Failing IB tests? Pulling all-nighters?🌙We IB Students feel you. So we have a treat for you...
Monday, 26th October, 2020
Happy Monday!
Halloween is around the corner, but the scariest thing in your life right now might be IB.🎃 You don’t have to be afraid of the IB. While it is normal to feel stress or anxiety, remember to give yourself grace for being courageous enough to start this journey and you have the whole IBlieve community supporting you!
The IBlieve team continues to expand with new grads who are all incredible talented, generous, and enthusiastic about mentoring you students. Our HSA team has started discussing peer mentorship programs between Year 2 and Year 1 IB students, along with an IBlieve Community forum, an online space where IB students can chat.
We are, as ever, so grateful for the support and happiness of this community. It’s heartwarming to see us all make global friendships and help each other, especially in a time when many are at home, without the usual support systems of friends at school and university. Keep going everyone!
Cheering you on,
Imogen & Katie❤️
🌏 October Global Virtual Summit! 💫
This October, we hosted our third Global Virtual Summit (GVS)! IB grads shared their helpful advice on IB, university applications, and subject-specific tips. Thank you to the wonderful 30+ students who joined us. And of course, there will be another GVS next month! We really appreciate your awesome feedback and support. 🤩
This is what students had to say about GVS:
🎬New Video: IB Students Play Never Have I Ever
From crying over exams to spelling "baccalaureate" correctly, discover what all IB students have in common around the world. 🌏💫 Our IB students and grads played Never Have I Ever about their IB experiences! Watch the video to see relatable challenges, fun times, and fond memories. (And subscribe to our YouTube for more!)
Welcome to our Team!🤩
This week, we’re welcoming new IB graduates to be IBlieve mentors and tutors. They’re partnered with students to help them with IB subjects, IAs, EEs, and overall mentorships. We’re so grateful for their kindness in volunteering❤️ (Special shoutout to Marcela, who was an IBlieve mentee with grad Anushka, and has now graduated to come full circle and join as a mentor!)
🇯🇵 Nanami - IB in Japan (41), Brown University 🇺🇸
🇬🇧 Shona - IB in the UK (45), Gap year
🇬🇭Yeyo - IB in Ghana, University of Ottowa 🇨🇦
🇵🇭 Marcela - IB in the Philippines, N20
🇬🇧 Emma - IB in the UK, University of Bristol
🇯🇵 Noah - IB in Japan (41), Gap year
🇭🇰 Neil - IB in Hong Kong, Imperial College London 🇬🇧
🎙Our Favourite Instas Supporting Students
1. Reach for the Stars
Reach For The Stars is an organization made up of students, helping other students across the globe by providing access to online learning. Their services help both children and their parents, to prevent a gap in learning that cannot be bridged during these difficult times.
2. Tutoring Tuscon
A girl-led, not-for-profit educational organization striving to provide free, one on one, online classes & tutoring in Spanish, English, Tamil & Vietnamese to everyone internationally - no matter their socio-economic status, their beliefs, religion, race, and gender. They aim to create a strong community in the educational system as well as providing an area for intercultural communication
3. Aspiring Students
Aspiring Students, are driven by a single goal: to do their part in making the world a better place for all. This organization offers insightful tips on content related to high school and beyond!
📲Stay updated with IBlieve!
Find beautiful illustrations of our best advice and resources on our Instagram and Facebook. Here’s a compilation of our IB grad volunteers’ TOK presentation examples, to help you out with yours!
Catch you next week! 👋
Thanks so much for reading! We believe in you.
Sending virtual hugs❤️
Celine
High School Ambassador (HSA)
IBlieve is an open, positive community for IB students by IB students. We provide free resources, tips, and tutoring because we believe you can succeed too!
hey everyone here. This is Jinia from India. I am so glad to find out about this website through katie... aloha!!!! yes i am doing IB year 1 and I feel like i am already dead. But this is so helpful and is being such a great support.