Newsletter

August 30, 2012

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

Mr. Joachim Ekstrom

(Mr. Kim)

jekstrom@nist.ac.th

Room 4203

Phone Extension: 353

Mrs. Brenda Manfredi

bmanfredi@nist.ac.th

Room 4204b

Phone Extension: 204

Meet the Counselors

Last Thursday of every month!

The NIST College Counseling Newsletter will provide extra guidance

for you. It will be sent to you on the last Thursday of every month un-

til 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 important infor-

mation, dates, and deadlines when needed. This newsletter will also

be sent to your parents and teachers.

This is your first newsletter. There will be 19 more issues before you

graduate from NIST. This issue will remind you of what you should

have done by now, and what is coming up in your research process.

Kind regards,

The Secondary Counselors

What You Should Have Done By Now 2

What’s Coming Up 3

UCLA at NIST Sep. 10-11 -First time in Thailand 4

Brown and UPenn at NIST on September 26 5

Japanese University Fair on September 16 6

AEO—US University Fair on September 22 7-8

US Higher Education Fair on September 30 9

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

College Visits @ NIST Aug 30 - Sep 27 10

Steps to College/University

What You Should Have Done By Now

Contemplated the three big questions:

What are you good at?

What are you passionate about?

What are your priorities?

Completed “Do what you are” Completed “Career Interest Profiler”

Finding out

about yourself

Researched various careers

Completed the Year 11 Career

Survey on Naviance

Researched various programs/

majors

Considered what university

systems (countries) you want to

apply to

Considered what your parents

want for you… and think about

how you will address possible

differences in expectations

Considered various post-

secondary options: 3-4 year college degrees

Vocational school – community

college

Preparatory courses

Gap Year(s)

Military Service

Researching tools for Australian universities:

http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/ and http://

www.uac.edu.au/

Finding out about

Post-Secondary

options

Visited universities during the

summer break (if possible)

Completed your “Work Experience

Week” and sent the completed

manual to your counselor

Talked with your parents about

what they learned from the

Application Information Evening

for Year 12 Parents on August 27th

What Else?

Great online search tools for US universities (These are links. Just click!)

An excellent resource for researching UK universi-

ties with a personality type test connected to the

UCAS database (www.ukcoursefinder.com)

What’s Coming Up

Next NIST College Counseling News will be in your inbox on Thursday September 27.

Kind regards, The Secondary Counselors

Develop a set of criteria (your own personal road map) to help guide your university search.

Have an honest conversation with your parents about finances.

“How much money is available each year for 3-4 years of undergraduate study?”

Start reviewing the list of universities visiting NIST on Naviance, and plan to meet with

many of them. The university list is also attached below. Please note that the list on Navi-

ance will be updated as we get more visits confirmed.

September 7–“Nuts and Bolts of Applying to University” Workshop with your counselor

September 10 - 6-8 pm- UCLA session open to community - NIST Theatre

September 12- 3.15-4.15 pm- UK University Application Workshop - College Library

September 14–3-5 pm -US Mock Application Workshop with Rice/Chicago/Vanderbilt

September 16- Japanese University Fair – Central World - (list of universities at the end)

September 20– 2.30-3.30 pm- Study in Australia Info Session - College Library

September 25- CIS US College Fair at ISB - we will leave NIST at 9 am

September 30– US College Fair at Landmark Hotel

Overview of Australian universities

Alternative pathways into programs

Workshop on

“Study Options in

Australia”

20th September 2:30-3:30 pm

In the College Library

Presented by Montakan O’Neill Insight Education Consulting

Entry requirements

Application processes

Helps you understand the application process “behind the scene”

You will act as admission officers and review 3 mock applications

Each “admission committee” will discuss the applicants and choose to admit one, waitlist

one and deny one.

Together with the admission officers, you will then compare each group’s decisions and

talk about the process.

US Mock

Application Session

14th September 3.00-5.00 pm

In the Counseling Area

Presented by:

Rice, Chicago and Vanderbilt

.

First time in Thailand!

Ffiona Rees

Senior Associate Director of International Admissions, will be holding an Evening Information Session:

Bangkok

Monday, September 10th at 6:00 pm New International School of Thailand (NIST)

Venue: NIST Theatre 36 Sukhumvit 15,

Bangkok 10110, Thailand

For more information and to register for the event: www.admissions.ucla.edu/UCLAEvents/BangkokInfoSession

We encourage you to bring your parents and/or guests but please be aware

that this event will be in English only.

For more information and to r.s.v.p. go to www.admissions.ucla.edu/UCLAEvents/BangkokInfoSession

Register for the Event: http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/e/thailand

Brown University University of Pennsylvania

www.brown.edu www.upenn.edu

Japan Educational Seminar on Sep 16th, 2012 between 10:00-17:00

Bangkok Convention Centre at Central World.

http://www.uni.international.mext.go.jp/

http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/info_fair_thailand_2012_e.html

AEO - US University Fair at Plaza Athenee Hotel (61 Wireless Road)

Saturday 22 September 1-4 pm Map:

http://www.plazaatheneebangkok.com/location

27th annual US Higher Education Fair

Sunday, 30 September 2012 at the Landmark Hotel (Nana BTS)

1 Abilene Christian University 2 Academy of Art University 3 Alfred State- State University of New York 4 California State University Northridge 5 California State University, Long Beach 6 Calvin College 7 Central Washington University 8 City University of Seattle 9 Creighton University 10 Embry-Riddle 11 Fairleigh Dickinson University 12 Florida Institute of Technology 13 Foothill and De Anza Colleges 14 George Mason University 15 Guilford College 16 Hawai'i Pacific University 17 Hult International Business School 18 Indiana University 19 Iowa State University 20 Lincoln University - Literature Only 21 LIU-Brooklyn 22 Loyola Marymount University 23 Loyola University Chicago 24 Olympic College 25 Oregon State University 26 Portland State University 27 San Diego State University 28 San Jose State University 29 Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) 30 The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point 31 Troy University 32 University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 33 University of California, Riverside 34 University of California-Santa Barbara 35 University of Illinois at Chicago 36 University of LaVerne 37 University of Maryland-Baltimore County - Literature Only 38 University of Missouri - St. Louis 39 University of Missouri-Kansas City 40 University of North Texas 41 University of Portland 42 University of San Francisco 43 University of South Florida 44 University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering 45 Washington University in St. Louis 46 Widener University

Name of University Date of Visit Location of Time of Visit Place

Universities

University of British Columbia Tuesday, September 4 Canada 10:45-11:35 College Career Library

Saint Mary's College of California Thursday, September 6 CA, USA 10:45-11:35 Space opposite College Career Library

Macalester College Friday, September 7 Mn, USA 10:45-11:35 College Career Library

Nagoya University Monday, September 10 Japan 1045-11:35 College Career Library

Nagoya University Monday, September 10 Japan 11:35-12:15 College Career Library

Cornegie Mellon University Monday, September 10 PA, USA 14:30-15:30 College Career Library

New York University Monday, September 10 NY, USA 14:30-15:30 College Career Library

Case Western Reserve University Monday, September 10 OH, USA 14:30-15:30 College Career Library

Emory University Monday, September 10 GA, USA 14:30-15:30 College Career Library

University of Rochester Monday, September 10 NY, USA 14:30-15:30 College Career Library

University of California at Los Angeles Tuesday, September 11 LA, USA 10:45-11:35 College Career Library

University of Queensland Tuesday, September 11 Australia 10:45-11:35 College Career Library

University of Notre Dame Wednesday, September 19 IN, USA 14:30-15:30 College Career Library

Australian University information session with insight EducationThursday, September 20 Australia 14:30-15:30 College Career Library

CIS fair Tuesday, September 25 USA 9:20-12:20 ISB

Hofstra University Tuesday, September 25 NY, USA 13:15-14:30 College Career Library

Ringling College of Art and Design Tuesday, September 25 FL, USA 13:15-14:30 College Career Library

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Wednesday, September 26 WA, USA 10:45-11:35 College Career Library

University of Pennsylvania Wednesday, September 26 PA, USA 18:30-20:30 Theatre

Brown University Wednesday, September 26 RI, USA 18:30-20:30 Theatre

Les Roches International School of Hotel ManagementThursday, September 27 Switzerland 10:45-11:35 College Career Library

Glion Institute of Higher Education Thursday, September 27 Switzerland 10:45-11:35 College Career Library

updated 28 August 2012

Visiting Universities

August 30- September 27 - 2012