US Applicants List

This list has been pulled from when you were in Grade 11 and attending USA Sundays in the spring. No doubt, it needs updating: 

• If you are no longer planning on applying to US colleges and should be removed from the list, please alert your University Counsellor. 

• If you are planning on applying to US colleges but are not on this list (perhaps you're new to Grade 12), please alert your University Counsellor ASAP!!

USA Sundays Applicant Workshop

Our next USA Sundays Applicant Workshop will be on:

Sunday, September 21 at 7:30 PM in the Foote Field House 

This session will give us all an opportunity to regroup after a busy summer of application work, focusing on Teacher Recommendations and Supplemental Writing.

SATs

The next SAT that will be offered at Brentwood is on October 4. The Registration Deadline for the October SAT is this Friday, September 19. Make an appointment with your University Counsellor to get help with registering.

The following SAT will be in November, but it falls during the Midterm break. Thus, it is not being offered at Brentwood. If you plan to write in November, you will need to find a Test Centre in the place you will be spending that break. Your University Counsellor can assist you.

PSAT - October

Are you interested in applying to colleges in the United States? Are you curious about the standardized testing process? Brentwood will be offering you the chance to explore these questions by take the PSAT in October... an unofficial,  practice version of the SAT that is a staple of the US College Admissions process.

A date has not yet been set for the PSAT; for now, we are gather the names of students who are interested in taking it. While many of you took the PSAT 10 last spring, the PSAT in the fall also allows US Citizens the chance to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program.

If you would like to take the PSAT in October, please fill out the following Form:

Recommendation Letters

Most US schools will require the submission of Recommendations Letters from Teachers and a Counsellor.

• Come into University Counselling to discuss which teachers you would like to ask for a Recommendation Letter. We can then discuss the process of requesting and inviting them to do so. You will need to fill out a Student Request Form for EACH Teacher from whom you are seeking a Recommendation Letter, and you will see those teachers IN PERSON to make you request, offer this form, and discuss what the information you provided. The form is below or hard copies are available in the University Counselling office.

• SCROLL DOWN TO FIND THE REQUEST FORM...

• In the CommonApp, please Invite your assigned Counsellor to complete the Counsellor Recommendation and Invite and Assign the Teachers who agree to provide Letters. Come into University Counselling for assistance if you need it.

• There are no Recommendation Letters required for your UC application... that is the notable exception!

Applicant Autobiography

All applicants who must have a Counsellor Recommendation Letter submitted will need to complete the Applicant Autobiography process. SCROLL DOWN TO FIND THE APPLCIANT AUTOBIOGRAPHY...

The CommonApp

• Your Common Application should be almost completely filled in by now, and you certainly have added schools and discovered what supplemental writing you need to complete. Get on with scheduling the tasks ahead!

• Please share your login credentials by entering them into the University Counselling Logins Form.

Early Decision/Early Action

• If you are planning on submitting an Early Decision or Early Action application that has a November 1 as its Due Date, then make sure your DO DATE for completing all of your application material is October 1. Then you will have plenty of time to have it all thoroughly reviewed in the University Counselling office before we submit it with you.

• And ED/EA applications with a November 15 Due Date will have a DO DATE of October 15.

• You MUST ensure that we know about your ED/EA plan by your DO DATE, otherwise University Counselling cannot support your application properly!

Other Applications

• If you are applying to one or more University of California campuses, you need to complete their own application: My UC Application. Get registered and start filling it out ASAP!

• There are many other separate applications to think about... you should already know what application platforms you need to set up accounts with and be completing.

• Please share your login credentials by entering them into the University Counselling Logins Form.

English Proficiency

If your first language is not English, regardless of your citizenship, you inevitably will have to do a test of English Proficiency as part of the admissions process. That would be TOEFL or IELTS... but it might be the much better, cheaper, and easier-to-access Duolingo. Regardless, it is critical that we review the English Proficiency requirements of EACH of your schools to ensure that you have a plan to meet their requirements.

International Certification of Finances

Any non-US citizen will, at some point, have to demonstrate that they have financial resources to pay for at least a year's expenses to attend school in the United States. Some schools require you to submit an International Certification of Finances (official proof of available funds from a financial institution) as part of the admissions process, while others only require it after you are admitted. It is critical that we review the requirements of EACH of your schools to ensure that you have a plan to meet their requirements. Your parents need to stand by to acquire and provide that financial documentation.