Oh, congratulations!
SNU Physics is an excellent department too.
I taught this student for three or four years, but I wonder whether we'd exchanged even 20 sentences outside the subject, haha.
We hardly chatted. We mostly talked only about the lesson content.
This was one of the students I'd spoken with least. I think we had our longest conversation after the SNU acceptance, haha.
They got into an excellent department.
It seems they couldn't make many applications, perhaps because they were applying to such competitive departments.
Here is the conversation.
Student: I was lucky. Teacher: Wow, Physics! Can I ask now that it's over—was your predicted total 45? Student: No, haha. Teacher: Okay, okay. Anyway, congratulations. This is wonderful. Student: Thank you! It's thanks to you. Teacher: Thank you!
I came across a reflection from a student accepted to UCL Biomedicine.
It's quite a detailed account. I thought of it again after a long time and wanted to share it.
Reading something like this really makes you think about how much effort is needed.
Here is the conversation.
Haha, happy New Year, teacher! I'm doing all right. 😅 I got a 5 on my first Chemistry exam and was shocked. After that, almost all my school grades, including Chemistry, were 7s. I printed the question book you gave me, went through it two or three times before the exam, and made a mistakes notebook to memorize. Multiple-choice questions didn't take long, so I did them repeatedly. After solving questions, I added the mistakes to my notebook and asked you about them. I took lessons for whichever subjects needed urgent attention, made notes from the textbook during exam periods, and memorized things in spare moments while traveling to lessons. I was quite strict with myself and memorized the content thoroughly. Because school exam questions would come from the question book, I tried not to skip large sections when studying in the evening. Everything after that was thanks to you. Oh, I also did past papers and organized the question types that came up frequently.
A few years ago, I used to ask students first because I was curious about their university offers. These days I feel that may be impolite, so I don't ask first.
There could have been bad news. Even this SNU acceptance
was something I heard about through fellow students before I asked.
Whenever I see an acceptance, teaching feels so rewarding. As soon as I received the message, I brought it over to the blog!
Thank you. I hope the good results keep coming. More decisions will be announced.
I'll be hoping they all get the results they want.