nist college counseling newsletter for year 12 students april 25, 2013

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Register for The Three-way College Conference 2

Planning for a meaningful summer vacation? 3

IB Summer Programs 4

IB World Student Conferences 5

Oxford X— Summer Course in Oxford 6

College Visits in USA—Summer 2013 7

Guidelines for registering for the SAT 8-10

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Newsletter April 25, 2013

F O R Y E A R 1 2 S T U D E N T S

Meet the Counselors

Last Thursday of every month!

The NIST College Counseling Newsletter provides extra

guidance for you. It will be sent to you on the last Thursday of every

month until you are done with your applications. Please read each

newsletter carefully, and save it in the “College/University” folder on

your tablet, so that you can find it easily, and go back to review im-

portant information, dates, and deadlines when needed. This news-

letter will also be sent to your parents and teachers.

Steps to College/University

In this issue we will share some ideas on how to spend the summer

break in a meaningful way. Try some of the links on page 4-5 to ex-

plore your options. We also have a second look at what you need to

do before you register for the Three-way College Conference.

Meet the Counselors

Mr. Joachim Ekstrom

(Mr. Kim)

[email protected]

Room 4203

Phone Extension: 353

Ms. Jacquelyn Valenzue

[email protected]

Room 4205


Mrs. Brenda Manfredi

[email protected]

Room 4204b


Meet the Counselors



Before registering for the three-way college conference you needto have completed:

1. Do What You Are

2. The Career Interest Profiler

3. The UniQuest Assignment

4. The Post-UniQuest Meeting with your Counselor

5. The Historic Demographic Survey on Naviance (under “about me”)

6. The Long List on Naviance: “Universities I’m thinking about”

7. The Naviance Resume (only for students applying to US Universi-

ties) This is a working document and doesn't need to be complete.

The Three-way College Conference

At this meeting, please advise us if you intend to apply to UCAS by

15 October (Oxford OR Cambridge, medical/veterinary school) or via

Early Action or Decision by 1st of November (U.S.A.)

1. Register for the conference by sending an email to your counselor

with a few preferred days and times.

2. Make sure your parent(s) are really available at this time

3. Your counselor will then confirm your time by email

Students have started registering for the Three-way

College Conferences now. This conference will be led by

you with the support of the counselor. We will review

your university research and discuss what you should have done by

now, and what else you need to do to get ready for the application

process that begins early in Year 13. Please register for the confer-

ence as soon as possible. It will be hard for us to find a time for

you if you wait until the end of may.

April 22 - May 22

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Planning for a meaningful summer?

It might seem far away, but the summer vacation is actually just around the cor-

ner. Do you have any plans for the summer yet? We strongly suggest that you do

something meaningful with your summer break, not simply sit around the house

watching TV or go out with friends. How you spend your summer can influence your admission to college. While summer activities will not compensate for medi-ocre grades and poor test scores, careful planning can tip the scales in your fa-

vor.

Some very useful things to do during summer could be:

Take a SAT preparation course Volunteer and do service

Read some inspiring books If you are travelling, take the opportunity to visit art galleries, museums, etc. Join a pre-college program such as Summer Discovery with five campuses in

the US and Cambridge in England, or Summer Study at Penn State and Sum-

mer Study in Paris (Follow the links below for more information).

You should ask yourself:

What kind of summer experiences do I want? Do I want an educational environment, or a social one, or a combination? Do I want to get a taste of college life? In what country do I want to be? How much money is available?

Use the links on the following page to explore some great summer experiences.

http://www.summerdiscovery.com/

http://www.summerstudy.com/



IB Summer Programs

Click the pictures below to follow the links

IB Summer Programs:

OSC based in Oxford, UK, specializes in support for students taking the IB Diploma.

They run Summer Revision Courses for IB students based in beautiful university locations.

Since they started in 1990, over 14,000 IB students have taken one or more of their courses.

The IB summer courses at St. Clare's draw on the College’s extensive expertise and re-

sources to provide review and extension courses for students following the IB Diploma course.

The Mid IB Summer Course at IBWISE is a course designed for students who have completed

their first IB Diploma year.

Searchable Summer Experience Databases:

http://www.mysummercamps.com/

http://www.allensguide.com/

http://www.enrichmentalley.com/

http://www.petersons.com/college-search/study-summer-abroad.aspx

http://www.teenink.com/Summer/

http://www.ibwise.com/mid-ib-summer-course.html

http://www.stclares.ac.uk/index.php

http://www.osc-ib.com/



IB World Student Conferences (IB WSC)

Join the excitement of the IB World Student Conferences (IB WSC) in 2013! All four IB university hosts are eagerly anticipating the arrival of hundreds of IB Students on campus come June, July,and August! This communication is to answer your questions :

Why should students attend?

Attendance at an IB World Student Conference can support students in many stages of their IB ca-reer :

Ease transition to the Diploma Programme (DP) or IB Career-related Certificate (IBCC). For stu-dents entering the IB for the first time, or for those continuing to DP from the Middle Years Pro-gramme, the IB WSC can be an excellent opportunity to gain familiarity with the pace and approachof the DP. It is also an opportunity for new students to gain momentum and confidence about theirupcoming year of study

Gain hours in Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) Project. Students work in global action teams to ad- vance their CAS and to collaboratively expand the scope and effectiveness of their projects.

Meet IB peers worldwide. Gain experience in thinking globally and working with peers from placesculturally, linguistically, and geographically different from their own communities. It's an early ex-perience of expansion for most teens.

Who is eligible to attend?

Students currently in their first year of the DP, or those planning to enter the DP during 2013 areeligible to attend any IB WSC.For more about individual conference themes and general conference information, visit www.ibo.org/wsc

Where are the conferences?

Wake forest University Winston-Salem, North CarolinaUSA June 23 - 28

Univerversity of British Columbia Vancouver, British ColumbiaCanadaJuly 21 - 26

University of Warwick Coventry, UK August 4 - 9

The University of Hong KongHong Kong, China August 11 - 16

Social Justice Contemplating the past, Confronting the future

ECOnomics : Creating a Sustainable Future

Utopian Visions : Employing the Arts for Social and Po-

litical Change

iResponsibility: Explore How We Engage in the Online

World

http://www.ibo.org/wsc





Oxford X— Summer Course in Oxford

Oxford X, a prestigious forum for students in August 2013 in Oxford. Oxford X brings together some of the

United Kingdom’s finest lecturers who are leaders in their fields from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge

and the London School of Economics to provide an unparalleled educational experience surrounding pertinent

issues across the globe.

The programme provides an unrivalled experience of the educational rigour at the United Kingdom’s top uni-versities, whilst also providing participants with a unique and authentic experience of student life in Oxford.

Participants will reside within Balliol College, experience the various organised excursions within Oxford and

meet like-minded peers from a diverse background. Oxford X provides an unrivalled opportunity to enhance

one’s education, whilst providing an invaluable insight vital for This rewarding experience provides a unique stepping-stone to Oxford University, Cambridge University and

the LSE; enrolment in the can be discussed in interviews, personal statements and university applications. In-

deed, the content of the forum is particularly useful and relevant for those individuals considering applying

for the following courses at university:

· Economics & Management

· Economics · Politics, Philosophy & Economics

· Politics

· History

· Geography

· International Relations

· European Studies

Lecture topics are diverse, and are at a standard suitable for A-level (or equivalent qualifications); further de-

tails of the forum, lecturers, excursions and topics can be found on the website www.oxfordx.com . An infor-mation pack is also available to download at www.oxfordx.com/OxfordX-2013.pdf

NIST students are invited to apply for this exciting opportunity. Should you have any questions about the fo-

rum or the application procedure, please don’t hesitate to contact Caroline Davis below:

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Caroline Davis

Program Administrator Oxford X

266 Banbury Rd, Oxford, OX2 7DL

[email protected]

Next NIST College Counseling Newsletter will be in your inbox on

Thursday May 30th

Kind regards, The Secondary Counselors

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2013 U.S.A. College Tours New England: June 9 – 14 Cost: $1,435 ** / Originating city: Burlington, VVermont or Saint Michael’s; Dartmouth; UConn or Trinity; Yale or Connecticut C.; Brown, Providence, or RISD; ClarHoly Cross, or WPI; Harvard, Boston U., or Northeastern; MIT, Boston C., or Emerson; Tufts, Brandeis or Wellesley

California: June 16 – 22 Cost: $1,785 ** / Originating city: Los Angeles, CChapman or Cal State-Fullerton; Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, or Scripps; USC or CaltecUCLA or Mount Saint Mary's; California Lutheran or Cal State-Northridge; Pepperdine or Loyola Marymount;Santa Clara or Menlo; Stanford or Notre Dame De Namur; UC-Berkeley or Mills; USF or San Francisco State

Northeast: June 22 – 29 Cost: $1,985 ** / Originating city: Boston, MBoston U., Northeastern, Babson, or Harvard; Tufts, MIT, or Boston C.; Brown, RISD, or Bryant; Yale or Wesleya

Fordham, Columbia, or Barnard; NYU, Parsons, or Sarah Lawrence; Penn, Drexel, or Swarthmore; Haverford,Bryn Mawr, or Villanova; Johns Hopkins, Goucher, MICA, or Loyola Maryland; Georgetown or George Washingto American, Maryland, or Washington, DC Tour

Canada: July 6 – 12 Cost: $1,635** / Originating City: Montreal, PMcGill; Concordia; Carleton; Waterloo or McMaster; Guelph; Ottawa; Queen's; Trent; Toronto; York

Southeast: July 7 – 12 Cost: $1,385 ** / Originating city: Washington, DGeorge Washington or Georgetown; Richmond or Randolph-Macon; Duke & UNC at Chapel Hill or Elon & GuilforWake Forest, Salem, or NC School of the Arts; Davidson or UNC-Charlotte; Georgia; Emory or OglethorpVanderbilt or Belmont

Northeast: July 13 – 19 Cost: $1,685 ** / Originating city: Boston, MHarvard, Northeastern, or Boston U.; MIT, Boston C., or Tufts; Brown, RISD, or Providence; Yale or FairfielColumbia, Fordham, or Barnard; NYU, Parsons, or Sarah Lawrence; Penn, Drexel, Temple, or SwarthmorHaverford, Bryn Mawr, or Villanova; American or Maryland; Georgetown or George Washington

New England: July 20 – 26 Cost: $1,585 ** / Originating city: Boston, MHarvard, Boston U., or Northeastern; Boston C., Tufts, or Suffolk; Babson, Wellesley, or Olin College; Holy CrosClark, or WPI; Brown, RISD, or Providence; UConn or Connecticut C.; Yale or Fairfield; Trinity or Quinnipa

Amherst, Smith, UMASS – Amherst, Mt. Holyoke, Hampshire

Cost includes: ground transportation, lodging (double occupancy), meals, student led campus tours, meetings with admissi

representatives, materials for evaluating schools, and activities. Participants choose school to visit when given option.

Schools may be substituted upon request. **Transportation to / from home city is not included.

TOURS ARE LED AND SUPERVISED BY COLLEGE VISITS STAFF AND HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS

Contact us for information on availability, other 2013 trips, tour descriptions, comments fromstudents and parents who have participated on previous tours, or registration materials

215 East Bay Street, Suite 401, Charleston, SC 29401

(843) 853-8149 • (800) 944-2798 • FAX (843) 577-2813

E-mail: info@college- visits.com • http://www.college-visits.com

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