Week of Aug 29 2022

CLASS 2026

After school activities start tomorrow! Your quote for the week: “This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” – Taylor Swift

CLASS 2025

After school activities start tomorrow! Your quote for the week:

“High school is about finding who you are, because that’s more important than trying to be someone else.” – Nick Jonas

CLASS 2024

We hope you are getting a better idea about your IB courses and the challenge you think you can take on. You want to lock in your classes soon, so if you are considering any class changes (like psychology to bio), come talk to A-G ASAP. You still have time to adjust your HL and SL courses. See below for a visit this week from a university.

CLASS 2023

This week and next I will be coming into your TOK classes to ensure you are doing what you need to do in order to get ready for university admissions. In the mean time, be sure to be working on your EE draft to avoid things piling up during university admissions deadline time period! See below for a visit this week from a university.

Resource of the Week

As classes get going, there is more work that teachers expect, deadlines might be approaching and summatives might be coming up. Further, being around teachers and friends for most of the day can all add up to feeling an intense level of stress or anxiety. Try https://www.calm.com/ to help reduce your stress and refocus your thoughts and feelings.

UNIVERSITY VISITS

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 6:30 pm Myanmar time

How to Prioritize and Manage Applications, School and Extracurricular Activities

Imperial College London and University of St. Andrews - Studying in the UK

Fri, Sep 2, 2022 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM MMT

The talk will cover the different undergraduate systems in the UK and the application process but will also touch on the transition to university study and university life. We will also briefly introduce the University of St Andrews and Imperial College London. As we have mentioned before, both very good universities but different from each other in so many ways.

We will have with us current students to share their experience and perspective on moving to the UK for undergraduate study and how they have been getting on.

University Events Upcoming

University of Bristol

Medicine Applicant Briefing

Monday, 5 Sept 2022

4.30pm – 5.30pm MMT

This webinar will introduce prospective applicants to the Bristol Medical School and our MBChB Medicine course, including the Admissions process for the 2023 intake. Ask academics, the SEA Office and current international students anything!

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tuesday, Sept 6, 2022 at 6:30 pm Myanmar time

Which Major Should I Choose?

Stevens Institute of Technology Virtual Visit

Steven's is a well known engineering and business school located in New Jersey in the United States. Take a look at some of what it is recognized for: https://www.stevens.edu/about-stevens/rankings-and-recognition.

You can also find there admissions stats here: https://www.stevens.edu/about-stevens/facts-statistics

The university admissions person who reads applications coming from Myanmar will visit on:

Wednesday, September 7th starting at 6:30 pm. The link to join: https://stevens.zoom.us/j/96827194515

Okayama University (Japan) Virtual Information Session for the Discovery Program

■Date & Time:

Friday, September 9, 2022

<Session 1> 9:00-10:00 a.m. *JST

<Session 2> 4:00-5:00 p.m. *JST

■How to Join:

Please register from the following Google Form by Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

https://forms.gle/MS4knnMiSjcGK32p9

■Online Zoom :

The link will be sent via email by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7.

■Agenda:

・Overview of the University and the program

・Admission Process

・Scholarship

・Student’s voice

・Q&A session

■Language: English

Scholarship Opportunity

Other Sessions

Becoming a Medical Student, Being a Medical Student – Recording

Scottish universities joint presentations – Arts & Humanities STEM, Medicine and allied subjects - Recordings

If you would like to know more about UK universities, you can take a short, free online course - sign up here: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/study-uk-education-advisors?utm_campaign=agents_march_2022&utm_source=icef_newsletter&utm_content=banner_week_3