WASNJ Graduates｜30min Berklee Triumph: E-Prodigy’s Sonic Odyssey
At an admissions seminar three summers ago, everyone remembered a long-haired, musically-styled teenager. He resolutely declared to the audience that he wanted to attend Berklee College of Music in the US.
From that moment, this top-tier modern music institution—his glittering dream—was planted in everyone’s hearts.
Over his three years of high school, his music teachers knew he had a firm grip on success, but Berklee’s annual cost of $80,000 made him hesitate. Finally facing the application season, he decided to abandon the dream he had held for three years
—Unless he could amaze in Berklee’s thirty-minute interview and secure a scholarship.
10th December 2024, 4:00 PM:
He arrived in Shanghai.
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