WhatshouldyoubedoingWhat

should I be doing?

morethanfillingoutapplica6ons

TheBigPicture

withtheHighSchoolCounsellors31August2016

Thestudentsinclassof2016areaCendinguniversityin16countriesaroundtheworld

Thestudentsinclassof2015areaCendinguniversityin13countries

aroundtheworld

Country ACendingUSA 33

UnitedKingdom 18

Canada 16

Holland 5

Australia 4

Thailand 4

Korea 4

NewZealand 4

Denmark 2

HongKong 1

Japan 1

Germany 1

Switzerland 1

GapYear 3

MilitaryService 1

Country ACendingUSA 30

UnitedKingdom 25

Australia 11

Holland 11

Thailand 11

Canada 7

Germany 3

Japan 3

HongKong 2

Sweden 2

NewZealand 1

Singapore 1

Switzerland 1

Italy 1

Spain 1

Turkey 1

FunFacts

• 111studentsintheClassof2016• 111studentswentstraighttouniversity(100%)• 268UniversityAcceptances/Offers• 94%ofstudentswillbestudyingatoneoftheirtop3universitychoices• 98universi6esaccepted100%oftheapplica6onstheyreceivedfromNIST• 36studentsappliedtoUKuniversi6es• 67%ofUKapplicantsreceivedoffersfrom4or5oftheir5choices• TotalScholarshipOfferedtotheclassof2016:39,000,000baht($1.300.000)• 2studentsreceivedfullscholarships,1received75%and1received50%• 3studentsgotacceptedintoHonorsPrograms

Today’sPresenta6on

•  TheprocessesanddeadlinesthatwewillgothroughtodayapplytoMOSTstudents,butNOTALL.

•  About10%ofourstudentsapplytocountrieswithuniqueapplica6onproceduresanddeadlines.

•  Thecounsellorswillworkwiththesestudentsonanindividualbasis.

•  Wes6llloveyouandweknowthatthecontentofthispresenta6onwillbevaluableanduseful.

YoushouldnowhaveaLONGlistofuniversi;es

Important:Theseschools

shouldhavebeenclassifiedasReach,Fit,orStar

TheShortList

•  BySeptember5youshouldhaveapreliminaryshort-listof6-9schoolstowhichyouareapplyingwitharangeofReach,FitandStarschools

•  September20isthedeadlineforyourfinalshort-listonNaviance.Thesewillbetheschoolsyouapplyto.

•  Youwillapplytonomorethantenuniversi;es

•  NotethatUKuniversi6eswillcountasonechoice,aswilltheUniversityofCaliforniacampuses

RemembertodoaRealityCheck?

•  Youhavetoberealis;caboutyouracademicprofile(HighSchoolTranscript,PredictedIBscoresandyourSAT/ACTscores)andchooseschoolsthatmayacceptyou!

•  Ifall/mostofyourschoolsarereachschools,we’llworkwithyoutocreateamorebalanced/realis6clist.

•  Rememberthat“starschools”alsoareschoolsthatyouwouldreallyliketogotofor3-4yearsandshouldnotbeamajordisappointment.

•  Starschoolscouldincreaseyourchancesofearninganacademicscholarship.

NISTInternalUniversityApplica6onDeadline

ForallUS/UKApplica6ons

TimeUn;lDeadline

2December,

2016

3Months2Days

NotincludingOxbridge/UKMedicine/USEarlyApplica6on

2December,2016

BIGApplica;onDates

MondaySeptember5:➢ TeacherLeOerofRecommenda;onAgreementFormsignedandreturnedtoyourcounsellor.Makesureyournameisontheform.RemembertogiveyourcompletedNISTStudentResumetoyourteachers.Theywon’tsignyourformwithoutit.

➢ NISTUniversityApplica;onAgreementsignedbyyouandyourparent,andreturnedtoyourcounsellor.

➢ Preliminaryshort-listonNaviance

BIGApplica;onDates

1.   August31-September16:"Seniorcheck-inmee6ng"30minuteswithyourcounsellortoprepareforuniversityapplica6ons

2.   September20:Finalshort-listonNaviance3.   September20:DeadlineforOxbridgeifyouplantointerviewinSingapore.(pleasehave

yourUCASapplica6oncompletednolaterthanSeptember14).4.   October15:DeadlineforOxbridgeandUKmedicinerelatedcourses(pleasehaveyourUCAS

applica6oncompletednolaterthanMondayOctober10)5.   October31:TeacherRecommenda6onLeCersdue6.   November2:Firstdayyoucanaskyourcounsellortosendsuppor6ngdocuments.(Except

earlyapplicants)7.   November1-December1:USEarlyDecision/EarlyAcHonDeadlines

(WerecommendthatyousendED/EAbyOctober21-OctoberbreakendsonOctober30)UNCChapelHillandGeorgiaTechdeadlineOctober15(LatestFriday14th)

1.   November30:UCApplica6onDeadline2.   December2:NISTInternaldeadlineforuniversityapplica6onsforallUKandUSApplica6ons

•  September5–EuropeanApplica6ons(non-UK)•  September6–TheUCASApplica6on•  September7–North-AmericanCollegeEssay•  September8–TheCommonApplica6on•  September9-ApplyingtoThailandandotherAsianCountries•  September12-UCASPersonalStatement•  September13–TheUCApplica6on•  Othersugges6ons?

Year13Lunch;meWorkshops(11:40-12:15am).Youcanbringyourlunch!

WheretofinduniversityvisitsonNaviance?

Vanderbilt,JohnsHopkinsandNotreDame

MockApplica6onSessionForNISTstudentsandparentsintheCollegeLibrary

9September2.30-4.00pm

Sunday11September201609.30-13.00

•  Secondfloorofsecondarybuilding•  Achanceforstudentstocompletethefirstdratoftheir

CollegeEssay/PersonalStatement•  Donuts,Pizza,andFruit•  RegisterwithKhunThongkornby2September

DutchUniversitypresenta6onandfairintheCollegeCounsellingArea

29September2:30-4:00pm

UniversityCollegeRooseveltUniversityCollegeUtrechtLeidenUniversityCollegetheHagueMaastrichtUniversityErasmusUniversityCollegeRoCerdamSchoolofManagement

PennandBrown

29September6.00-7.30pm

OpenSessiontothecommunityintheTheatre

CIS/EARCOSUniversityFairAtShangri-LaHotel,Bangkok

Saturday1October4.45-5.45pm

150+Universi6es

Pre-register online at: www.cois.org/ BangkokFair2016.

WorkshoponStudyop6onsinAustralia

@NIST5October2:30-3:30pm

•  IntheCollegeLibrary•  PresentedbyMontakanO’NeillfromInsightEduca6onConsul6ng

•  OverviewofAustralianuniversi6es•  Entryrequirements•  Alterna6vepathwaysintoprograms•  Fees•  Applica6onprocesses

PredictedGradesProcedures•  September20:deadlineforstudentstosubmittheSelf-Predicted

GradeandRa;onaleformtotheircounsellorandcceachsubjectteacher(September5–ForstudentsapplyingtoOxbridge/UKMedicineorUSEarlyDecision(NotEarlyAc6on))

•  Theformwillbesharedwithyoutoday•  September27-October11:Teacherswilldiscuss(notgive)predicted

gradeswithstudents(September12-15forstudentsapplyingtoOxbridge/UKMedicineorEarlyDecisionUS)

•  October11-October21:Studentwillreceivetheirpredictedgrades(bysubject)fromtheircounsellor(September20-22forstudentsapplyingtoOxbridge/UKMedicineorEarlyDecisionUS)

•  October11-December1:Adjustmentscanbemadetopredictedgradesbasedonstudents’academicperformance(increaseordecrease).

Essay/PersonalStatementVerifica6onForm

➢ StudentsmustcopyeachcollegeessayorpersonalstatementintotheEssay/PersonalStatementVerifica6onFormandsendittotheircounsellor(thisisdoneforeachapplica6on)

➢ Thisformwillbereviewedbyyourcounsellor,submiCedto“Turni6n.com”andsenttouniversi6esassuppor6ngdocumenta6on

➢ Eachessay/PersonalStatementwillbesignedbythestudentacknowledgingthefollowingstatement:

“Yoursignaturebelowcer=fiesthatthecontentofthisessay/personalstatementisyourownwork,factuallytrue,andhonestlypresented.Youareawarethatifthe

essay/personalstatementisnotyourownwork,factuallytrueorhonestlypresentedthatNISTwillinformtheuniversitystatedabove.”

Essay/PersonalStatementFeedbackfromCounsellor

Thedeadlineforsendingyouressay/personalstatementtoyourcounsellorforfeedbackis

Thursday,November17

TheBig8(Documents)Senttocounsellor:1.TeacherLeCerofRecommenda6onForm2.NISTUniversityApplica6onAgreementForm3.Self-PredictedGradeandJus6fica6onForm(Cctoteachers)Senttoteachers:4.NISTStudentResumeKeptbystudent:5.Deadlinesfor2016/2017UniversityApplica6onProcess@NIST6.NISTStudentGuidetoTheCollegeApplica6on(USA)7.TheUCASPersonalStatement8.Essay/PersonalStatementVerifica6onDocumentDocumentssharedontheNISTHSCounsellingResourceSharingSite:hCp://nisthscounselling.weebly.com/year-13.html

HighSchoolTranscriptVerifica6on

•  Year13studentsmustcollecttheirHighSchoolTranscriptfromKhunThongkornonSeptember9.

•  ReportanygradediscrepanciestoyourcounsellorASAP

UpdateyourYear12UniversityReferenceLeCerSurvey

onNaviance(OnlyforUSapplicants)

Important:Themoreinforma6onyou

givetous,thebeOerCounsellor

Recommenda6onLeCerwecanwriteforyou.

Deadline:September30

PersonalStatement/Essays•  TheUKPersonalStatementishighlystructured.It’sabout

you,yourskills/achievement/experienceandwhytheseareagoodfitfortheprogramtowhichyouareapplying

•  TheUSA/Canadaessayques;onsleavemoreroomforcrea6vity.Youmustshowhowyouareuniqueandhowyouhavegrownasastudentasaperson.

•  LeOerofMo;va;onforsomecountries

Tests

•  SATandSATII•  ACT(nowalsoofferedatNIST)•  TOEFLforNorth-America•  IELTSforUK/Australia•  MedicalschoolforUK(UKCAT,BMAT)•  NISTisatestcenterforBMATandOxfordEntrytests•  Youareresponsibleformee6ngalldeadlines

TOEFL/IELTSWestronglyrecommendthatallstudentswhodon’tcarryapassportfrom

thefollowingcountriestakeTOEFLorIELTS•  Australia•  UK•  USA•  Canada•  NewZealand•  Thisshouldhavebeendonealready.Ifyous;llhaven’ttakenanyof

thesetests,pleaseregisterimmediately.•  IMPORTANT:Itisthestudent’sresponsibilitytohavethesescoressentto

theuniversi6es(notthecounsellors’)•  IfyouarethinkingofapplyingtoUKorAustraliawerecommendthatyou

takeIELTS,whichmightberequiredforyourvisaapplica6on

TeacherRecommenda6onLeCers

•  Youwillasktwoteacherstowriteyourrecommenda6onleCers(notrelevantforUKapplica6ons)

•  TeacherswillnotsignyouragreementformwithoutacompletedNISTStudentResume(printoutandgivetoteachers)

•  TeacherLeOerofRecommenda;onFormsignedandreturnedtocounselorbySeptember5

•  LeCersaredueonOctober31•  TeacherRecommenda6onLeCersarefocusedonyourperformancein

theirpar6cularcourses•  NISTteachersagreetowriteonly“favorableleCers”thathelpyougain

admissiontouniversity•  AllleCersareconfiden6alanduploadedtoNaviancebyteachers•  Donotpressureteacherstowriterecommenda6onleCersifyou

haven’taskedthembySeptember5

Suppor;ngDocuments

➢  TwoTeacherLeCersofRecommenda6on➢  ThecounsellorswriteyourUCASReference–ifyouareonly

applyingtotheUKthenyoudon’thavetoaskteachersforrecommenda6onleCers

➢  CounsellorLeCerofRecommenda6on-forUSAonly➢  IBPredictedGrades➢ NISTTranscript(PleaseletmeknowtodayifyouaOendedanother

schoolinYear10or11)➢ NISTSchoolProfile

Suppor6ngDocuments

•  E-mailyourcounsellorassoonasyouhavecompleted,paidforandsenteachonlineapplica6on.

•  ACachthesignedEssay/PersonalStatementVerifica;onDocument(PDFFormat)whichincludestheCollegeEssay(s)orPersonalStatementthatyousubmiCedwithyourapplica6ontothispar6cularuniversity.

Howdowesendsuppor;ngdocuments?

➢ Thesuppor6ngdocumentsformostofyourNorthAmericanapplica6onswillbesentviaNavianceinoneclick

➢ Otherswillbesentbycourier➢ FortheUK,thedocumentswillbesentthroughUCAS

Thiswillhelpyoutremendously

WhatschoolnamedoIuseinmyapplica6ons?

1.  NISTInterna6onalSchool2.  NIST–NewInterna6onalSchoolofThailand3.  NewInterna6onalSchoolofThailand

CommonAppandUCASdetailsYOUWILLNEEDTHISINFORMATION!!!

•  NISTSATHighSchoolCode(CEEB)695270•  UCASCenterNumber:46471•  UCASBuzzword:nis6es2017

– Donotregisterasanindependent–  YouhavetoregisterasaNISTstudent(usingthebuzzword)

Mr.Kim’scontactinforma6onusedforsomeofhisstudents’applica6ons

YOUWILLNEEDTHISINFORMATION!!!

JoachimEkstromHighSchoolCounsellorNISTInterna6onalSchool36Soi15SukhumvitRoad,WaCanaBangkok10110ThailandTel+66-2651-2065Ext.353Fax.+66-2253-3800Email.Jekstrom@nist.ac.thWebpage.www.nist.ac.th

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