This Week In University Counselling: Grade 12

September 20-30

Appointments to see YOUR university counsellor

To see your assigned University Counsellor, 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.

Click the button to proceed to our Appointment Booking page:

Please Note:

presentation: Grade 12 Orientation to University counselling

If you want to review the Univesity Counselling Orientation presentation slides from this past Monday, please click the button below and find them on our Presentations page:

course changes

If you need to make changes to your courses...

University Visits & Presentations

There are LOTS of exciting visits and events scheduled that Grade 12 students are invited to attend, including the annual Vancouver Island College Event (VICE) fair at SMUS.

Click the button to proceed to our University Visits & Presentations page to view upcoming events and learn how to sign up to attend them:

ALL Grade 12s Need to ‘Check-In’ with YOUR University CounsellOR by Thanksgiving... if not sooner!

We need to see all 150 of you by Thanksgiving to check-in and get an update of your post-secondary plans. Just over ONE-THIRD of you have already come in, so well done... About 90 to go!!

It might be a quick meeting that confirms that your plans are exactly the same as they were in the spring of Grade 11, but more likely it will be a somewhat more detailed meeting during which we are able to discuss plans that have been refined over the summer. It is critical that this check-in happen so that we can ensure that you are on the right track with respect to course requirements, the application process, etc.

Please sign up for your appointment sooner rather than later!

university counselling's one commandment

Remember what was said during the University Counselling Orientation Presentation:

All applications must be submitted in our offices with your university counsellor

As application portals open up, you may be tempted to fire off the simple ones. Please DO NOT. Follow our guidance and work with us on this all-important process.

university counselling's golden rule

Remember what was said during the University Counselling Orientation Presentation:

For any application requiring any supplemental writing, ALL APPLICATON MATERIAL MUST BE COMPLETED ONE MONTH BEFORE THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE!

YOUR DO-DATE = 1 MONTH BEFORE THE DUE DATE!

We will be reminding you about our DUE DATE-DO DATE policy very often over the course of the fall, but it is important that you sear it into your brains now! Plan ahead and get the work done in a timely fashion! It's a proven approach, so adhere to it, and your applications will thank you!!

US Applicants

Review the information on our US College Application Resources Page by clicking the button below, including TONNES of details about your Applications and the upcoming October SAT.

UK Applicants

Anyone planning to apply to any of the following needs to check out our UK University Application Resources page for very important information as DEADLINES ARE FAST APPROACHING:

Click to the button to proceed to our UK University Application Resources page:

Canadian Applicants

While there have been murmurs about certain application platforms opening up prior to October 1, there is no advantage whatsoever in submitting an application NOW versus after October 1... Please trust us on this, there is no need to move on this immediately.

We will be giving you specific guidance on setting up application accounts correctly and sharing relevant information. Then, come October 1, we can happily get moving on the basic applications. HANG TOUGH!

scholarships

We will keep our Scholarships page updated with all the information we have on national, provincial, and local awards. Click to the button to proceed to our Scholarships page:

UC Logins Form

While you are always advised to protect your login credentials for websites on which you establish accounts, it is vital that you share those credentials with University Counselling so that we can fully support your applications. We do promise absolute discretion in protecting your credentials... you can put your trust is us!

To easily share your Application Account Login Credentials, please use this Form:

International Students whose First Language is Not English

Students whose first language is one other than English, you may very well have to prove your English proficiency to universities by means of a test like TOEFL or IELTS. If you have been at Brentwood since Grade 9, that is often enough for many Canadian universities. If you have been at Brentwood for 3 years or less, and/or you are planning to apply to universities outside of Canada, you must come in to review the Proof of English Proficiency policies of your universities of choice. These policies can vary wildly, and if require a test at even one university on your list, then we need to make plans for you to write TOEFL or IELTS sooner rather than later. 

TOEFL and IELTS tests are available locally in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Vancouver, as well at locations around the world. Please come in to discuss options. If you are in doubt about whether you will need to write, come in. IF ENGLISH IS NOT YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE, COME IN TO CONFIRM REGARDLESS!