September2016with

TheHighSchoolCounsellorsatNIST

UniversityApplica9onInforma9onEveningforYear13Parents

Kim

WhoaretheHighSchoolCounsellors?

Year10-13(Personal,AcademicandCollege)

⬜  Ms.JenAbreu⬜  Ms.BarrySpence⬜  Ms.KathleenSchultz⬜  Mr.Joachim(Kim)Ekstrom

9monthstogradua:on

Today’sPresenta9on

•  TheprocessesanddeadlinesthatwewillgothroughtodayapplytoMOSTstudents,butNOTALL.

•  About10%ofourstudentsapplytocountrieswithuniqueapplica9onproceduresanddeadlines.

•  Thecounsellorswillworkwiththesestudentsonanindividualbasis.

•  Weknowthatthecontentofthispresenta9onwills9llbevaluableandusefultoallparents.

TheGoodNews!⬜  Yourchildrenareverywellprepareduniversity

applicants.⬜  Moststudentshavedonetheirresearchwell.⬜  ManyoftheUS-boundstudentshavealreadytakenthe

SATandhavesignedupforOctober,November,and/orDecember.(AllstudentsareguaranteedaseatatNIST)

⬜  IfyourfamilymissedtheThree-WayCollegeConferenceinAprilorMay,it'snottoolate!Pleaseemailyourchild’scounsellortomakeanappointment.

The students in class of 2016 are attending university in 16 countries

around the world

The students in class of 2015 are attending university in 13 countries

around the world

Country Attending USA 33

United Kingdom 18

Canada 16

Holland 5

Australia 4

Thailand 4

Korea 4

NewZealand 4

Denmark 2

HongKong 1

Japan 1

Germany 1

Switzerland 1

Gap Year 3

MilitaryService 1

Country Attending USA 30

United Kingdom 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

Fun Facts • 111 students in the Class of 2016

• 111 students went straight to university (100%)

• 268 University Acceptances/Offers

• 94% of students will be studying at one of their top 3 university choices

• 98 universities accepted 100% of the applications they received from NIST

• 36 students applied to UK universities

• 67% of UK applicants received offers from 4 or 5 of their 5 choices

•  3 students got accepted into Honors Programs

• Total Scholarship Offered to the class of 2016: 39,000,000 baht ($1.300.000)

• 2 students received full scholarships

•  1 student received 75%

•  1 student received 50%

Year13Students(2012-16):

Year 13 Parents (2012-16)

AdvicefromYear13Parents(2012):

•  Keepcalm!•  Don’tworry,youareinsafehands.

Kathleen

WHATSHOULDSTUDENTSBEDOING

What should I be

doing?

morethanfillingoutapplica9ons?

ThestudentshouldnowhaveaLONG

listofuniversi:es

Important:Theseschools

shouldhavebeenclassifiedasReach,Fit,orStar

The Short List ⬜  InSeptemberofYear13,studentswill

haveafirmlistof6-9schoolstowhichtheyareapplyingwitharangeofReach,FitandStarschools(Deadline:September20).

⬜  Studentswillapplytonomorethantenuniversi:es.

⬜  NoteUKuniversi9eswillcountasonechoice,aswilltheUniversityofCaliforniacampuses.

Studentsmayapplytomul9plesystems

RemembertodoaRealityCheck?

•  Studentshavetoberealis:cabouttheiracademicprofile(HighSchoolTranscript,PredictedIBscoresandSATscores)andchooseschoolsthatmayacceptthem!

•  Ifall/mostoftheirschoolsare“reachschools”,we’llworkwiththemtocreateamorebalanced/realis9clist.

•  “Starschools”arealsoschoolsthattheywouldreallyliketogotofor3-4yearsandshouldnotbeamajordisappointment.

•  Starschoolscouldincreasetheirchancesofearninganacademicscholarship.

TOEFL/IELTSWestronglyrecommendthatallstudentswhodon’tcarryapassport

fromthefollowingcountriestakeTOEFLorIELTS•  Australia•  UK•  USA•  Canada•  NewZealand•  Thisshouldhavebeendonealready.Ifyous:llhaven’ttakenany

ofthesetests,pleaseregisterimmediately.•  Itisthestudent’sresponsibilitytohavethesescoressenttothe

universi9es(notcounsellors).•  IfyouarethinkingofapplyingtoUKorAustraliawerecommend

IELTSforyourVisa.

Bre

athe…

NISTInternalUniversityApplica9onDeadline

ForallUS/UKApplica9ons

Time Until Deadline

2 December

2016

2 Months 25 days

Not including Oxbridge/UK Medicine/US Early Applications

2December2016

BIGApplica:onDates

Monday5September:➢ TeacherLeYerofRecommenda:onAgreementFormsignedbyteacherandreturnedtocounsellor.

➢ NISTUniversityApplica:onAgreementsignedbystudentandparentandreturnedtocounsellor.

➢ Preliminaryshort-listonNaviance

Jen

BIGApplica:onDates

1.   August31-September16:"Seniorcheck-inmee9ng"30minuteswithcounsellortoprepareforuniversityapplica9ons

2.   September20:Finalshort-listonNaviance3.   October31:TeacherRecommenda9onLekersdue4.   November2:Firstdaystudentscanaskcounsellortosend

suppor9ngdocuments.(Exceptearlyapplicants)5.   December2:NISTInternaldeadlineforuniversity

applica9onsforallUKandUSApplica9ons

Essay/PersonalStatementFeedbackfromcounsellor

Thedeadlineforsendingessays/personalstatementstocounsellorsforfeedbackis

November17

•  September5–EuropeanApplica9ons(non-UK)•  September6–TheUCASApplica9on•  September7–North-AmericanCollegeEssay•  September8–TheCommonApplica9on•  September9-ApplyingtoThailandandotherAsianCountries•  September12-UCASPersonalStatement•  September13–TheUCApplica9on•  Othersugges9ons?

Year 13 Lunchtime Workshops (11.40-12.15 am).

Sunday11September201609.30-13.00

•  Secondfloorofsecondarybuilding•  Achanceforstudentstocompletethefirstdraroftheir

CollegeEssay/PersonalStatement•  Donuts,Pizza&Fruit

PredictedGradesProcedures•  September20:deadlineforstudentstosubmittheSelf-Predicted

GradeandRa:onaleformtotheircounsellorandcceachsubjectteacher(September5–ForstudentsapplyingtoOxbridge/UKMedicineorUSEarlyDecision(NotEarlyAc9on))

•  September27-October11:Teacherswilldiscuss(notgive)predictedgradeswithstudents(September12-15forstudentsapplyingtoOxbridge/UKMedicineorEarlyDecisionUS)

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

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

Kim

Essay/PersonalStatementVerifica9onForm➢ StudentswillsignanEssay/PersonalStatementVerifica9onForm

andsubmittotheircounsellor.➢ Thisformwillbereviewedbythecounsellor,submikedto

“Turni9n.com”andkeptonfile.➢ Thestudentacknowledgesthefollowingstatement:

“Yoursignaturebelowcer7fiesthatthecontentofthisessay/personalstatementisyourownwork,factuallytrue,andhonestly

presented.Youareawarethatiftheessay/personalstatementisnotyourownwork,factuallytrueorhonestlypresentedthatNISTwill

informtheuniversitystatedabove.”

Year13Student(2015)Advice:

•  Startwri9ngtheapplica9onessaysearly,donotcramtheminthelastweek(ofDecember)beforetheinternaldeadlineatschool.

•  Startyourapplica9onessaysearlyasmanyassignmentswillbedueduringthesame9me(andperhapsalsomocks).

•  Don'tputitoff,butdon'tstressaboutiteither.It'seasierthanyou'dthink.

•  Juststaycalm,itwillallbeokay.

It’s just NOT the end of the world…

⬜  Yourchilddoesn’tknowWHAThe/shewantstostudy(excep9onUK)

⬜  Yourchilddoesn’tknowWHEREhe/shewantstostudy⬜  Yourchilddisagreeswithyouaboutwhereandwhatto

study⬜  YourchildhasnotyetwrikentheSAT/ACT⬜  YourchildwantstotakeaGapYearorwork⬜  Yourchildmaynotgetintohis/herdreamschool

Each Year 13 student has his/her own

unique path to navigate!

Barry

NISTCollegeCounsellingNewsleYer-LastThursdayofeverymonth

Thereisalotofinforma9onatthebeginningoftheprocess,trytonotgetstressedandworkstepbystep.ReadtheCollegeCounsellingNewslekers&keepincontactwithyourcounsellor.

Advice from Year 13 Parent:

Year 13 Parents (2012-2016)

TheRoleofParentsCommunicate:⬜  Talkwithyourchildabout: 1.Whattheywouldliketostudyandwhy? 2.Whichuniversi9esaretheyapplyingto? 3.Howmuchmoneyisavailableeachyearover3-4years

⬜  SignupforyourparentaccountwithNaviance⬜  ReadtheNISTCollegeCounsellingNewsleker-Last

Thursdayofeverymonth⬜  Checkinwithyourchildaboutthisprocesswhile

encouraginghim/hertobeindependent

Parent Brag Sheet

⬜ Helpusseeyourchild’suniquenessandstrengthsasonlyparentscanseeit.⬜ SurveyMonkeylinkwillbesenttoyoushortly

Year13Student(2015)Advice:

Parents,trynottobotheryourchildconstantlybecauseitgetsveryannoying.Thechildisconstantlycheckingonthemselvesandtheirworkforbothschoolanduniversity.Theywillcontactyouoncetheyreceiveno9ce,goodorbadnewswillbethere.

Year13Student(2013)Advice:

•  Don’tgetotherpeopletowriteyourcollegeessay.Itisn'thonestandmostuniversi9escanprobablytellwhenit’swrikenbyaprofessional.Don’tletwhatotherpeoplessayaffectyourchoices.

•  TIMEMANAGEMENT:MakingascheduleearlyandbalancingbetweenschoolworkanduniversityworkisverydifficultespeciallyinthefirstcouplemonthsofYear13.duringthatperiod,studentsarefloodedwithworksotheymaylosefocusontheuniversitywork.

Whatwedo:➢  Guidestudentsandparentswithpost-

secondarygoals➢  Enableandempowerourstudentsto

becomeleadersintheirownpost-secondaryfuture

➢  Teachourstudentshowtocontactuniversi9estoobtainessen9alinforma9on(email,phone,Skype)

Roleofthecounsellor

➢  Processtheacademicpartofourstudentsuniversityapplica9onsandsubmitsuppor9ngdocuments

➢  ReviewandapprovetheUCASapplica9onbeforeitissenttoUCAS

➢  Reviewuniversityessaysandpersonalstatements➢  Helpstudentsevaluatetheirchancesofbeing

acceptedtouniversi9estheyhavechosentoapplyto(Star,Fit,Reach)

Roleofthecounsellor

⬜  ProvideastructuredCollegeCounsellingProgramwherestudentsareguided

throughtheapplica9onprocess.⬜ Writelekersofrecommenda9onsforourstudents⬜  Liaisonbetweenstudentanduniversitywhennecessary⬜  Scheduleuniversityrepresenta9vestovisitNISTstudentsduringlunchhours

andarerschool⬜  OrganizeUniversityFairs⬜  ProvidemonthlyCollegeCounsellingNewslekerwithimportantinforma9on,

updates,anddeadlines

Roleofthecounsellor

Our Best Advice for Students’ Application Journey

StartEarlyDriveCarefullyReachSafely

BarrySpence:bspence@nist.ac.thPhoneextension:1122Room4201A

JenAbreu:jabreu@nist.ac.thPhoneextension:1204Room4205

KathleenSchultz:kschultz@nist.ac.thPhoneextension:1205Room4201B

Joachim(Kim)Ekstrom:jekstrom@nist.ac.thPhoneextension:1353Room4203

ForAddi:onalQues:ons/Guidance

Kim

Questions?

University Applications Around the World

Room 4306: UK Applications Room 4307: Australasian Applications Room 4308: Other European Applications Room 4309: North-American Applications