Sun Y.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
The International School Bangalore
IGCSE:
Biology A*
Chemistry A*
Physics A*
Business Studies A*
English A Language A
English A Literature A*
Spanish A*
Art and Design A
IB:
Biology HL 6
Business Management 7
Chemistry SL 7
Mathematics Applications and Interpretations HL 6
English Literature 6
German Ab Initio SL 6
University College London: Biological Sciences BSc- Cell Biology stream
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Love Learning Tutors
Common Entrance
GCSE: Biology, Business Studies, chemistry, English Literature
A-Level: Biology, Chemistry, Business Management
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Sports: volleyball (competitive - high school), golf, badminton
Music: Electrical guitar, singing (high school choir)
Other interests: knitting, drawing, going on picnics
Currently, learning how to code on Python
Language proficiency other than English: Korean (native)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Position of Academic Secretary at the UCL Bio Society at the University College London
(2023-2024)
Position of Treasurer at Cats Society at the University College London (2023-2024)
Started and led first-ever Biology club at The International School, Bangalore (2020-2022)
Mentored at the Stanford Youth Creativity, Innovation & Sustainable Leadership- Innovators
Toolkit Workshop for 2 consecutive years (2020, 2021)
Nominated as ‘Most Hardworking Intern’ in the organising team for the Young Tycoons Business
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Anyone that has studied at least once would agree that interest is key to academic results. I, too, witnessed this fact first-hand when my grades went from a D to an A* in IGCSE Chemistry and English after meeting teachers that answered my doubts and helped me find my interest in these subjects.
Following this thought, I centre my tutoring strategies around piquing and fostering the tutee’s interest in the subjects that I teach, like lighting a flame of interest and then regularly tending to it.
Rather than rushing through concepts, I aim to use illustrative explanations and interesting activities to allow the tutee to fully comprehend and love the subject(s). I mainly applied this approach in practice when I taught children English as a part of volunteer work. For this, I employed several word games and funny English phrases to capture the interest of initially uninterested students, and got them to take active part in class. But the role of the tutor does not end here: it is as important to keep the flame of interest alive as it is to ignite it in the first place. For students who already have a strong interest in the subjects taught, I prefer to take the role of a mentor, in which I show the tutee new ways to learn certain concepts and only stepping in to clarify pressing roadblocks or give general directions to take in their learning journey. I have experience mentoring in such a manner as a mentor at the Stanford University YCISL ITW summer workshop series for years 2020 and 2021. In sum, I am confident that I can help my tutee grow and maintain intellectual curiosity that goes on to become a lifelong love for learning.
