Minerva University是怎样神奇的存在？
密涅瓦大学Minerva Schools at KGI，或者简称Minerva Schools，KGI指的是TheKeck Graduate Institute（美国加州的一所私立研究生院）。密涅瓦大学，是The MinervaProject（密涅瓦计划）与KGI的合作项目。
Minerva密涅瓦，智慧女神、战神、艺术家和手工艺人的保护神，加利福尼亚州州徽中的女神即是弥涅耳瓦。雅典娜是希腊奥林帕斯十二主神之一， 是希腊神话中的智慧女神，对应罗马神话的密涅瓦。
2013年创办的密涅瓦大学，目前拥有来自80个国家的600多位学生。创校团队汇聚了众多教育界领袖，包括前哈佛校长、前哈佛社科院长、前沃顿院长、前新学院校长等，现任学术校长钱德勒为美国国家科委(NSB)成员、科学院院士。这些闪着光芒的教育家一起创造了密涅瓦大学。
图片来自密涅瓦大学学校官网
这是一所把“教会每一位学生如何去思考”作为教学重点的学校，其独特的全球沉浸式实践项目，以美国旧金山，韩国首尔，印度海得拉巴，德国柏林，阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯，英国伦敦，中国台北这七座城市为课堂，采取体验式学习项目，搭建跨学科思维逻辑框架”的课程体系，采取以学生为中心的“翻转课堂”教学方法。
图片来自密涅瓦大学官网
2022年被World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI) 评为“全球最具创新性大学第一名”。
什么样的学生可以成为那1%？
密涅瓦大学招生官一直以来对达罗捷派的创新教育模式非常关注，因两校在教育理念上相同，培养方式也有相似之处，密涅瓦大学招生官曾多次表示希望能够前往学校与JPED师生深度交流。
2021年，密涅瓦大学第一次走进达罗捷派，揭开神秘的面纱，与JPED师生及家长全方位的讲解Minerva创新的课程体系，全球沉浸式的教学模式，以及独特的申请三部曲。相同的教育理念，相同的教学方式，它的出现，为JPED学生打开了一扇新的大门，又像是久别重逢。
密涅瓦大学教育理念：
● 以学生为中心
● 培养面向未来的有智慧的世界公民
● 教会学生如何思考
● 将批判性思维、创造性思维、与他人有效沟通、有效合作的能力视为核心能力
● 采取体验式教育模式，以城市为课堂
对于Alvin来说，密涅瓦大学的活力是他最喜欢的特点。除了创新学习平台、学生群体多元性，全球体验式教学之外，更重要的是她拥有一个初创学校应该拥有的心态与活力。作为JPED创校生，在JPED的四年中，他拥有切身的体会，收获颇深。
正是因为这份契合，Alvin决定申请密涅瓦大学。
密涅瓦大学申请三部曲
一位来自密涅瓦大学的校友Pablo Guarneros总结的非常好：
首先，密涅瓦不接受任何标化成绩，包括托福或SAT，它有自己独立的申请系统。这不是一个富人的游戏，你没有机会一次又一次地考试刷高分，或者高价请私人家教，或者让中介帮你撰写大学申请材料；
同样它也不接受传统的大学文书，那些你的父母也看过，你的留学顾问也改过，所有人都精心修饰过的文章；密涅瓦的招生官想从申请中看到的，是你眼中的自己，而不是别人眼中精心包装过后的你。
密涅瓦大学的做法是，给你一个题目，先定一段时间，然后实时录制你的电脑屏幕和你作答的过程，这样可以避免作弊的过程，保证你的文字是你的个人作品；
密涅瓦的申请不存在任何的同龄人之间的恶性竞争，在招生官面前，每一位申请者都不会被差别对待。而无差别录取的前提是你能通过密涅瓦独特的“申请三部曲“。
“大学期间你打算做什么？”
“没想好。”
这是Alvin和几个海外大学毕业回来的朋友聚会时的对话，那时正处于迷茫期的他，字里行间皆是对于未来的困惑。
一直以来，他都认为大学是一个能够帮他找到或提前准备未来事业的跳板。在高中还没毕业时，他决定申请Gap Year（间隔年），继续跟进他在JPED求学时开启的第一个创业项目。
2020年，Alvin开始了自己的创业之旅。
这两年的时间里，他多次和两位校长讨论创新创业、修改商业计划书、讨论产品功能等细节；与市场营销课程教师沟通新媒体推广策略，转战北京、珠海等地拍摄产品诞生日记；他与共同创业的伙伴一起奔赴各地谈合作、跑工厂、推进量产等。
和敬校多次沟通创业进展
和莫校沟通策划细节
市场营销课程教师在新媒体IP打造方面给予帮助
因为希望自己有一天能创造出一样可以影响人们生活的产品，可以满足一些尚未被满足的需求，改变可以被改变的事情。Alvin决定从日常生活出发，于是，他带领团队创造了悠看Uocan，—款不用电的智能垃圾桶，解决人们日常处理垃圾的痛点。
悠看智能垃圾桶全球首发
Uocan智能垃圾桶在JPED圣诞晚会上全球首发，正式亮相。
在推进Uocan项目的期间，Alvin继续参与创办了格物电动科技，主要研发生产电动越野摩托、滑板车等一系列运动型新能源交通工具。
格物首款智能全地形新能源摩托车猎户座
格物猎户座ORI亮相第二十届中国国际摩托车博览会
格物首批车主线下试驾活动
这两年，学习、工作是生活的主旋律，他充分利用Gap year的时间来打磨产品，在JPED教职团队的帮助与陪伴下，为实现最初的梦想努力前行。
今年4月Uocan从57个国家中和近11000件参赛作品中脱颖而出获得了2022年德国iF设计奖。
iF 设计奖以"独立、严谨、可靠"的评奖理念闻名于世，旨在提升大众对于设计的认知，其最具分量的金奖素有"产品设计界的奥斯卡奖"之称。iF设计新秀奖旨在表彰令人振奋的、有远见的想法和概念，作品题材及内容符合以下联合国可持续发展目标（SDGs）。
再次恭喜Alvin荣获佳绩！期待他在追逐梦想的路上不断前行，达罗捷派永远是他最坚实的支柱。
发现自己，思考未来，脚踏实地的前行，人生没有白走的路，每一步都算数。正是因为这份经历与历练，促使他对未来的目标更为明确，也更加清晰自己对自己希望在大学期间获取哪些知识和能力增长。
这份明确，或许就是1%的钥匙。
“对我影响最大的永远是那些心无旁骛，真正热爱，带有使命感全力投入做事的人。在达罗捷派有这么一批人。没有达罗捷派不可能有现在的我。我只能说我很幸运，能够跟他们经历这段旅程，我一直都很感激。”
——Alvin
敬沛
达罗捷派学院创始人&校长
达罗捷派学院PBL导师/青年领导力导师
达罗中学荣誉校董
硕士毕业于常春藤名校布朗大学公共政策学院，主修教育政策。
“作为JPED学院的创始人和校长，我非常欣慰地见证了Alvin的成长：过去的四年中，他的贡献遍布校园，对整个社区都产生深远的影响。毫不夸张地说，Alvin是在我合作过的学生中最具爱心、上进心的学生之一。
在我眼里，Alvin是杰出的青年领袖，用自己的能力和影响力改变着JPED学院。以体育为例，他不仅是一名努力拼搏的篮球运动员，更是一名拥有鲜明领导风格、高超管理技巧的篮球队长。在他的不懈努力下，JPED成立了两支篮球队（青年队、校队），队员从区区5人(没有替补)扩大为20人。上赛季，球队获得2019-2020年北京国际青少年篮球联赛(BIYB)锦标赛第二名。
此外，Alvin还为校园管理和学生文化做出了很多贡献，比如建立了学生纪律委员会，担任学生大使并充分发挥这一角色的影响力。Alvin坚韧奋进，不断成长，为我们的社区注入强劲发展动力。他的优秀有目共睹，但Alvin始终对自己的成就表现得谦虚平和，从不恃才傲物。“
莫单玉
达罗捷派学院执行校长
达罗捷派学院升学指导导师/写作老师
“作为达罗捷派的执行校长，我很开心看到Alvin在过去的这几年里的成长和变化。
在我眼中，Alvin是一个很优秀的学生，他积极向上，精力充沛，有责任心，目标明确，能偶准确地识别、管理和解决复杂问题。他能够明确自己的未来方向，并按照制定的计划在不断修改、更新、精进的过程中前行。在团队合作中，他是非常可靠的伙伴，总是能够在头脑风暴的时候提出具有建设性的建议。
作为他的老师，我完全相信，他所拥有的能力和技能，加上所具备的毅力，可以帮助他克服任何困难。因为他拥有应付生活中任何挑战的杰出潜力。
对于陌生人群，他是拿到密涅瓦大学offer的JPED学生；
对于创业团队，他是18岁开始组建公司的创业者Alvin；
对于达罗捷派，他是值得被看见的，是不断挑战自己，不断创新，不断践行JPED校训的创始届成员。“
对于Alvin来说，无论是敬校、莫校，还是其他的师者、同学。在JPED的四年学习生活中，每一次的挑战，每一次的活动，乃至每一次的相处与合作，都在潜移默化的影响他，改变他，最终让他成为想成为的自己，给他不断挑战的勇气以及前往未知世界的能力。
很开心能够和大家分享我在学生时代的经历，希望你们能有所启发。
或早或晚你都应该做自己真正想做的事情。申请大学是一个很好的反思过程，因为它强迫你去了解自己是谁，自己做过哪些事情，自己到底想要什么。跟着自己内心的感觉走也许可以帮你找到答案。
谢谢！
结语
我们为每一位毕业生取得的优异成绩而鼓掌，更自豪于在即将毕业的这一刻，他们已经具备了坚毅的性格、抵抗未知的抗压能力、他们敢于挑战、具备探索创新的能力，对于世界始终保有好奇心与同理心，愿意为了构建更美好的世界而贡献自己的力量。
希望每一位JPEDer，都能够通过在达罗捷派的学习经验，在学习和体验过程中不断发现自己想要做的事情，明确自己的目标和未来发展方向。达罗捷派将永远为同学们提供可以试错、修改、成长、前行的平台，始终以陪伴者的身份引导着、协助着、观察着，在关键节点给予他们帮助，为他们的每一步前行做见证，更为他们的每次成长而骄傲。
What is it about Minerva University that is so amazing?
Minerva Schools at KGI, KGI refers to The Keck Graduate Institute (a private graduate school in California, USA). Minerva University, a partnership between The MinervaProject and KGI.
Minerva, goddess of wisdom, god of war, protector of artists and craftspeople, is the figure in the California state emblem. Athena, one of the twelve Greek gods of Olympus, is the goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology, corresponding to Minerva in Roman mythology.
Founded in 2013, the University of Minerva is currently home to more than 600 students from 80 countries. The founding team brings together a number of educational leaders, including a former Harvard president, a former Harvard dean of social sciences, a former Wharton dean, a former New School president, and the current academic president, Chandler, a member of the National Science Board (NSB) and a member of the Academy of Sciences. Together, these shining educators created the University of Minerva.
Image from the official website of the University of Minerva
It is a school that focuses on "teaching every student how to think" with a unique global immersion program that uses seven cities as classrooms for experiential learning programs - San Francisco (USA), Seoul (Korea), Hyderabad (India), Berlin (Germany), Buenos Aires (Argentina), London (UK), and Taipei (China) -. The program is based on an experiential learning program that builds a logical framework for interdisciplinary thinking and adopts a student-centered "flipped classroom" approach.
Image from the official website of the University of Minerva
World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI) named it the #1 most innovative university in the world in 2022.
Admission officers of the University of Minerva have always been very interested in the innovative education model of JPED. Since the two schools share the same educational philosophy and have similar training methods, the admissions officers of the University of Minerva have repeatedly expressed their desire to visit the school to have in-depth exchanges with JPED students and teachers.
In 2021, Minerva University came into JPED for the first time to unveil its mystery and introduce Minerva's innovative curriculum, global immersion model, and unique application trilogy to JPED students, faculty, and parents in a comprehensive manner. With the same educational philosophy and the same teaching style, its appearance opened a new door for JPED students, and it was like a long goodbye reunion.
Minerva University Educational Philosophy：
Student-centered
Fostering future-oriented and intelligent global citizens
Teach students how to think
lCritical thinking, the ability to communicate effectively with others, and the ability to work effectively together as core competencies
Adopt an experiential education model, using the city as a classroom
For Alvin, the energy of the University of Minerva is his favorite characteristic. In addition to the innovative learning platform, the diversity of the student body, and the global experiential teaching, more importantly, she has the mentality and energy that a start-up school should have. As a founding student of JPED, he had a personal and rewarding experience during his four years at JPED.
It was because of such experience and opportunity, Alvin decided to apply to the University of Minerva.
Minerva University Application in Three Steps
An alumnus from the University of Minerva, Pablo Guarneros, sums it up very well.
First of all, Minerva does not accept any standardized test, including TOEFL and SAT, but has its own independent application system. It is not a rich man's game where you don't have the opportunity to take one test repeatedly just to brush up on your high grade, or pay high prices for private tutors, or have an agent write your college application essays.
It also doesn't accept traditional college essays that your parents have read, your advisor has corrected, or everyone could possibly polish for you; Minerva's admissions officers want to see the real you, not from other perspective, or in a carefully packaged application.
The University of Minerva's application start by giving you a topic, setting it for a period, and then recording by your computer camera which avoids the process of cheating and ensures that your answer is your personal work.
At Minerva, there is no unhealthy competition among peers and applicants are not treated differently by admissions officers. The prerequisite for non-discriminatory admissions is that you pass Minerva's unique "Application Trilogy".
"What are you going to do when you're in college?"
"Haven’t thought about it yet."
That was a conversation between Alvin and some friends who came back from overseas universities.
He has always seen university as a springboard to help him find or prepare for his future career. While he still in high school, he decided to apply for a Gap Year to follow up on his first entrepreneurial project that he started while studying at JPED .
In 2020, Alvin started his own entrepreneurial journey.
During these two years, he discussed with two principals many times about innovation and entrepreneurship, revised business plans, discussed product features and other details; he communicated with marketing teachers about new media promotion strategies, and transfer between Beijing and Zhuhai to shoot product diaries; he traveled around with his co-entrepreneurial partners to talk about cooperation, factories, and promote mass production, etc.
Communicated with Principle Jing many times about the progress of the business
Communicate with Principle Mo about planning details
Marketing instructor helped him in new media IP creation
Because he hopes to create a product that can influence human race one day. Eventually his product can meet some unmet needs and change things that can be changed. Alvin decided to start from daily life, so he led his team to create Uocan, a non-electric smart garbage can solve people's daily garbage disposal demand.
The world premiere of the intelligent garbage cans
Uocan smart trash cans made their world premiere at the JPED Christmas party and were officially unveiled.
While advancing the Uocan project, Alvin continued to participate in the founding of Ge-Electric Technology, which develops and produces a series of sporty new energy vehicles such as electric motocross bikes and scooters .
The first intelligent all-terrain new energy motorcycle hunter seat
Gowow Orion ORI at the 20th China International Motorcycle Expo
The first offline test drive for the first owners of the Gowow
In these two years, study and work are the main theme of life. He makes full use of his Gap year to polish the product, and with the help and the accompany of the JPED faculty team, he works hard to achieve his initial dream.
In April, Uocan was selected from 57 countries and nearly 11,000 entries to receive the 2022 German iF design award.
The iF design awards are renowned for their "independence, rigor and reliability" and aim to raise public awareness of design. iF design awards are designed to recognize exciting and visionary ideas and concepts that are in line with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Once again, congratulations to Alvin for his great achievement! We look forward to seeing him continue to pursue his dreams, and JPED will always be his strongest pillar.
Discovering himself, thinking about the future, and moving forward with his feet on the ground, there is no road in life that is taken in vain, and every step counts. Because of this experience and he is prompted to be clearer about his future goals and to be clearer about what knowledge and ability growth he hopes to acquire during his college years.
This clarity may be the key to the 1% .
"The people who have influenced me the most are always the ones who have no distractions, who really love what they do and who are fully committed to doing it with a sense of mission. There are such people at JPED. I wouldn't be where I am without them. All I can say is that I'm lucky to have been able to go through this journey with them and I'm always grateful."
--Alvin
What teachers say about Alvin
Jing pei
Founder & Principal of JPED Academy
JPED PBL Mentor/Leadership Mentor
Darrow SchoolHonorary Board Member
Master's degree from the School of Public Policy at Brown University, an Ivy League school, where she majored in education policy.
"As the founder and president of JPED Academy, I have had the great pleasure of witnessing Alvin's growth: his contributions over the past four years have spread across campus and have had a profound impact on the entire community. It is no exaggeration to say that Alvin is one of the most caring and motivated students I have ever worked with.
From my point of view, Alvin is an outstanding young leader, using his abilities and influence to change JPED Academy. In sports, for example, he is not only a hard-working basketball player, but also a basketball captain with a distinct leadership style and great management skills. Thanks to his tireless efforts, JPED established two basketball teams (youth and varsity) and expanded from a team of 5 players (no substitutes) to 20 players. Last season, the team won the second place in the 2019-2020 Beijing International Youth Basketball League (BIYB) Championship.
In addition, Alvin has made many contributions to campus governance and student culture, such as establishing the Student Discipline Committee, serving as a student ambassador and leveraging the impact of that role.Alvin is resilient and growing, and is a strong force in our community. His excellence is evident to all, but Alvin has always been modest and calm about his accomplishments, never arrogant. "
Mo Danyu
Executive Principle of JPED Academy
College Guidance Tutor/Writing Teacher at JPED Academy
"As the executive principal of Jped, I am happy to see how Alvin has grown and changed over these past years.
From my point of view, Alvin is an excellent student who is motivated, energetic, responsible, goal-oriented, and able to identify, manage, and solve complex problems with even accuracy. He is able to clarify his future direction and move forward with the plan he has developed in a process of constant revision, updating and refinement. He is a very reliable partner in teamwork and is always able to make constructive suggestions during brainstorming sessions.
As his teacher, I have full confidence that the abilities and skills he possesses, coupled with the perseverance he possesses, will help him overcome any obstacle. Because he has the outstanding potential to cope with any challenge in life.
For the group of strangers, he is a JPED student who got an offer from the University of Minerva.
For the entrepreneurial team, he is Alvin, the entrepreneur who started the company at the age of 18.
For JPED, he is worthy of being seen as a member of the founding class who continues to challenge himself, innovate and live up to the JPED school motto."
For Alvin, whether it's the honorable school, the Principle Mo, or the other teachers and classmates. Throughout his four years of study at JPED, every challenge, every activity, and even every time he gets along and cooperates with them, they all influence him in a subtle way, change him, and eventually make him become the person he wants to be, giving him the courage to keep challenging and the ability to go to the unknown world.
Greetings from Alvin to the undergraduates
I am happy to be able to share with you my experiences as a student of JPED, and I hope you will be inspired.
Sooner or later you should do what you really want to do. Applying to college is a great reflective process because it forces you to understand who you are, what you have done, and what you really want. Following your inner feelings may help you find the answers.
Thank you!
Conclusion
We applaud the outstanding achievements of each graduate, and we are proud that at this moment of graduation, they have already acquired a resilient character, the ability to resist the unknown, their courage to challenge, their ability to explore and innovate, their curiosity and empathy for the world, and their willingness to contribute to building a better world.
We hope that every JPEDer, through the learning experience at JPED Academy, will continue to discover what they want to do in the process of learning and experiencing, and clarify their goals and future development direction. JPED will always provide a platform for students to try, modify, grow and move forward, always guiding, assisting and observing as a companion, giving them help on time, witnessing their every step forward, and being proud of every growth of them.
