This Week In University Counselling: Grade 12
May 3-13
Messages that ALL STUDENTS need to review... so take a look:
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!
Take note: there are some evening appointments (virtual) that are available in the coming weeks... look carefully at all of the University Counsellors and their booking calendars for days/times that work best.
CLC & Your Capstone Projects
Time to Present your Capstone Project to your Advisor!
If you haven't completed your Capstone Project Presentation yet, you are running out of time! Talk to your Advisor about arranging for a time to get this done.
Please check your CLC Google Classroom for all the information you need to ensure everything is complete and submitted.
Please see the Career Education website for details about your Capstone Project.
university counselling final update & GRADUATION CEREMONY READOUT form
In order to capture ALL of the information regarding your applications, we ask that you take time to complete the Form below. We know you may not have ALL of the updates to offer, so you can return to the form to provide further information.
We also take this opportunity to get information from you concerning the Graduation Ceremony in June, so this Form is very important.
EVERY SINGLE GRADE 12 MUST COMPLETE THIS FORM... If you have all your information, please get it done.
At the moment, ONLY 18 of you have completed the Form... the rest of you need to get on with it!
Admission offers: action required
All Offers of Admission will have a deadline or expiry date associated with then. You must confirm what your deadline is to accept an offer. Once it is expired or past the deadline, the Offer of Admission is gone forever. We cannot work miracles to get them back!
Virtually all universities require a deposit of some kind to be paid to accept your Offer of Admission (except in Ontario). This often needs up to a week to process, so do not delay in accepting your Offer of Admission... give yourself plenty of time before the deadline to accept.
May 1 tends to be a very common deadline to accept an Offer of Admission...
TAKE NOTE, however, that the payment of the deposit for SOME UNIVERSITIES can take several days to process, so you CANNOT wait until May 1 to make the payment... indeed, we recommend that you act by SATURDAY, APRIL 27 to pay your admissions deposit in order for it to be processed by May 1.
university choice
As you consider which university admission offer you want to accept, it is imperative that you consider the conditions of your offers to ensure that you will be able to meet them come the end of the year. In some cases, you have very little room for your academic average to change, and so meeting those conditions might be challenging. It would be wrong of you to choose a university if the chances of meeting the conditions is low!
Please meet with one of the University Counsellors to discuss your options.
Messages that SELECT STUDENTS need to review:
University of victoria: Registration 101
Maggie Messer, UVic Student Recruitment Officer, will be returning to campus to run this very important sessions about Course Planning and Registration for students who will be attending University of Victoria on Tuesday, May 27, 2:00-3:00pm in Woodward 303. It is very important that you attend to learn everything you need to know about building a timetable and enrolling in courses. If you have an Arts commitment that day, please check with your teacher and seek permission to be excused from your Arts to attend this session.
If you want to attend, PLEASE EMAIL MS HALL.
Course Registration
At some universities, their system for Course Registration for next year is already open! If you are planning on attending, you need to ensure your offer is accepted and map out your courses sooner rather than later. The university counsellors would be happy to assist you, even at a distance, through navigating the system… you usually just need a little guidance before you can do it on your own!
Course registration at some other popular universities will happen later. Here are some key timelines:
Now... Alberta; Calgary
In June... but after the end of the school year: Dalhousie, McGill, UBC, Victoria, Western
In the summer: Queen’s, Waterloo, Toronto, and most US colleges
international student visas
International students who will need to apply for visas to attend university in either the US or Canada need to make sure they are getting on with the process. The University Counsellors can assist you in applying, but as the process takes time, we need to get started.
For a Study Permit to attend a Canadian university, it is FAR better to apply to extend your current permit while you are here at Brentwood.
For an F-1 Study Visa to attend an American university, you will need to attend an interview at the US embassy in your home country, but everything can and needs to get done well before you can book that interview.
In both cases, documentation proving that you have the financial resources available to cover the costs of your education for next year, at least, is required, so parents will have to move on that.
For a Tier-4 Student Visa to attend university in the UK, the process can only begin once you have an unconditional offer, so in the summer. The application process, though, is efficient, and can easily be completed in the summer months.
Please see Mr. Rodrigues for any questions that you have about visas/permits.