Can IB your Valentine? Your weekly dose of love from IBlieve❤️
Monday, February 8th, 2021
Hey everyone!
Love is in the air! Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with your special someone or your dog, IBlieve is sending you love all around the world.
In this newsletter, you’ll find new YouTube videos featuring IB students in the Philippines and South Korea, articles from HSAs, and a special college prep event!
On Tuesday, we have an exciting “Why Study Abroad?” panel officially partnered with Times Higher Education Student. It’ll feature our own IBlieve team grads studying at UPenn, Cornell, Florida International University, University of Ottawa, and Warwick University.
We’ll see you there!
Imogen and Katie❤️
THE Student x IBlieve: Why Study Abroad?
Tuesday, 9th February at 2pm GMT: Five IBlieve grad volunteers, who are current international students at universities in the UK, the US, and Canada, will be talking about study abroad with Times Higher Education Student! They will give you the low-down on what being an international student really means, offering practical tips on how to deal with common concerns such as dealing with home sickness or culture shock. You will also have the opportunity to ask your questions on the issues that are most important to you!
🎬New Videos
This week we have two new episodes of a week in my life as an IB student. Daphne, who studies IB in the Philippines, and Christina, who studies the IB in South Korea!
Daphne is a year 1 IB student studying in the Philippines. In this video, she takes you through a week of her life in online school!
Meet Christina, a Year 1 IB student from South Korea, as she takes you with her through a week of physical school, in her life as an IB student! 🌏
Welcome to our Team!🤩
We’re so excited to welcome our newest HSAs to IBlieve’s team! Stay tuned as we continue to feature our incredible new students from our first cohort of 2021.
🇬🇪 Anna - IB in Georgia
🇨🇾 Daria - IB in Cyprus
🇪🇨 Doménica - IB in Ecuador
🇵🇪 Gabriella - IB in Peru
🇮🇳 Alysa - IB in India
🇰🇷 Christina - IB in South Korea
🇨🇦 Ghazlia - IB in Canada
🇨🇦 Jessica - IB in Canada
🇮🇳 Chinmayee - IB in India
🇹🇼 Devin - IB in Taiwan
🇪🇸 Monica - IB in Spain
🇹🇷 Nehir - IB in Turkey
📚Blog Posts!
Whenever you have a question about IB, check out our Blog! With over 100 posts, you’re sure to find super helpful advice from our amazing IB graduates and High School Ambassadors. Here are all our most recent articles!
💻Study Tips
📝IB Exam Revision
The Secret to Score a 7 in any IB Subject - Guest Writer
🧠Well-Being
What I’ve learnt from the pandemic as an IB student. - Marcela
How to Navigate IB during a Pandemic - Deborah
How to survive late nights in IB? - Maanyav
3 Tips to Tackle IB Stress - Rohit
How can I stay calm throughout the IB? - Bianca R.
🎙Community Spotlights
This week, we’re super excited to be spotlighting IBlieve Community students and HSA’s who are launching inspiring projects and initiatives!
1. Senior Stamps - Isabelle, IB in Canada
Senior Stamps is a student-led dedicated to brighten the days of senior citizens through hand written letters. Currently, they work with 2 different Senior Homes in Langley, British Columbia! There are 2 programs: a general member program (a more casual program), and a pen pal program (monthly letters)!
2. International Food Fest - Avril, HSA, IB in Mexico
The International Food Fest is about cooking a traditional dish from your country, sharing the recipe and uploading it to the team’s Google unit so that everyone can see it and you can even try to replicate one as well (for more information, check the folder in there)! It’s a perfect opportunity to share our own traditions, learn a little more about each other's cultures and have a fun time cooking.
📲Stay updated with IBlieve!
Find beautiful illustrations of our best advice on our Instagram and Facebook. Here’s SoEun our HSA, and her advice on self care for online learning!
🌟 Student Spotlight:
As you may know, we’re changing things up by inviting new High School Ambassadors (HSAs) or IB graduates to write messages every week, so we can hear more student voices and IB experiences around the world. Today, we’ll start with a Student Spotlight on Bianca R., our editor!
Hi all! I’m Bianca, one of IBlieve’s three Blog Editors. It has been an honor to work with the team and the IBlieve community - everyone here is energetic, kind, and a hard worker! Editing takes up most of my time, but I love participating in IBlieve’s other projects too. You’ll spot me in our GVSs, an Instagram takeover, our YouTube videos, and as a subject representative in the IBuddies program!
Since being an Editor is my main role, I’d like to leave you with a piece of writing advice that works for every essay you’ll ever write: your first draft will *always* be perfect, because the only thing a first draft has to do is exist.
Happy writing!
Bianca
👋 Catch you next week!
Thanks so much for reading this week! We believe in you.
Sending virtual hugs,
Celine
High School Ambassador (HSA) from Canada🇨🇦
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