Lucy Shao
2018- High School:
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High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- University:
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Dartmouth College
- Pioneer Research Topic:
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Language Attitudes, Identity, and Accent Practice: A Study of Chinese Students’ English Accent Acquisition
Developing an original Pioneer research topic: A Scholar's Story
One of my favorite stories about Pioneer is that I got reunited with my elementary school classmate, which is just mind-blowing. After I got into Dartmouth College, one of the program coordinators contacted me and told me there was a student who also wanted to apply to Dartmouth and see if I could give him any advice. She pulled us both into a group chat and I asked him his name and it turned out that we went to the same elementary school and we were reunited after seven years! I didn’t even know he was also applying for colleges and he was also a member of Pioneer. That’s pretty amazing!