Kevin Davy
kevind@isb.ac.th
Dear Parents,
Welcome back from the October holiday! We hope students are well rested and ready for the push leading up to December break. As always, if you are concerned about your son’s or daughter’s performance or experiences here at ISB or outside of school, do not hesitate to contact his or her counselor. We’re here to help.
Grade 12 – Seniors applying to universities with deadlines of November through January (Hong Kong, UK, Canada, US, etc.) are busy finalizing and submitting their applications with counselors. November 24 is the final date to submit transcript requests for applications deadlines through February (formal notification to ISB of where a Senior is applying). We want to remind students and parents that application essays should be the sole work of the student, written in their own voice. Admissions representatives are keen at detecting if essays are not the work of a 17/18 year-old student and compare written work to grades and standardized test scores. A few final reminders for Seniors and parents:
1. Standardized test scores (TOEFL, ACT, SAT, etc.) must be sent from the testing agency, not ISB.
2. Seniors applying to universities that are not in their home country (ie: Thai citizen applying to the US) will need to submit some form of financial documentation/ability to pay. Please research this requirement thoroughly for each university. Each school has a different requirement.
Grade 11 – Grade 11 students who are non-native English speakers took the Institutional TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) exam on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The Institutional TOEFL is a practice test that assesses a student’s English language proficiency in three areas: Listening Comprehension, Written Expression, and Reading Comprehension.
Continue to meet with college/university representatives to learn about different institutions and to connect with representatives.
Grade 10 – Sophomores will have their second seminar this coming week, November 12th and 13th. We will do a “Career Interest Profiler” where students can see how their strengths in character (Seminar #1) match up with their skills and interests in specific areas. It should yield some interesting information!
Grade 9 – Every Freshman will be meeting with Mr. Davy for an individual conference during the month of October and beginning of November. This will be a check-in to see how life in the high school is moving along. This week in Freshman Seminar students were introduced to the idea of SMART goals; they then completed an individual Goal Plan for Grade 9. Towards the end of the week we took a Freshman University Tour through the use of the online Naviance Program. Here students became familiar with the university search tools available to them through the program.
Upcoming College/University Visits
Friday, November 7: @ lunch in room #203
Ritsumeiken Asia Pacific University (Japan)
Thursday November 13:@ lunch in room #203
Ghent University Global Campus
Thursday November 13:@ lunch in room #203
University of Utah Asia Campus
Thursday November 13:@ lunch in room #203
George Mason University Korea
Thursday November 13:@ lunch in room #203
SUNY Korea
Please see Naviance for the extensive list of colleges/universities that will be visiting ISB.
Have a great weekend!
The HS Counseling Department