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Class of 2020: “When I First Joined, I Was Very Introverted”

Mark Karanja BJkids 2020-08-18


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This year, COVID-19 has turned the world upside down, and for high school seniors, these students experienced a senior year unlike any we’ve ever seen before. But life goes on and despite the chaos, COVID-19 has caused, students at international schools all over Beijing are graduating in good spirits and high hopes for the future. Congratulations to the Class of 2020!


Meet Alex Y, senior at The British School of Beijing BSB, Shunyi from Taiwan.









I’ll be studying at University College London UCL, majoring in Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
One of my best memories from my time at BSB is the help that Mr. Finn gave me when I first came to BSB. I had skipped one unit of Chemistry because my previous school’s chemistry class schedule was different from that of BSB. When Mr. Finn heard about this, he used his break time to help me learn the units I had missed. With his help, I successfully caught in a short amount of time.


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The second one was the motivational breakfast we had before the IB mock exam. We knew that after breakfast, we were all about to have our mock exam, but everyone was happy at the meal. It was a rare chance for everyone in the whole year to sit down and have breakfast together.









The teachers at BSB have helped me achieve many things, both academically and in college admissions. The teachers at BSB are full of enthusiasm for the students all the time. The teachers here do not abandon any students because of their poor academic performance; they will do their best to help all students and encourage them. When I first joined the community, I was very introverted and did not dare to have too much contact with my classmates, nor did I dare to ask the teacher questions. But BSB’s teachers found this out, and they often asked me if there was anything I didn’t understand after class to help me consolidate what I learned during the day. Sometimes I even had one-on-one teaching with my teacher after school, which helped me achieve academic success.






BSB has a very professional University Counselor Mr. Chesher. Although he is very busy every day, if you want to consult him about college application or life goals, he will do his best to help you. With the help of these excellent teachers from BSB, I succeeded in both academic and college admission, obtaining the admission letters from many world-renowned universities including UCL, King’s College London, University of Toronto, and UBC.









For the students who are about to enter IB Diploma next year, you must think carefully about what you want to study in the future when choosing courses. Because if you choose the wrong subject, there will be a lot of restrictions on the majors you can apply for when you apply to a university.

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Photos: Courtesy of BSB Shunyi 

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