An unusually large number of students went into pharmacy this year. I was especially proud to hear that a student I had taught for a long time had been accepted to Sungkyunkwan University's pharmacy program. Perhaps because of that, their younger sibling is now taking my lessons too. In fact, I asked the younger sibling quite a lot about their academic profile, haha.
These days I don't directly ask students where they were accepted, so I don't have a separate record of every result. Instead, parents sometimes tell me over the phone, or a younger sibling comes and shares the news. Of course, I do have records for some students—they message me first. Thank you!
Lately, even writing for the blog or YouTube feels like a chore, so I haven't been checking in often. Perhaps it's a little burnout; everything feels tiring. I still get two or three consultation requests a day, and students ask questions from every direction. It feels as though my head is getting increasingly muddled. As a result, I haven't been able to schedule many new lessons recently.
But an occasional message saying that a student got into a good university lifts my spirits and gives me energy again.
Here is a brief summary of the profiles of students who went into medicine or pharmacy.
– Gachon University Medicine: admission route for students educated overseas for all 12 school years; 4s in all five AP subjects, which was unusual; high SAT and TOEFL scores.
– Sungkyunkwan University Pharmacy: three-year overseas-study admission route; no AP subjects; a high SAT score was not confirmed; no interview; final IB total of 43 and predicted total of 44.
– Gachon University Pharmacy: 12-year overseas-study admission route; further details unconfirmed.
– Inje University Pharmacy: three-year overseas-study admission route; 5s in three AP subjects; a high SAT score.
I used to ask about these details and record them carefully. These days I hesitate because it can feel impolite. I didn't teach every subject; I only helped with IB Chemistry and AP Chemistry, which makes detailed questioning feel even more awkward.
AP Chemistry season is coming around again. To give my students regular opportunities to review, I have been uploading lesson videos to YouTube.
I have many young students and worry about them, so even though I really don't feel like making videos, I'm trying to keep uploading!
AP Chemistry Question Practice, Part 4 — For Review!
AP Chemistry question practice, Part 4 — for review ↗I want to help them get 5s however I can. That requires thorough review, but they don't always do it.
Teacher, I've almost finished my IA! I'll show you next week. Thank you so much, as always.
And I got a 7 in Chemistry!
Yes, yes—see you next time, haha.
I'm the only one who survived in our class, hahaha.
Hahahaha.
I never used to dream of getting a 7. It's all thanks to you. Thank you so much!
Great, great!
I'm truly grateful whenever I receive a message like this.
I'll keep working to help my students do well in IB and AP Chemistry.