Taiyuan Foreign Language School
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Taiyuan Foreign Language School (Taiyuan
Taiyuan
Taiyuan is the capital and largest city of Shanxi province in North China. At the 2010 census, it had a total population of 4,201,591 inhabitants on 6959 km² whom 3,212,500 are urban on 1,460 km². The name of the city literally means "Great Plains", referring to the location where the Fen River...

, People's Republic of China
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, Chinese: 太原市外国语学校) is one of the first national foreign language schools in
China, the only key school with enhanced foreign language courses in Shanxi
Shanxi
' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....

 Province that is registered in the National
Ministry of Education, and one of the 17 foreign language schools recognized by the Ministry of Education to recommend
its graduates for universities via early admissions.

Taiyuan Foreign Language School is a comprehensive public high school enrolling students in grades 7 through 12.
Founded in 1909 as Taiyuan Women’s Normal High School, Taiyuan Foreign Language School gained its current name in
1984 when relocated to Yifenyuan. Since then, Taiyuan Foreign Language School has been devoting its efforts to
sending well-educated graduates to colleges in China and around the world. Colleges attended by Taiyuan Foreign Language
School graduates in the past few years include Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University
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, Peking University
Peking University
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, the City University of Hong Kong
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, McGill University
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,
Oxford University, the University of Pennsylvania
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, Brown University
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, Duke University
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, and the University of California, Berkeley
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Taiyuan Foreign Language School Entry Exam

The entrance exam is administered yearly at the TFLS old campus. Potential candidates for the entering class of TFLS are recommended by their respective elementary schools to take this exam. The exam is well-known for its difficulty and competitiveness. Admissions decisions are made according to the results of this exam. The content of exam varies from year to year, but usually includes English, Chinese and mathematics.

Men's Basketball

The Taiyuan Foreign Language School Men's Basketball Team was crowned national champion in the 2011 National High School Basketball Championship in China. This is the first time for a Taiyuan-based high school to win this national championship.

Picture of the Old Campus, Taiyuan Foreign Language School
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