Samuel Xu：Study hard and do the right thing

Samuel, an ivy 2018 graduate, originally studied in weihai experimental middle school. In the past six months, Samuel has successively received offers from five overseas universities, including loughborough university, Leeds university, Kent university, Exeter university and Stirling university, and successfully obtained his favorite major of sports management.

Loughborough university, Leeds university, Kent university, Exeter university and Stirling university are all top universities in Britain. Among them, the university of Leeds and the university of Exeter are both members of the Russell group of British alliance universities. The sports colleges of these five universities are all world-class. The sports management major of loughborough university ranks first in the world in 2017 and 2018QS rankings.

Study hard and do the right thing

Samuel came to ivy league international school in 2015. At that time, he had got the admission notice of weihai no. 1 middle school, but he finally gave up weihai no. 1 middle school because he was eager to go abroad for further study. After investigation, he chose ivy league, and Samuel's enlightened parents also respected his choice.

When I first came to IVY, Samuel felt that he liked the learning atmosphere here even though he was a little uncomfortable with it. Samuel thinks, and public schools, in IVY more participation in class, the students can actively and teacher to discuss problems, and to think and understand in the process, rather than passively accept knowledge, and teachers communicate more, and the teacher kept also division also friendly relationship, and extracurricular activities is very rich, were not exposed to a lot of activities in public schools. In the past three years, Samuel's English has been improving constantly. From being unable to speak English at the beginning to being fluent in English, he has become more confident.Samuel said that IVY's every teacher has given him great guidance and help, especially the math teacher Leon. "teacher Leon advocates independent learning and cultivates our interest in learning. He concentrates all the knowledge points in the textbook for us to accept and understand. Under the guidance of Mr. Leon, I am more and more interested in mathematics.

Bring your special skills and hobbies into full play

Samuel is crazy about sports. When he was seven or eight years old, he began to play basketball and began to get in touch with sailing. In the second grade of primary school, Samuel took part in the sailing activities organized by the ivy league sailing club and went to the seaside to learn sailing and windsurfing every summer vacation. When he came to the ivy league, sailing has become a PE class. Moreover, advanced and complete sailing equipment makes it easier for Samuel to learn sailing. With the improvement of sailing skills, Samuel became a sailing assistant in the summer vacation of 2015. In addition, Samuel also took part in the laser sailing competition last year, so he set up a laser sailing club in the school to learn sailing together with the members. Samuel gradually grew up in the wind and waves as a helmsman, steering the course of the sailboat, but also steering the development direction of life.

Besides sailing, Samuel enjoys many other sports, such as cycling, table tennis, strength lifting and other fitness activities. Usually, he will spare 2-3 hours to work out in the school gym, and he will spare half an hour to work out in the exam. In the Sport's Day held by our school every year, Samuel will take part in it as an all-around player and get excellent results every time. Samuel also participated in the half course of weihai world-class triathlon competition in 2015. He was only 15 years old at that time, and got the 9th place in the competition between 20 and 29 years old. In 2016, he also became a volunteer in the triathlon to cheer for the athletes.

My heartfelt love for sports has made Samuel gradually clear about his direction in life. His future efforts must be related to sports. When he applied for the major, he initially focused on sports and sports science, but after having a deeper understanding and thinking of sports related majors, he chose sports management, which belongs to the category of management and is related to marketing and has higher requirements on business. In the end, Samuel achieved his goal by virtue of his excellent comprehensive quality. All the applications he sent out to five universities were approved, and offers from loughborough university, Leeds university, Exeter university, Kent university and Stirling university were sent to him one after another. In the end, he chose loughborough university, the world's top sports management major, to realize his dream of further study.

In the process of applying for university, Samuel especially thanked IVY's counselors Sharon and Lesley for their effective guidance in choosing majors, writing documents and following up applications, so that he could successfully apply for his ideal university and major.

Balance your hobbies with your studies

In three years of IVY, Samuel let keep balance study and activities, accumulated bit by bit in English, your English level will increase steadily, and in other disciplines of learning is silent and cultivated, because he knew that to learn knowledge is the most basic ability, and his journey towards a Dream school, so he never slack off in your studies. In addition, his hobbies are not limited to sports.

Samuel, an artistic boy who played the bass, was often seen on the stage of the IVY Christmas event and GALA Day. Samuel did not begin to learn bass until he came to IVY, and mainly through self-study, he studied and comprehended it little by little, and finally learned how to play bass, joined the school band, became a handsome bass player of IVY, and was active in all music stages of IVY. Samuel likes music, especially metal music and Rap, and he enjoys doing these things. Samuel also likes weiqi. As early as when he was in junior high school, he won the top eight in weihai junior and intermediate competitions. "All these hobbies and activities are of great significance to my college application." Samuel said.

When mentioning the most unforgettable thing about IVY, Samuel said that I once ran for the minister of student union activities. I had a very novel campaign style. I used a Rap to make a statement. At the same time, I also made background MV with the software of meeting sound and film, and the content was some of my activities video. The election was well received.

Suggestions for junior junior:

1. Determine the professional direction as early as possible according to your hobbies, so that you can not only clarify the direction of learning early, but also live a more fulfilling three years in high school.

2. Make full use of your spare time to participate in extra-curricular activities. Taking part in various activities can score extra points for your application for college and exercise your comprehensive ability in the activities, so that you will become more confident.

3. Study hard and communicate with teachers more often. After all, a good score in the exam is an essential path to study.