fall 2014 uc newsletter

FALL 2014 Parent Newsletter From Your University and Career Advan cement Counsellors As we inaugurate a new year of University Counsellor newsletters , we will continue to provide you, our parents, with what we hope will be useful information and well-intentioned advic e to help smooth your journey through the college process. While we’re grateful for your warm feedback, we also appreciate the opportunity to respond to parent questions and concer ns that the newsletter articles may raise. As you can see from the l ead article, for example, the issue of university prestige and how our stu dents are affected will be an ongoing theme in our newsletter this year and will undoubtedly raise some comments which we’re happy t o entertain and share with our readers through this forum. By the way, if you want to reference back issues of the UC Newsletter, simply click on this link. Additionally, our website is an excellent resource for parents looking for general as well as speciﬁc information on the many aspects of the college process And as always, please feel free to contact our University Counselling and Career Counselling staff whenever questions arise. We are here to serve you as well as ou r students. Appointments can be made through our fabulous administrative assistant, Ms. Brankie Wong at: [email protected] Your CIS University Counsellors Sow Fun Dawson - [email protected] Robert Mansueto - [email protected] Marc Marier - [email protected] Y our Individual and Career Advancement Counsellor: Annie Yung - [email protected] What’s inside • UC Initiatives for the 2014-15 School Year Page 2 • Matriculation Highlights from the Class of 2014 Page 3 • Introducing Our New Individual and Career Advancement Counsellor Page 4 • The Pressure for Presti ge: A C ontinued Area of Focus and Concern Page 4 • Parents Often Ask: “What IB Scores Are Required to get into…?” Page 5 • Liberal Arts: UK Is Increasingly Getting into the Act Page 7 • Recommended Reading: The Price of Privilege Page 7 • Articles of Interest from the Web Page 9 • Introducing: Video Links to CIS Alumni Page 9 • Final Word Page 9 • Calendar of Nov-Jan UC Events Page 10 1

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