July 19), the school cafeteria will not provide meals. Students may dine at the hotel restaurant, go out for meals with their parents, or have meals delivered to the hotel by their parents.

Student-to-Staff Ratios

  • Grades 1–4: Approx. 1:5
    Each class has a maximum of 20 students, with one lead instructor, 1–2 teaching assistants (depending on class size), and one ASEEDER group leader who also serves as the student-support coordinator.
  • Grades 5–9: Approx. 1:7
    Each class has a maximum of 20 students, with one lead instructor and 1–2 teaching assistants (depending on class size).

Student Management

  • Group leaders will accompany students throughout the program—sharing meals, accommodation, transportation, and activities—and provide round-the-clock supervision.
  • Strict roll-call and check-in systems will be implemented (e.g., during departure, school arrival/dismissal, and nightly room checks). Students are managed in groups during outings to ensure their safety.
  • Safety rules will be explained in detail before activities. Potential environmental risks are assessed in advance, with timely reminders and interventions to prevent dangerous behavior.
  • Health conditions and allergies will be reviewed beforehand. ASEEDER group leaders will store medication properly, remind students to take medication on schedule, and update information with parents promptly. In case of any health issues, the contingency plan will be followed, and the parents will be informed immediately.
  • ASEEDER group leaders will closely pay attention to students’ mood, appetite, and energy levels. We encourage students to participate in activities, try new things, and make friends. In case of special cases, we will communicate with parents immediately to jointly decide on appropriate solutions.
  • Regular updates, including photos and daily reports, will be shared via WeChat groups and photo livestreams to keep parents informed of their child’s experience and to alleviate concerns.
    * To protect intellectual property and portrait rights, and to provide an immersive learning environment, photographers will take photos/videos during class only with permission from the school and instructors. We strive to capture moments of students’ daily learning and activities. Thank you for your understanding.
  • To safeguard personal property, students are responsible for their valuables and electronic devices, aside from the instructors’ unified management of electronics during class time.

Application Information

Program Information

Dates:
  • July 13 - July 24 (last for 12 days, with a total of 10 days of courses, two-day activity and rest time)
Grade: 1-9
* Students should select their course corresponding to their current grade level. For example, a student who has completed Grade 6 should choose a course designed for Grades 5–6.
* Students in Grades 1–4 can register in a one-week program (5-day course), or choose to register in two one-week programs (10-day course in total).
Application Process
Application Process

Fee:

  • Includes: Tuition, instructor fee, academic materials, site use fee, ASEEDER group leader service fee, international insurance, certificate application fee, personalized evaluation report fee, bilingual teaching assistants’ fee.
  • Excludes:
    1. Round-trip transportation costs
    2. Lunches and dinners
    3. Logistics (optional): pick-up and drop-off service between the destination and the designated airport/station, shuttle service between the hotel and the school, star-rated hotel accommodation.
  • Scholarship and Enrollment Benefits

    1. Students can use the ASEEDER Scholarship in this program. For more information, please visit: https://www.seedasdan.org/scholarship/
    2. Students who have participated in the ASEEDER Talented Program - CTD Camp and Purdue University GER²I Youth Programs are eligible to register for this program without assessment and with the “ASEEDER Benefits”.
      Participants may claim a 500-yuan ASEEDER benefit for 1-week sessions and a 1,000-yuan ASEEDER benefit for 2-week sessions
    3. The above “ASEEDER Scholarship” and “ASEEDER Benefits” can be used in combination.

    Registration Process

    Step 1:
    1. Submit application form and relevant documents (Math/English/Other transcripts)
    2. If you do not have relevant test scores, you will need to take the interview/academic assessment.
    Step 2: Receive the acceptance letter.
    Step 3: Sign the e-contract and pay the fee with the acceptance letter.
    Step 4: Receive preparation instructions before the start of the program.
    Step 5: Participate in the program and receive the official completion certificate and personalized evaluation report.

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    Requirement:

      【For Grades 1 to 4, the evaluation will focus on students’ English proficiency and academic potential. Applicants may apply through one of the following methods (meeting at least one requirement):】
    • Method1: Submit eligible English score reports (e.g., Hippo, KET, PET, TOEFL Junior, Lexile measure, etc., meeting the required scores);
      English
      Grades 1-2 CEFR* A2 or same level grade
      Grades 3-4 CEFR* B1 or same level grade
      * CEFR: The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
    • Method 2: Provide complete transcripts from at least one semester at an international school (transcripts must include all subjects taught in English);
    • Method 3: Submit a letter of recommendation written by an English teacher, demonstrating that the student is capable of adapting to all-English academic classroom;
    • Method 4: If none of the above documents are available, students may participate in a free online interview in English with ASEEDER teacher. (About 10-15min)
      【For Grades 5 to 9, the evaluation will focus on students’ English proficiency and academic performance. Applicants may apply through one of the following methods (meeting at least one requirement):】
    • Method 1: 90th percentile or above in math and 75th percentile or above in English on a nationally normed standardized grade-level achievement test (e.g., MAP, STAR, etc.), or participation in NUMATS above-grade-level testing, or the requisite scores for PSAT 8/9.Mathematics, and/or other science subjects.
    • Method 2: Students who have participated in the ASEEDER Talented Program - CTD Camp and Purdue University GER²I Youth Programs are eligible to register for this program without assessment.
    • Method 3: Meet the specific standards for both English and academic subject performance. The specific requirements are as follows:
      English Academic Subject
      CEFR* B2 or same level grade Priority and assessment exemption for international or national awarded students from ASEEDER STEM assessments. Please check the program website for more details: https://www.seedasdan.com/ctd-offline/
      *CEFR: The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
    • Method 4: Students need to pass the online selection assessment (focus on math and English skills) if they do not meet the above requirements.
    • * Assessment fee: English assessment: 100 RMB; Math assessment: 200 RMB. The assessment fee can be deducted from the program fee if admitted. The assessment fee will not be refunded if the admission criteria are not met.


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