Subin Bang (Clara)

University College London
It is a source of great pride for Xi’an Liangjiatan International School that so many bright students have graduated from our institution and achieved such extraordinary success in a range of professions around the globe. Alumni of XLIS make significant contributions to society. Former students of Xi’an Liangjiatan International School will always have a place to call “home,” no matter where in the world they reside. Our alumni network comes not just from the universities where its members obtained their degrees, but also from the places in which they developed lifelong friendships.

Ermuuntugs Teasdale (Ermu)
Griffith University

Yeonwoo Shin (Mari)
Hong Kong University

Subin Bang (Clara)
University College London

Lin Yao Li (Corina)
University of British Columbia

Eun Jo Cho (Erica)
HanYang University

Shuyao Lv (Sophia)
University of Manchester

Jiamin Ma (Sophia)
Stony Brook University

Meixi Yang (Maggie)
Michigan State University

Xinyu Fan (Tina)
SUNY Morrisville

Jiawei Liang (Jarry)
Illinois Wesleyan University

Tianyi Li (Sky)
University of York

Dowon Kim (David)
Hong Kong University

Wenqi Wang (Kanny)
Newcastle University (Foundation Year Program)

Jeonghyeon Park (Andy)
Yonsei University
Andy (Jeonghyeon) Park is the first XLIS student who receives an acceptance offer from Yonsei University, a SKY University in Korea. The SKY universities are the Ivy League Universities of Korea and include Seoul, Korea, and Yonsei Universities. Admission to these schools is highly competitive, and only the brightest academic students gain acceptance. Andy will read Chemical Biomolecular Engineering at Yonsei, which is a highly selective major. Many people wonder how Andy developed the international outlook. Andy said that he had been an international student for a long time and learned to adjust and love the cultures and subcultures of China. The global life was not just a short stint for Andy and his family but rather, a lifestyle. Along with the global lifestyle came the skills of adopting a learner’s mindset. He said that the Week-Without-Walls trip at XLIS, working together with his classmates to contribute and solve problems would be the cherishing moments in his heart.
We had 11 students who completed IBDP in our class. We all were fighting the odds and doing our best. It was worth it because I didn’t only learn Chinese and about the literary devices in poems. It taught me a lot more. The people involved in this journey inspired me to become better in every aspect of my life. I have often heard of myself as a critical thinker because I have tried to get the best lesson from every experience and people I have met along the way. I got to know something interning about people because of IBDP. An individual can never completely separate their emotions from their work because we are humans. When we work on something we give our time and effort into it and we hope that the show is going on just fine. Why does a student hope to do good? Because it encourages them to do better in the next assessment, we can be proud of ourselves and be content. If for some reason it does not go well, people who have worked will be disappointed…it is very simple. However, I have noticed people try to separate their feelings from their work or academic. Maybe we should break that wall and try again, as everyone has the quality of a life-long learner. My experience in XLIS has made stronger for my life at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia. It has made me believe that I can fight my fears and still have a smile on my face.

Seher Arif
University of Nottingham, Malaysia

Yuhao Ma (Mark)
Unversity of Southern California
Mark was accepted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology(computer science program) and then transferred to University of Southern California. The IB Diploma Program is a rigorous two-year pre-university program and Mark, as a second language learner, demonstrated determination and grit, completing it. Mark has been a hard-working student in our Diploma Program, and he has always been a balanced learner who comes to class with his work completed and questions to ask. Throughout the two years, he maintained consistently high grades, in particular, in his higher-level mathematics learning, which was a key factor for his success in the computer science programs applications and university level learning later on.