Counselor’s Corner – February 14, 2020

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Just as we are told on the airplane before takeoff, fasten your own seatbelt and adjust your mask first before helping others.  Be sure to be your best self for those you love by taking good care of yourselves first and foremost.

College and Career Counseling

Grade 11 Parents: Please schedule a student/parent meeting with me in the Counseling Center to discuss university plans and options and to ask questions. I will be meeting with all grade 11 families starting in February. To schedule an appointment please contact Indra, the Counseling Assistant at: counselorsecretary@baliis.net or 62 361 288770 ext. 16

This week we had a visit from Curtin University,  and from Iis a truly global university with campuses in Australia, Dubai, Malaysia, Mauritius and Singapore and IE University in Spain.  Lecturer Mario Bertha http://marioberta.org/  from IE University in Segovia and Madrid, Spain spoke to Grade 12 students about “peak performance” during DP Hour on Feb. 13 and made parallels between this process used in in sports and in business to their work in the IB and how to achieve their best results on their exams in May. A few tips: eat well, exercise, get plenty of sleep, focus on the end goal and plan backward, and create routines for ongoing practice and improvement.

Feb 27:  Pathways to University

Mr. Henky Wijaya from ONCAMPUS will be here on Feb 27 during lunch 12:30-1:30 in the CCC to speak about Pathways to university-options for foundation year programs and pathways to university without the Full IB Diploma.

ONCAMPUS is a partnership between many of the world’s leading universities and Cambridge Education Group. ONCAMPUS centres are based on university campuses throughout the UK, Europe and the USA.

ONCAMPUS teach pre-university programmes leading to a wide range of undergraduate and Master’s degrees at leading universities across the UK, USA and mainland Europe. Their programmes are designed for international students who do not meet the requirements for direct entry to university study, and benefit from the support they offer in preparing them to progress to their chosen university. Since 2008, they have helped over 4,000 students’ progress to the best universities in the UK, USA and Europe.

Program Offerings:

ü  Undergraduate Foundation: for progression to a wide range of undergraduate degrees (BA/BSc)

ü  International Year One: for progression to  a year 2 of a wide range of Business, Economics and Engineering undergraduate degrees

Feb 27: HAN University of Applied Sciences Visit from 12:30 – 1:20 in the Upstairs Library.

Top 3 things about HAN:

• It is one of the 5 largest universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands, and One of the best Business School in the Netherlands, known as International School of Business (formerly Arnhem Business School)
• As University of Applied Sciences, HAN offers practice-based education to more than 30,000 students. HAN’s centres of expertise provide tailored research to companies and institutions. There is a mandatory internship and study abroad program for Bachelor students.
• All the courses are in English, no foundation year needed.

Interested parents and students are welcome to attend, please sign up here if you would like to attend.

Feb. 14: Registration Deadline for the March SAT Exam

Students in grade 11 can register to take the upcoming SAT on March 14 by creating an account and registering on collegeboard.org. The deadline to register for this exam date is Feb. 14.

Summer Programs and Other Opportunities

Please be sure to check and scroll through the tabs at the bottom of the regularly-updated Opportunities for Students document for:

• Upcoming College and University Visits
• Spring Break and Summer programs around the world
• Internships/ Scholarships
• Tutoring Resources