This Week In University Counselling: Grade 11

september 22-October 2

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

Now that we are well into the rhythm of the academic term, we hope you are feeling settled in your classes, and any course changes that you needed to make were taken care of last week.

If you still need to make changes to your courses, please make an appointment to see one of the 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.

canadian university event - Tuesday, September 26 @ SLS

In addition to the University Visits listed below, a special event is finally returning to the schedule: the Canadian University Event (CUE).

This classic university fair event brings post-secondary institutions from across the country into one place for you to gather material and connect with representatives of the institutions you are exploring.

This year, CUE is being hosted at Shawnigan Lake School on Tuesday, September 26, and we are invited to access the fair starting at 6:00 pm. We are inviting any interested Grade 11 and 12 students to head up to Shawnigan for CUE.

The following Canadian university will be in attendance at CUE:

In order to arrange for transportation, we need to know our numbers, so we need you to SIGN-UP for CUE. Please fill out this simple form to sign up for the event (please do NOT email University Counselling):

You must sign up by 1:00 pm on Saturday, September 23 so that we can confirm plans for transportation.

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 (BOLD = recent additions):

In order to arrange for transportation, we need to know our numbers, so we need you to SIGN-UP for CUE. Please fill out this simple form to sign up for the event (please do NOT email University Counselling):

university visits

We are excited to welcome our colleagues from universities to present to Brentwood students this fall!

Here are some UPCOMING visits that have been scheduled. Click on the School Name links for more information about them and their programs:

University of Auckland, New Zealand - Monday, September 25 @ 2:00 pm - Woodward 303

Simon Fraser University - Thursday, September 28 @ 2:00 pm - Woodward 303

Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland - Friday, September 29 @ 2:00 pm - Woodward 303

University of Rochester, New York - Friday, September 29 @ 2:00 pm - Woodward 302

A "MINI" US College Fair - Monday, October 2 @ 2:00 pm - Foote Field House

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:

interested in applying to colleges in the united states?

PSAT

We will be offering the PSAT to any Grade 11 students who might be interested in applying to colleges and universities in the United States in on Friday, October 20 @ 7:30 pm. If you want to sign up to take the PSAT, please fill out the following Form:

Once you have signed up, please use this link to access the PSAT Student Guide.

SAT Prep Course

Also, the SAT Prep Course will be returning after a pandemic hiatus. It will begin later this fall and run through the winter term in preparation for the March 2024 sitting of the SAT. More information will be coming out soon. STAY TUNED!

(See our TIMELINES page for more information on testing schedules and Brentwood's approach to US College Applications.)

"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!