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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at
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Dates for your Diary
• NUS or for business anywhere – NUS Business School on 13 August
• the UK – UCL on 18 August
• writing personal statements – UCL on 18 August
• Canada - Humber on 25 August and UBC on 27 August
• a degree programme with more accessible entry requirements – Humber on 25 August
• Oxford or Cambridge applicants – a reminder that your application is due to me by Monday, 7 September (immediately after the holiday)
Thursday, 13 August, 1 pm in the Glass Hall- NUS Business School. Representatives from the NUS Business School will give a presentation on their programmes and pursuing business as a discipline. They offer a variety of undergraduate programmes and concurrent Masters programmes. See http://bschool.nus.edu.sg/ for more information.
Tuesday, 18 August, 1pm in Science Lab 6 – University College London, UK. Penny Zorbas, who spoke at school last year as well, will talk about UCL as well as give advice on writing personal statements in general. She has promised to show examples of what to avoid in personal statements. You may want to take notes in this talk – bring a pen and some paper with you.
Tuesday, 25 August, 1pm in Science Lab 6 – Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Canada. Humber offers degree programmes in a number of areas and has more accessible entry requirements - minimum IB Diploma scores of 24 will be considered, but scores of 28 or higher are recommended. See www.humber.ca for more information. Note that Humber has more accessible entry requirements.
Thursday, 27 August, 1pm in Science Lab 6 – University of British Columbia, Canada. Håkan Björn will speak about the programmes at UBC as well as scholarship opportunities at UBC. UBC is one of the more popular Canadian universities.
Information on programme specific IB grades and subjects required for UBC can be found at https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/vancouver/ib.ezc. Scholarship information for international students is at https://you.ubc.ca/ubc/vancouver/intlscholarships.ezc.
Kenyon College, US
Kenyon (www.kenyon.edu) is a small, more competitive liberal arts and sciences college in Ohio. They are particularly known for their programmes in English, Drama, Political Science and the sciences. Classes are small (average class size is 14) and the college has a reputation for being academically challenging but not competitive. On average they would be looking for IB points in the mid to upper 30s and SAT scores of around 1900-2100.
Kenyon is offering interviews in Singapore on Saturday, 29 August to Grade 12 students interested in applying. You do not have to have applied to be interviewed but you should be planning to apply. They ask that students email them directly for interview appointments - if you are interested email Kim Totman at totman@kenyon.edu for an appointment.
US Universities
Forbes.com have just released their 2009 ranking of US universities. You may find it helpful to use this as a guide in your research, but remember that no ranking is absolutely reliable and you should not make decisions about where you apply based on a ranking. However, the list and related articles make for interesting reading. See http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/02/best-colleges-ratings-opinions-ranking-2009_land.html
You may find the following related articles useful:
• “Screener – What’s the Best College For You?” (http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/05/best-colleges-ranking-screener-opinions-colleges-09-tool.html)
• “Focus On What You Do Best” (http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/02/choosing-the-right-college-opinions-pete-peterson.html)
• “Searching for Curiosity” (http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/02/alumni-interviews-college-opinions-marcus.html)
Good luck to our Grade 12 in their Mock Exams over the next two weeks…
Remember to keep checking the University Notices on both on the Senior School Website and on Moodle for updates during exams.