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Hi everyone, This is Mr. Daniel, I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Welcome to this week's newsletter.   I would like to share some of my thoughts on compound interest. One of the biggest news this week is the passing of the 3rd stimulus bill. The 1.9 Trillion (1,900 Billion dollars) stimulus bill is passed to ensure continued economic recovery from the Covid crisis since March 2020. Part of the package is direct payment to Americans! Here is a quick summary of the 3 Rounds of direct payments to Americans.   If you are single, meeting the requirement to receive all 3 [...]

This is Mr. Daniel. How are you? I hope you are all doing well! Crazy news coming out recently in Cryptocurrency! I have to share about it.    First, a record of digital painting sales. Artist Beeple sold his Non-Fungible Token, "The First 5000 Days" for a whopping $69 million dollars at the Christie's Auction. Early this year, Paul Logan sold over $5 million dollars of his own brand of Non-Fungible Tokens.   What?   NFT or Non-Fungible Token is blockchain-backed digital Art cryptocurrency with unique identification codes and data associated with them. In other words, the owner of a NFT gets a [...]

Hi everyone, How are you? I hope all is safe and well!   March is the month when college decisions come out! It can be nerve-wracking time for graduating seniors and parents! If you are incoming seniors today (11th grade), these would be the approximate dates for you next year!   https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/applying-as-a-transfer/dates-and-deadlines.html Estimated College Decision Dates: UC Santa Cruz February 22, 2021 UC Riverside March 1, 2021 UC Merced March 2, 2021 UC Davis March 12, 2021 UC San Diego March 12, 2021 UC Santa Barbara March 16, 2021 UC UC Irvine March 19, 2021 UC Los Angeles March 19-22, 2021 UC Berkeley March 25, 2021   May, 2021 UC Analytical Writing Placement exam  (AWPE) for all [...]

Hi guys, How are you? This is Mr. Daniel. I hope you guys are having a great weekend! Today I would like to talk about 2 mediocre activities that college DON'T care about!   Mediocre Activity #1 - Superficial community Service hours I have seen many students' college applications covering years of random extracurricular activities that they participate in high school. These activities may amount to a few hours trash pickup for the recycling club, weekly Chinese school teaching assistance, and hours of volunteering during the school year that do not seem to be consistent with the student's personal story. Many of these superficial activities have low value and little meaning for the students. [...]