The new academic year ushers in a
new journey for our students – the journey of the College Application Process. KIC University
While the Class of 2015 takes the first step towards building a personal
inventory by reviewing personal and academic strengths, goals, plans and
interests, the Class of 2014 is at the third step where they are drawing up a
list of ten colleges which may represent a good ‘fit’ for them. To take the
students through this journey in a meaningful way, the College Counseling
Department at Pathways School Noida has facilitated various events since the
commencement of the Term. Some of these include –
UNIVERSITY VISITS – Faculty and Admissions Officers of a number of Colleges and countries were invited to interact with the students of our school and share information on campus life, course and college ranking, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
University Fair
Some of the
colleges that visited us were Bond University Australia, St. Andrews’ Scotland,
Trinity College Dublin, S.P. Jain Institute of Management, SIM Singapore, HULT,
PIHMS New Zealand, 5 colleges from the UK and 17 colleges from the US.
These events help Form 11 students to review
their academic interests and strengths and work out an overarching career plan.
However, they serve a different purpose for Form 12 students who are in the
process of short listing colleges for applications.
Trinity College, Dublin
The Admissions Officers
from many of the colleges appreciated the quality of interaction with our
students and have gone back with the impression that they need to review each
resume of a Pathways Noida candidate as they thought we were a fabulous school
with a strong curriculum and a focused student group.
Trinity College, Dublin
GUEST LECTURES –
Professors from Bath University UK visited our school and delivered faculty
lectures on Current and Future Aircraft Design and Game Theory and Corruption.
The students of Form 11 signed up for these
lectures based on their interests. Possibly the most interesting feature of the
changing scope of education today is that students can pursue multifarious
interests both academically and vocationally. These faculty lectures help students to understand and identify their interests in a better way
and begin to acknowledge the fact that there is little contradiction between
two seemingly different subjects that they may want to major in.
PROFILING STUDENTS AND SHORTLISTING
COLLEGES – It is that time of the year when The Department is teeming with
activity on this front. College preferences are developed based on the personal
inventory of students and a preliminary list of colleges is being drawn up. The
Admission Cycle for 2014 has started for the US and the UK and the Counseling
Office is engaged in interactions with students and parents and in filing all
the transcripts and testimonials for the students in order to make the process
of application as seamless as possible.
For any queries and concerns regarding College
Counseling please write to:
Deblina
Chakraborty
Career and
College Counselor
