This Week In University Counselling: Grade 12

September 6-16

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:

During the first full week of classes, if you need to make a Course Change, you can just drop into the University Counselling office (in the CIL) and see who is available

presentation: Grade 12 Orientation to University counselling

This Monday, September 9 during the Advisor Meeting block, Mr Rodrigues will be presenting to you and introducing you to everything you need to know about University Counselling this year. )

Please proceed to the Bunch and be seated in the Killy by 9:55 am sharp.

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.

You will be free to make changes up to Saturday, September 14 without having to seek out any permissions.

After September 14, Course Changes are still possible, but...

University Visits & Presentations

There are already some exciting visits and events scheduled that Grade 12 students are invited to attend.

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. 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!

US Applicants

We're back at school, so it's time for US Applicants to get back in the swing of things! 

Review the information on our US College Application Resources Page by clicking the button below, including details about the next USA Sundays Applicant Workshop 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:

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!