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ABOUT US

Percentage(佰分比) International Education, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, established its subsidiary BaiFenBi (Beijing) International Education Consulting Company in 2020. Percentage(佰分比) means "100% professional pursuit of 100% customer satisfaction, helping students find their 100% passion." The co-founders and core members of Percentage(佰分比) Education have been engaged in international education for more than 10 years, gathering team members from world-renowned schools. Adhering to the belief that "passion can withstand the test of time", Percentage(佰分比)provides clients with a one-stop international elite education service platform to help students apply to their dream schools.

OUR TEAM OF QUALIFIED ADMISSIONS EXPERTS

April Li

President / Founder

April Li is a graduate from the University of British Columbia. Since 2015, she has led her team to help more than 300 students successfully obtain admission to reputable universities and colleges across the United States and Canada. The team has professional-level familiarity and knowledge about the American education system, the application process of high schools, undergraduate applications, college transfers, and graduate applications.

Successful applicants cover all kinds of fields of studies, such as engineering, science, business, media, bioengineering, and other popular fields. As the team application leader, she is familiar with American university courses and has rich experience in course scheduling, application planning, and transfer planning. Over the years, she has studied and lived with students, and accumulated years of front-line practical experience, providing students with a variety of feasible guidance programs and projects.

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Lisa Wang

Co-Founder

Founder of Percentage (Beijing) Company
Dedicated to international education for 10 years
Senior Ivy League planning consultant
Educational background in the UK (Bachelor's and Master's degrees)
Visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Kevin Guo

Co-Founder

General Manager of Percentage (Beijing)

Master's degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Responsible for company operations management and control

Leader in service quality inspection and control.

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Blake

Application Consultant

Bachelor's degree from the University of Glasgow

Master's degree from the University of Florida 11 years of deep cultivation in the education industry

Assistant to Teacher Lisa

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Ruikang Xu

Documents and Planning Teachers Team

Educational background: Bachelor's degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Master's degree from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.


Expertise: Science, Technology, and Business.
Years of experience: 8 years.


Personal experience:
After graduating from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Xu worked at a Swiss gaming company (Fun Plus) as a software engineer. During his work, Xu communicated with overseas colleagues via email and meetings, which helped him develop a Western mindset and understand the underlying needs and thoughts of Westerners.


Document writing experience:
Xu is a very creative document writing teacher, drawing inspiration not only from his previous work experience but also from his continuous learning in new fields. He also has a deep understanding of financial investment and securities. When communicating with students about document writing, Xu has his own unique methodology to help craft a fresh and compelling essay. Students he has helped have been admitted to top schools such as UC Berkeley, Wharton, Carnegie Mellon, Washington University in St. Louis, JHU, and more.

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Huiting Sun

Documents and Planning Teachers Team

Educational Background:
Bachelor's degree from Northeastern University
Master's degree from Columbia University
Expertise: Humanities and Social Sciences + Business
Years of experience: 9 years


Personal Experience:
After graduating from Columbia University, Ms. Sun worked for a domestic private equity firm, mainly responsible for finding investment projects. Ms. Sun has an active and engaging personality and does not like to do repetitive tasks. She is willing to spend time absorbing new knowledge and understanding new industries. After leaving the private equity industry, she began working in essay writing. She believes that applying to schools can be compared to writing a PowerPoint presentation to find investors for a company. A good essay is indeed the key to knocking on the door of a prestigious school.


Essay Writing Experience:
Ms. Sun combines her work experience with essay writing very well. The purpose of an essay is to show the other side of the student to the school, and Ms. Sun is best at exploring and packaging the highlights. Almost every student she has worked with has appreciated her writing and thinking process, and her writing is smooth and direct, highlighting the student's strengths. She has helped students get admitted to prestigious schools such as Harvard, Brown, USC, USD, Rice, MIT, and Princeton.

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Yicheng Wang

Documents and Planning Teachers Team

Educational background:
Boarding high school in the United States
Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning from Irvine, California
Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania
Areas of expertise: Business and Engineering
Years of experience: 8+


Personal experience:
Wang has 12 years of experience studying and living in the United States, and has a very Western way of thinking. Both her undergraduate and graduate degrees were related to civil engineering, and after graduation, she worked for a well-known architectural firm in the United States, responsible for architectural design. She enjoys traveling and food.


Writing experience:
Wang has outstanding writing skills, which can be attributed to receiving a Western education starting from high school, with a broad knowledge base. She enjoys communicating with students and can quickly provide advice, especially for students who want to work in the US after graduation, she also provides interview skills coaching. Students she has worked with have been admitted to prestigious schools such as UC Davis, Berkeley, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania.

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Ziyun Guan

Documents and Planning Teacher

Educational Background:
American boarding high school
Bachelor's degree in Media Studies from Purdue University
Master's degree in Marketing from the University of Hong Kong


Expertise: Humanities, social sciences, and business
Work Experience: 7 years


Personal Experience:
Teacher Guan, a typical Beijing girl with a straightforward and outgoing personality. She has been on the international education path since junior high school and then went to American high school and college. She can recognize students who have been educated in the US with outstanding communication skills, a love for life, and clear goals. Her personal interests include food, travel, and reading.


Writing Experience:
When applying to American colleges, Teacher Guan did it herself without using an agent and demonstrated exceptional abilities. She also maintained a high GPA of 3.8 in undergraduate studies and continued to DIY her application to the University of Hong Kong. Teacher Guan's writing ability comes from her time at American high school, where she honed her reading and writing skills. After attending Purdue University, she began tutoring younger students in essay writing and other courses. She has helped students gain admission to prestigious schools such as Dartmouth, UCLA, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the University of Virginia, and Vanderbilt University.

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Lucia

Teacher

Educational background:
Bachelor's degree in Biopharmaceutical Engineering from Beihang University
Master's degree in Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University


Expertise: STEM
Work experience: 8 years


Personal experience:
Lucia has a wealth of social experience. She has interned at Baidu as a product specialist assistant and at PwC as well. She then worked as a full-time CEO assistant at Central Real Estate Group in China. After that, she went to the United States to study and worked as a financial technology product expert at Morgan Stanley. Lucia enjoys working in large companies and has had good opportunities in each stage of her career.


Essay writing:
Lucia is particularly popular among students who aspire to work for big companies. Her rich experience, from her undergraduate studies in China to her internships at multinational companies, and her post-graduate education and employment in the US, makes her an ideal mentor to provide guidance in framing their essays. She can always offer a reasonable explanation of why admissions officers might favor a particular essay or what the student can gain from attending a particular institution. She has successfully helped students gain admission to prestigious universities such as Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Hong Kong, Georgia Institute of Technology, UC Berkeley, MIT, and Stanford.

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Haoyuan Tong

Teacher

Educational background:
Canadian high school
Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Toronto
Master's degree in Analytical Chemistry from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology


Expertise: Science and engineering
Work experience: 8 years


Personal experience:
Mr. Tong has Canadian permanent residency and studied under the IB system in high school, which allowed him to be admitted to the University of Toronto with outstanding academic achievements. He then applied on his own and was admitted to the master's program in Analytical Chemistry at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has rich social experience, having worked for three years in drug research and development at the China National Pharmaceutical Group and for two years in medical consulting at IQVIA. He is also an excellent musician and can play the violin, piano, and flute.


Essay writing experience:
Mr. Tong's writing ability is particularly outstanding, which was demonstrated by his choice of the IB program in high school. He began to assist Chinese students in online training for AP courses and writing during his undergraduate studies. In terms of essay writing, Mr. Tong has his own set of methods to organize students' backgrounds, excavate their materials, and then write the essay. He is well-liked by domestic students because of his broad knowledge and comprehensive skills. Currently, the students he has guided have been admitted to prestigious universities such as the University of Toronto, Imperial College London, New York University, UCLA, Duke University, the University of Washington, Harvard, and UC Berkeley.

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Stanley

Career Advisor

Founder and CEO of Zheshan Consulting
Over 10 years of experience in headhunting services
Over 100,000 resumes read in total
Conducted 630 career consultations covering fields such as finance, fast-moving consumer goods, healthcare, new retail, and the internet.

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Han Luo

Career Advisor

Educational Background:
Master's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China
Work Experience:
General Manager of a business unit at Baidu Kunlun Chip Technology Co., Ltd.
Expertise in technology and business fields, including AI chips, heterogeneous computing, AI solutions, computer vision, deep learning, high-concurrency architecture, and big data.

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Susan Smith

Education Consultant

Susan Smith has spent 30+ years in independent schools encompassing a variety of roles in admissions and development.

 

She spent 16 years at the Webb School of Knoxville, TN as well as time at The Harley School in Rochester, NY and The Catherine Cook School in Chicago. She joined the Evergreen School in Shoreline, WA in 2015 and spent six years as Director of Admission. She was a member of the Puget Sound Independent School organization that promotes the value of local independent schools education and works collaboratively to make the admission process more accessible for prospective families. She served on the Steering Committee of PSIS as well as other committees. Susan brings a wealth of experience with her many years as an admissions director and knowledge of the independent school landscape in Seattle.

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Edwin

Co-Founder

Percentage (Beijing) Co-founder
Materials Engineering Major at University of Washington, Seattle
PhD candidate in Materials Engineering at Dartmouth College
Ivy League planning consultant
Leader in document writing guidance

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Julia

Application Consultant

Director of Post-Production Services (Beijing) Bachelor's degree from the University of Edinburgh

Master's degree from New York University

15 years of deep cultivation in the education industry Expert in overseas school planning

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Jingchao Li

Documents and Planning Teachers Team

Educational background:

  • Bachelor's degree in Management from Shanghai International Studies University; Master's degree in Education from Boston University.

  • Expertise: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business.

  • Years of experience: 10+.

  • Personal experience:

  • After graduating from Boston University, Li worked at New Oriental as a document teacher. After three years, she was promoted to the position of document director, responsible for managing and reviewing the work of document teachers. During this time, Li also obtained the Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) certificate through her own efforts.


Document writing experience:

  • During her employment at New Oriental, Li has worked with a large number of student cases covering almost all majors. In terms of document writing, Li always has creative ideas to help students discover their unique selling points. She is very skilled at combining career planning and document writing, enabling admission officers to easily identify the student's strengths and abilities. Students she has helped have been admitted to top schools such as Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, Berkeley, UCLA, Yale, and more.

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Yongqiang Wang

Documents and Planning Teachers Team

Educational background:
Bachelor of Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University
Master's degree from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

Expertise: STEM fields
Years of experience: 8 years


Personal experience:
After graduating with a master's degree, Wang worked as a management trainee for Dell in the Asia Pacific region, responsible for global supply chain management and analysis. She often communicates and collaborates with branches around the world. Wang has rich experience in teamwork and an understanding of communication methods of European and American cultures. In her spare time, she loves to read books on philosophy and history.

 

Writing experience:
Wang has helped over 1000 students with their application essays. She particularly enjoys working with students in STEM fields, as she believes they have active thinking and logical reasoning skills. Therefore, every time Wang communicates with a student, she does her homework based on the student's background and talks in depth with the student. Her most distinctive feature is that she always recommends books to her students. The students she has worked with have been admitted to prestigious universities such as Cornell, Brown, USC, USD, and Rice.

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Fanfan

Documents and Planning Teacher

简介:
    院校背景
伦敦大学硕士
帝国理工大学金融工程硕士

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Xiao Luo

Documents and Planning Team

Academic Background:
Bachelor's degree from Beijing Normal University
Master's degree from University College London

 

Expertise: Humanities and social sciences

Work Experience: 8 years

Personal Experience:
After graduating from the UK, Ms. Luo's first job was as a management trainee at Bestseller, a Danish clothing company on the Fortune 500 list. With two years of management experience, she understands the company's cultural background and the operation of the industry chain. After completing the management trainee program, she formally joined Bestseller and was responsible for coordinating with the company's business in China. With knowledge in marketing and global supply chains, Ms. Luo has accumulated a wealth of knowledge. Her personal interests include traveling, food, and hiking, and she is a romantic who is popular among students.

Writing Experience:
Ms. Luo's undergraduate major was in English and she has a TEM-8 certificate and an IELTS score of 7.5. She later earned a master's degree in education in the UK, enriching her understanding and depth of knowledge in the field of education. Ms. Luo is highly favored by female students and is considered to have a rich and purposeful life trajectory. In each communication on writing essays, after analyzing the student's life path, pursuit, and the school's thinking, the student can clarify their goals. Currently, students she has mentored have been admitted to prestigious schools such as LSE, University of Edinburgh, New York University, University of Washington, Boston University, and more.

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Dingheng Yu

Documents and Planning Teacher

Educational background:
Bachelor's degree in Biopharmaceuticals/Biostatistics from Queen's University, Canada
Master's degree in Epidemiology from Imperial College London


Expertise: STEM fields

Work experience: 8 years


Personal background:
Yu is a teacher with a wealth of experience. During his student years, he participated in various social practices, such as World Vision, the Yangtze River Culture and Art Festival, and Weiguang Teaching. After graduation, he started her own company in 2015, which includes import and export trade. In 2017, he joined Johnson & Johnson as R&D Lead. He enjoys traveling, watching movies, and researching industry reports.


Application essay writing:
With Yu's rich educational and social work background, especially when helping students apply for professional programs, he can provide some very clear views. At the same time, from the perspective of career planning, she can not only help students get internships through referrals, but also provide students with interview skills. In terms of writing, Yu's writing style is also favored by admissions officers. His perspective is that students' experiences must be rich, but they must also be able to focus on the key points. This is Yu's starting point. The students he has helped have been admitted to well-known schools such as Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Imperial College London, and Purdue University.

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Xiaojie Tai

Marketing Manager

Educational background:
Warwick University, Public Policy Exchange Scholar
Lancaster University, Master in Media
Lancaster University, PhD in Media


Expertise: Humanities and Social Sciences
Work experience: 8 years


Personal experience:
Teacher Tan lived and worked in the UK for 7 years. During her time at university, she was involved in student union affairs and was responsible for managing the social media of the university. Later, she was recommended to pursue a PhD by her professor due to her academic excellence. During her PhD studies, she also taught undergraduate courses.


Personal statement:
Teacher Tan has strong academic abilities and is very convincing in her communication with students. Her essays have a satisfaction rate of 100%. She has helped students to gain admission to prestigious universities such as Oxford, Imperial College London, New York University, UCLA, Duke, and many more.

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Richard

Career Advisor

Educational background:
Bachelor's degree in Marketing Management from the University of Manchester, UK
Master's degree in Banking and Finance from the University of London, UK
Work experience:
5 years of management consulting experience (Accenture Strategy, BCG)
4 years of internet strategy experience (Tencent, ByteDance)

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Xue Dong

Career Advisor

Educational background:
Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Fudan University, with a national scholarship and awarded as an outstanding graduate of Shanghai.


Work experience:
Interned at well-known strategic consulting firms such as McKinsey, Roland Berger, and Accenture during student period.


After graduation, worked in Tencent's strategy department for over 5 years, participated in commercial analysis, strategic planning, and internal integration promotion for businesses such as WeChat Pay, Tencent Social Advertising, and Smart Retail.
Currently working as the head of operations for the core business department at Tuohu, the top 1 company in the after-car vertical field.
Rich experience in internet business operations, skilled in business analysis, internal integration, and strategic process management.
Talk about the knowledge reserves, perspectives, and innovative capabilities that young people should have when joining the internet industry, and share insights on the mid-to-late stage of the mobile internet dividend and the necessary business acumen and adaptability for young people.

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Faye Nie

Marketing Manager

Faye Nie is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in Integrative Biology. She is currently attending the Southern California College of Optometry for her doctor of optometry degree. Although Faye is studying to be a professional in the medical field, she has always had a passion for digital design, and is very involved in art and design outside of grad school. She has created multiple websites for various nonprofits, organizations, and small businesses. Faye also has experience designing marketing materials, advertisements, promotional videos, and social media content. She loves using her creative expertise to help create an engaging and practical user experience!

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