This Week In University Counselling: Grade 10
september 15-25
Appointments to see a university counsellor
To see one of the University Counsellors, you must make an appointment using our on-line booking system.
To book an appointment, you need to be logged into the Brentwood system through your school email account. Also, you must ensure that you have opened your Google Calendar at least once to ensure that the times between the two systems are in sync.
To access our on-line appointment system, click HERE to go to the correct page on the University Counselling website...
Although we shouldn’t have to tell you, do not make an appointment during a class—academic, arts or athletics—you cannot skip to attend a University Counselling appointment!
course changes
If you need to make changes to your courses, you may stop by University Counselling this week to see if one of us is free if it is a matter of a quick change, but only up to Saturday, September 16 without having to seek out any permissions.
After September 16, Course Changes are still possible, but...
You will first need to make an appointment with us in University Counselling,
You will need to go through a process whereby permissions from teachers, your Advisor, and your parents will need to be confirmed.
The deadline for all course changes will be October 6.
university visits
We are excited to welcome our colleagues from universities to present to Brentwood students this fall! And we are excited to extend the invitation to Grade 10 students to explore some of the presentations we offer from universities and colleges in the United States and elsewhere in the World.
Here are some UPCOMING visits that have been scheduled. Click on the School Name links for more information about them and their programs:
These and more presentations are scheduled, as you can see in the Calendar below:
For university presentations, you MUST SIGN UP to attend...
Procedure for Signing-Up for University Presentations:
If they occur during a sport or fine art, you MUST get permission from your coach/instructor to attend the Presentation. You must do this AHEAD OF TIME.
Once you have permission from your coach/instructor, if required, Email University Counselling to request to be signed up for a presentation, and be specific about which one it is.
You must Email University Counselling with your request no later than the night before the day of the presentation. Last minute requests are not permitted.
What about presentations by Canadian Universities?
We would ask Grade 10 students to hold off on attending presentations for Canadian universities until Grade 11. The application processes for Canadian universities are more streamlined than they are for schools outside of Canada, and so it more suitable to wait until Grade 11 to really engage in them. While having Grade 10s involved is an exciting opportunity, we do want Grade 10 students to ease into the process so as to not disrupt their schedules too much with attendance at numerous presentations when there is plenty of time to do so over the next couple of years!
US College Fair - Tuesday, October 3 @ SMUS
We will be making arrangements for interested students to attend the Vancouver Island College Event, "VICE", a US college fair hosted at St. Micheals University Schools in Victoria on Tuesday, October 3.
A bus will run at 3:00 pm from Brentwood so that students can attend the fair between 4:00-5:00 pm. We are inviting any interested Grade 10, 11, and 12 students to attend.
The following US colleges will be in attendance at VICE with more registering still:
American University of Paris
Boston University
California State University, San Bernardino
College of the Holy Cross
Columbia College Chicago
Illinois Wesleyan University
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Northeastern University
NYU Shanghai
San Mateo Colleges of Silicon Valley
Sarah Lawrence College
Tulane University
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UC Merced
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
University of Oregon
Washington University in St Louis
"What's involved in this post-secondary planning process?"
Planning for your post-secondary life after Brentwood can be a confusing and intimidating process... that's why University Counselling is here to be with you every step of the way! For the process to go well, however, you and your parents have to be informed consumers! That means keeping up with information (here on this website), but also anticipating what's to come. How do you do that?
Take some time to review the Timelines section of this website. It will give you and your parents a broad view of what's involved at various stages through the process, now and into the future! Certainly, it will answer questions you have about the critical times that demand action from you!