Talking to the Top 1% Chinese Students at Harvard! How Good is Their English?

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How Well do the Smart Chinese Students in the World Speak English? Today I went out on the Harvard campus to talk to Chinese international students to test them on their English. And we might end up learning some of their secrets. How did they get into Harvard? Are all Harvard students Geniuses? Let’s go!
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[@justagirlontheinternet3781]

“for math of course full score” “for verbal, what’s the lowest score? 130? yes 130 that’s what i got” THATS SO ME

[@Mellowyellow8888]

thats typical for physical sciences.. esp. for GRE.. No one in the science department really cares what you got on verbal unless you failed.. just meet the minimum score.. Think of it like this.. if I were to review a science publication with a ton of non-science fancy words I would probably reject the publication.. and tell the writer to dumb it down.. its not a literary paper.. its a science paper and get to the point with simple words..

[@cetilly]

That dude was pretty funny

[@asmrlova]

That dude is like Kira irl

[@amyliu854]

那個Material Science的專業應該強到爆炸吧，感覺哈佛就是要他來，英文不好也快來快來的感覺，而且說話的感覺很害羞有一種專注研究不擅長交際的感覺

[@user-ge4kg7in5f]

北大那位女生，虽然戴眼镜，但是很优雅，很好看啊。政治学那位内心很强大，非常优秀

[@user-hr6tb9fh8k]

是不错，不过思想是看不出来的。 光是面貌气质，这样的并不稀少。 此外，在美国学政治，可得有足够的独立思考能力才好，否则直接给忽悠瘸

[@abysswatcher4907]

@@user-hr6tb9fh8k 政治出来的不是好学校没有好老爸就直接失业吧，这年头肯定理工科或金融科强呀。

[@coendey]

@@user-hr6tb9fh8k 講的好像在國內學就不用獨立思考了 操老心了

[@zonali773]

@@abysswatcher4907还需考吗？ 回去直接安排公务员岗位了

[@abysswatcher4907]

@@zonali773 你可以去查有多少公务员岗位空缺 vs 有多少政治系学生。要是读个政治系都能当公务员估计大家也都不要转码了都转政

[@CantoMando]

That girl who said she has an Asian accent.. 100% I would think she's an ABC haha

[@maggie870247]

Same... I was like, what Asian accent!? O.o

[@whocares1848]

She just pretending to be modest

[@siiiimplemente]

the fact that she said she has a "thick" accent is very Asian. But her accent, not at all.

[@xenialvirtuoso]

CANTO MANDO! Hello there! She prob went to International school, that's my guess at least.

[@pcfei7909]

wtf..?CantoMando!?

[@huckerby]

Really enjoyed this video, especially listening to the PhD student who spoke so fluently and intelligently. Can't wait for part 2!

[@danielkong4306]

视频很棒，很喜欢，思想和追求很重要。

[@shaoli9371]

顶尖学府学生的水平一下就体现出来了！真棒🤘👍

[@Philoglossos]

The PhD student has a really really close to nativelike pronunciation. In just a few sentences she might fool a native into thinking she's American, and after speaking a bit longer I think most people would be able to tell she's not a native speaker but would have no idea where she's from. I'd probably assume she was from a Germanic language speaking country since it's most commonly people from those countries who achieve this level of accent.

[@Ldanielle089]

I disagree. I think most people would definitely be surprised she didn’t not grow up in the States.

[@jjwwlovetree]

It makes me feel she is kind of over humble.

[@hhao7310]

She is my high school classmate…I’m also surprised she speaks engli this well

[@xtianchen7977]

@@jjwwlovetree i dont see any over-humbleness..

[@Philoglossos]

@@xtianchen7977 She's definitely over humble, at least from the perspective of American culture. Her accent is almost perfect so to say 'heavy asian accent' just sounds absurd. Even if her accent was significantly more obvious I still wouldn't describe it as 'heavy'.

[@welcometowtempire]

really authentic sharing! looking forward to part 2!

[@vangmx]

This was a great video! I highly enjoyed it!

[@yuigirl2]

I hope the students have been able to keep in contact and visit their parents . It must be so hard since the beginning of the pandemic , being so far away from home like that. Incredible young people c wish them the best in their studies!

[@jimmielin1141]

Actually, it’s a good time to stay away from the parents.

[@oraorao8245]

In fact most of Chinese students rarely contact their parents after going abroad. Everykids who grow up in a Chinese familie know that leaving their country is the best chance to stay away from their parent's control.

[@li-chenlin2166]

Excellent interview. Please make more details about their lives in campus

[@urielyairar9593]

Está rifado el video, saludos hermano!!

[@hockysa]

that girl has minimal asian accent, at most she has the asian accent of an american with migrant parents

[@sallyleung4154]

找到心中所愛並為之努力！優秀！

[@jamesrimes2870]

Congrats on the sponsorship by Laoma, man.

[@pmifmad7117]

Was the PhD student native? I find it incredibly hard to believe that English wasn't her first language, couldn't detect an accent at all! Kudos to her

[@AllUpOns]

Not hard to believe for me. I've worked with a couple native Chinese guys who had fantastic accents. One of them was so good I just assumed he was American. There's some amazing English being taught in China if your family has the money.

[@TV-mn1zd]

Right

[@jinnimoo]

Come people pick up native accents incredibly well when learning a language. It may be uncommon, but there are those that are simply good at mimicking native speakers.

[@chafiqbantla1816]

In china there put much more emphasis on this, they are obsessed to copy the same accent locall, there are many books published on this matter

[@slavo316]

If I closed my eyes and listened I wouldn't have guessed she was Chinese lol

[@tnyp]

很好的内容 ！

[@johnfreedom6341]

“Big strong Asian accent？？？” It sounds like the US has already belonged to Asia. lol

[@lasvegasnevada7514]

I don’t understand this either while majority of Americans failed reading comprehension.

[@nickblue5749]

还是能看出来哈佛招人偏好的。有个人特点的，在高中阶段就发掘到自己兴趣方向爱好，并有所表现的人。

[@Crystal-ss8vr]

有財的人

[@noelyuen5205]

只要你捐錢給哈佛，就能進，就是金錢遊戲

[@kathy2888]

This was inspiring as an older woman applying to a Masters program.

[@199Sheng]

A great video!

[@VampireHBlood]

这期视频很有意思

[@Johnnykamlon]

You do you. These people are meant to be professionals in the future. Each individual is unique.

[@Hexnilium]

Very good video. Have you thought about streaming live on KZbin or Twitch? The user chat interaction would be another layer to growing a multilingual audience.

[@LaomaChris]

I'm actually thinking of starting to stream on KZbin!

[@DS-vj2xo]

老马加油！

[@li-chenlin2166]

Good interview

[@li-chenlin2166]

wow, I like you interviewing those students.

[@wingszero4485]

Beyond what they mentioned the personality stuff, the most important thing for application is always your grades.

[@user-tb3kv7jh6p]

I am from Taiwan and I understand why 1:35 "math of course full score." I don't know about now a days, but back when I was in school in states, we were 2 years in advance in math class, that means, 2nd years in university student going back to senior highschool to take exam.

[@deltahardwaretrading8410]

老马 汉语 好好 ！

[@jjl1032]

在普通大学读完master的我，自我催眠大家都有口音，为自己口语不付出努力而找借口。看了这期视频，不禁汗颜，学术上不努力，口语上也不努力🤣枉而为人啊。另外，我确实想象别人会十分自律，像神仙一样努力，常常对自己有不切实际的要求期待，而自己又一定做不到，对自己自暴自弃🤦🏻‍♀️ 接纳自己 做最好的自己！

[@ashethebostonterrier4918]

我是网大毕业的，更差。

[@user-hr6tb9fh8k]

口音确实不重要。 这些人没有代表性，一些学术大佬，口音也不一定好，主要的是成果。 我出国多年，发现口音地道的命题就是一个国内资本（培训行业）的游戏，和洗脑工具。 就正常学习， 悟性好些的说得流畅些，对语言不敏感的说得差一些，也完全没关系。 语言只是工具而已

[@jjl1032]

@@user-hr6tb9fh8k 可是我也来了多年 人家老听不懂我的英语发音🙃 哭死

[@cocoabias]

活這麼痛苦幹嘛? 賺得也沒馬雲多 外國技術抄一抄 回中國開業就夠了

[@yenikk3993]

坚持去做一件事 蛮真实的

[@kanealoha]

I agree with the man who said that in high school, you have to study things you don’t really like. I had to study very hard in high school to get average grades in subjects I was not interested in. Once in undergrad, that experience was still there but to a lesser degree. The classes in my major field of study were engaging. When completing postgraduate work, my level of ability was at it’s highest. Yet somehow, even though the work was demanding, it felt easier than the years before. I think that your level of passion (and ability) for the subject just makes the biggest difference!

[@hlx98007]

北大小姐姐笑容好甜

[@yanimo6879]

天赋加努力最好再有钱就是至尊无敌

[@Aaaa-km8hv]

哈佛的人不光成绩好，口语还这么好，真的厉害。

[@arky5674]

1:46 i got the exact same score on the SAT, too bad it didnt get me into harvard xD

[@mypekicks]

FOB - Fresh Off Oklahoma lol seriously though I can’t even detect any accents from the phd and polisci girls. Congrats on all of these 精英

[@freddiewei1554]

“Strong Asian Accent” Hummmm interesting🧐🧐🤔🤔

[@jaisuperawesome]

She's like a native lol

[@Kblexer]

哈哈哈，凡爾賽了她

[@chunkyz1]

she is a little insecure about accent.

[@Scorpiotide]

Or maybe she's being humble/coy

[@chirich572]

More like fishing for compliment... She has to know she's good.

[@user-xt6db4rt7w]

During the interview, you mentioned your distinctive Asian accent. It's truly inspiring to witness students from diverse backgrounds, such as yours, enriching the academic community at Harvard. Accents are a wonderful testament to our individual experiences and cultural roots. Much like the young student leader during the Tiananmen Massacre who fervently declared, 'It's my duty!' with an authentic native accent, your own accent can similarly convey a genuine sense of authenticity and identity.

[@nakamura7346]

学心理学的小姐姐口语真溜

[@kaiarevalo2952]

I like what ten girl said about going where you wanna go 🍻 Harvard is great place for learning but will always be what you love to do and your journey

[@smwk2017]

Children of alumni follow different rules for admission.

[@pdld9803]

Legacy path

[@dmang0]

Do you offer lesson on how to speak like you in Chinese ?

[@brianwang4828]

wow, the attitude and the way of thinking is at another level when i was at age . no wonder why they are elite.

[@TWNOFrog]

努力固然重要，但有一個比較現實的點，就是「家境」，在美國讀名校，並不是每個家庭都負擔得起的。

[@alexoolau]

不用担心。只要被接受，没有钱的家庭可以免费。我的小儿子就是。

[@smileyandpeople9030]

@@alexoolau 只有特别出色的才会有吧，大部分外国国际生是要比起本地人 本国人多付学费的

[@wuchen4037]

就我认知中吧，只有两条路可以让读名校的负担变得不那么重，一个是入籍，进一个有很多高排名公立大学的州，比如加州，密歇根州等，当地居民进入这些州里的公立大学，学费都很便宜。另外一个就是特别出色，当你拥有高GPA，高ACT/SAT，好的推荐信，而你的家庭还不那么富裕的时候，这会打动那些名校招生官的心，他们会认为你的潜力十足，进而免除你的学费甚至每年给你发奖学金，不过这种学生的比例很少就是了

[@jameschan5645]

真正現實的點是才能，努力特別重要，但又特別起碼，不可能沒有努力的，才能才是真正發展努力的入門票，難道沒有人像C羅一樣努力？能做到C羅也只有C羅，當每個人都努力，誰能stand out就特別明顯

[@freshmanny9455]

@@alexoolau 只能说你有什么特长擅长的东西。像我堂哥的孩子（他家有4个孩子）有2个成绩可以上纽约的名校（哥伦比亚大学类的），但他家住马里兰州的，考虑到学费，最后选择一半学费的大学。本土出生的美国普通孩子反而上免费的名校几率低。或许世界各地的天才孩子确实基础比美国本土的好，来了美国后能发挥自己的特长。也许美国科技的发达是因为后期（上大学后）学校公司各各方面的人才环境创作自由发挥很重要（包括薪资福利高）。虽然我没在美国读过😂。

[@yangjingou84]

喜欢那个提到老友记的拽姐，要干大事儿的样子

[@fairalways]

My son is at NYU Shanghai, and I know that his acceptance into it (a 1.6% acceptance rate in his year for non-national students, 250 accepted out of over 16,000 applicants) was hugely helped by his essay, which gave insight into his personality and worldview. I'm a 60 year old dad. I'm entitled to brag.

[@cheungallen6964]

On9

[@MultiCklee]

congrats.

[@Angelovesteven]

can you break it down how the lady without glasses speaks so so much like a native?

[@TennisGvy]

Wow, those GRE scores really aren't as high as I expected at all

[@babyethanrules]

I think at minute 7:40 in your video when the girl said different universities and colleges have like their own vibe, the subtitle said “webs”. You might want to edit it.

[@zaktaylor1226]

Def do this at a state school and see how different the responses are 🙂

[@joeysuperbee]

7:40 这个小姐姐说的是vibe呀 😄

[@hongliangliu8742]

7:40 I think she said vibe instead of webs

[@chiuyui604]

有機會，下次去麻省理工，哪裡應該更厲害

[@jal5020]

Awesome

[@RangKlos]

It has nothing to do with me but I enjoyed it very much!

[@bingyuyao7908]

您好，请问怎么买课程？

[@NJColombiano777]

Son muchos Argentinos que pueden hablar en Mandarina?

[@HangThiPhuong]

Just so cool

[@sstchan924]

To be able to speak English without an accent. You have to expose a child in early childhood to native English teacher. That is one of the reasons China pays English speaking expats to come particularly its young kids. I predict in a few years more and more Chinese students speak with minimal accent. Although I am afraid many would have Scottish, Canadian and Australian accent which may be more acceptable to Americans in general.

[@XiaoYueMao]

you dont need to learn young to get rid of your accent, i mean even Chris who does this channel started learning chinese as an adult and yet has a really good beijing accent

[@hclau362]

Just what is your hangup about having an accent? Do you speak the "Queen's English" or American English. Maybe you speak with an Australian accent... Saying non native speakers should get rid if their accent, just shows you to be a pretentious person who is living in a little bubble, while pretending to be worldly!

[@ciceromacus6294]

各榜单都上榜的前100的学校其实都差不多，我本科没有去做主动找老师做项目，但是研究生在英国读的时候跟着老师安排的项目走真的学了很多科技前沿的东西

[@tayyihcheung7450]

前十（严格地说是前七）与后九十差的太多了！

[@tkrdg7885]

​@@tayyihcheung7450 I disagree with 马斯瑞的 saying, they are NOT common students, they are selected out from excellent graduates, 他们都是人精，超级聪明的学生，知识面很广，而且学的快， 不服气的话，和他们 一起 从 麻省理工学院或 斯坦福大学的公开课中，一起选几门课，硬核的 数学，物理等，看看能否跟上 他们的进度 😂🎉😢😮

[@chmjnationalsuperarmygener8564]

加油add oil!

[@waterprincess244minecraft7]

4:48 "yh, ik" LMAOO meee

[@MaxT-bx5so]

En cuanto tiempo se puede aprender hablar chino ? 7 anos/10 anos ???

[@paulhao1040]

Good

[@yeskev]

4:04 Harvard students must be very hard on themselves lol 😂

[@alessiii58]

哈佛有没有出赞助费？

[@mariicieloestherios1826]

My dream is speaking Chinese any-day

[@treg9492]

Once upon a time, it would have been exceptional to graduate from top US/UK universities because it almost guarantees landing a high paying job at a fortune 500 company. But we all know the trend is shifting, where future major corporations will be in China and Asia and will pay the biggest bucks on the planet for top talent. These corporations will hire local graduates to deal with their growing Asian market. In addition, the elite students are choosing to stay in Asia for concerns about hate, safety and gun violence. And you'll soon see Asian Universities moving fast up the rankings (Tsinghua, Beida, NUS, HKU, NTU etc). The perception of prestige in the brand of foreign U's is rapidly changing and CN-US de-coupling only accelerates this.

[@smallmoments9989]

5:15 是sketches from SNL (Saturday Night Live)，不是 this 7:40 是vibe,不是webs

[@Aidenleee]

7:40 Vibe??? Not website. She was saying different universities have different vibes.

[@enzokao3055]

眼鏡妹好可愛

[@kingdolla8725]

7:39 应该是vibes 吧，写错了😂

[@sanyingcao5738]

One girl said "different university or college have their own vibe," not "web."

[@pyt6631]

The usage of "like" is really prevalent among the younger generation these days even the ones in top schools do that

[@user-rd9ox7pz7u]

老马 我的英文很懒 可以说几乎不会不用 完全是0 不知道怎么学英文 有什么建议吗 你那有适合零基础的人可以学吗

[@davidchen92127]

One thing bothers me the most is a lot of mainland Chinese colleagues asked where my American born daughter went to college and I said Stanford. And their reply was it is a lot harder to get in top universities in China. Well, a talented kid can do well in all environments. Actually it is pretty hard for an ethnic Chinese from CA to get in Stanford. Anyway, she is a MD and professor at HMS now.

[@chrisf5442]

當然比較簡單啊，能進去都是家境「超級」好的，哈佛是看你的「背景」強不強，再來才是看你「本身能力」強不強。

[@runeraider4405]

家境好的从小就接触的事物更多，父母更有能力支持和教育孩子，只能说每个人的起跑线不一样

[@Anderson-ly9no]

還看人種呢，長春藤校都有亞洲人不能太多的淺規則，說是為了要維持校園多樣性 呵呵

[@timothylin5300]

邏輯錯了，應該是家境好資源多接觸面廣也好學變更為優秀突出最後才被哈佛選中

[@junlifang2896]

赞赞赞

[@user-rz4pm9ho9h]

How to get a Harvard offer before gaokao

[@cza1898]

She really said that she has strong asian accent. I've watched this twice still can't hear any of that "Strong asian accent"

[@MrYYleo]

黑色外套，牛仔裤，坐在阶梯上那位，是我喜欢的类型。爱她

[@liu2998]

你不是一个人

[@shuo_tonny_tao1725]

1:24 清华附中不应该是Affiliated high school of Tsinghua university吗

[@sarahgu5794]

好喜欢黑衣服小姐姐，笑容很灿烂

[@HoSiva]

汗！那个科大学弟的还真是典型科大男，当年我老公GRE 考了四次才过，一直被我嘲笑…

[@shiyuhan2486]

哈哈哈，都是学霸啊。大二就进实验室了，各种高中竞赛。

[@SuperDiddzz]

I am English.... Chinese people speaking perfect American English! I have Chinese friends in the UK, My mates speak a different type of English Chris! English English Slang they understand American slang is as to me an enigma!!!! Blinding cheers bruv!!! LOL.

[@morrispreordained9258]

rofl. perfect? you gotta be kidding me

[@HangThiPhuong]

❤️❤️❤️

[@huahua7272]

想看，他们出社会后会发生什么。

[@defiance1]

0:56 someone drop a skincare routine for her holy moly

[@davidloh5198]

太誇張

[@user-lq3kl5oi9d]

其实我更关心他们的政治立场，还是精致的自由利己主义

[@ml71732]

反正跟你没关系

[@dmxiang7550]

我看过哈佛招生考察留学生的视频，好像更关心学生对于学习的目的考察。他们希望招收到能改变世界的人， 美国的精英很多时候对自己的领域都很专注，尤其科研人员，也就是很纯粹，说政治立场的人多半不了解世界的多样性，也不会理解马斯克很多时候飘忽不定的言论和行为。

[@zzzyout]

馬思瑞，採訪的時候為什麼穿那麽厚的衣服？

[@FTHSH]

羽绒服和T恤同框？

[@jagicyooo2007]

@1:35 this guy is epic

[@grant9000]

在澳洲好像没有这种名校情结，大家好像更关注你的工作经验背景。我觉得那个女生和很多澳洲年轻人的口音都类似，喜欢最后往上扬起尾音。难道不是应该在问句才这样么？

[@lijiantao]

东亚比较注重学历，西方则侧重于工作经历。

[@hernameplz6506]

She said vibe not web right?

[@cmymotion]

The guy in glasses and mask sounded like he was speaking in mandarin...