Sonya Ohlsson
sonyao@isb.ac.th
JUNIORS:
The majority of Juniors have pre-registered for the PSAT. All juniors are expected to take the PSAT11 unless they Opt Out, with parent’s permission. Students who came to their pre-registration meeting were offered the Opt-Out Form to take home and return to us. If a student has not yet registered or if they wish to Opt-Out, they need to come to the College Office by September 30.
The PSAT is not required to take the SAT, but it offers the student a chance to practice and get valuable feedback on their testing so they can better prepare for a “real” SAT. We, along with the College Board strongly discourage students who are below grade 11 from taking an SAT. Many colleges and universities will not accept scores from 10th grade (or earlier) and they are often not valid (have expired) by the time the student actually applies to university. Colleges do not want “professional test takers”.
The PSAT is the morning of Wednesday, October 14. Please check back for more information as the date draws near.
SENIORS:
Please schedule your family check-in. It is very important that you meet with your College Counselor to share what your plans are so we can support your applications. Even if you are not applying until the spring, it is helpful to have that chat now so we can also plan when and how we support students.
You can schedule, via email with your college counselor, a time for that check-in on Thursday, October 1 and the morning of Friday, October 2, the days of the Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences.
SAT Saturday September 26:
All students must bring their school ID to get on campus. ALL STUDENTS must bring their Passport or Thai National ID and Admissions Ticket to gain entrance to the test rooms. No student will be admitted without a government issued ID and Admissions Ticket. There can be no exceptions–College Board makes these rules, not us. All phones will be turned off for the entire testing time and students may not access them until the tests are completed. We will let students in at 7:30am.
Some of next week’s Virtual University Visits:
Sept. 28: Pace, Creighton, Butler & University of Redlands 11am
Sept. 29: University of Edinburgh–taster lecture on engineering
Sept. 29: All about Australian Universities
Sept. 29-Oct. 29: Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sept. 30 University of British Columbia 11am
Sept. 30 Emory, University of Notre Dame, Tufts & Washington Univ.-St. Louis
Please check tinyurl.com/isbcollege for link and registration details for all virtual visits!!!