University and Careers

Counselling

ISNS"s University and Careers Counsellors(UCC) are vital mentors for both students and their families when it comes to planning for their post-secondary education. These counsellors provide comprehensive assistance to students in navigating the challenging and demanding process of applying to universities worldwide. They assess students" personality traits and career interests, compile transcripts and letters of recommendation, and collaborate with each student to create a customized path through high school and into their best-fit university.

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ISNS"s counselling process begins early, with students in grade 6, and continues until grade 11, which provides an in-depth understanding of their strengths, interests, and hobbies, leading to better guidance and support for their future plans.

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What UCC is working on before the university application stage

From grade 6 to grade 8 we are working with the students during the MYP hours. It"s roughly like six hours per year and from grade 9 to 10 we do monthly meetings with the students. When it gets to DP, from grade 11 to grade 12, we are working with them more and more.

G6-G8

For students in Grades 6 to 8, we focus on developing their interests, personality traits, strengths, and hobbies. This is an exploration of what they enjoy and where their passions lie.

G9-G10

In Grades 9 and 10, we focus more on the academic potential of students, their interests, strengths and hobbies, and how they can be combined to form a pathway to university. We further investigate the requirements for university programs, as well as what DP or high school courses students need to meet all of the requirements.

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Tailored lessons from G6 helping students to identify their career path

G6-G8

It is actually hard for the students and maybe for parents as well to identify what they really want to study at university when they are in grade 6 to 8. So during the class we are more working on their personality interests, the career profiles. We are using UniFrog and also before we were using BridgeU to introduce certain kinds of quiz for students for their references. For example, their personality type and possible career path. The quizzes like that can help students get a general idea of what might fit you.

https://www.unifrog.org/

https://bridge-u.com/

G9-G12

Since grade 9, the focus has shifted to career pathways.

What do students want to achieve in the future?

How does everything we’ve done in the past work?

Learning about skills; strengths; interests; academics;

how do these skills and interests relate to different careers?

Then, in grade 10, we’re looking at those careers, university programs, and making sure they’re on the right track to achieving their goals. They’re really focused on university prerequisites for their program courses and picking their DP courses during grade 10.

Typically, we’ll have a Parents’ Workshop to inform parents about the application process. We’ll have one for the end of grade 10 and the start of grade 11, and we’ll also have more one-on-one family sessions when they’re entering their second half of grade 11 and in grade 12.

Key Points

Important Documents

All the preparation documents will be initiated and finished on one drive. This is a shared drive only for the counselors and students just to make sure all the work the students produce is authentic. The counselors usually need to sign the recommendation letters to universities to make sure all the application documents are authentic.

Academic Integrity

One of our key points at ISNS is academic integrity. We believe the students are capable of doing their own work; they"re capable of doing it to a university level standard. We follow the same process with UCC and their university applications. So when they"re writing their essays; when they"re preparing their resumes, everything is held to that stained level or the same standard of academic integrity.

Confidentiality

At the beginning of grade 11, one of the things that we do with parents and with students is sign a UCC contract. Within that it provides parents with a complete outline of everything we do; an overview of all of our policies around confidentiality. Making sure that official school documents like predicted grade reports, transcripts, letters of reference, those things go directly from UCC to the university the students are applying to.

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Strong Reputation and Trusted Relationships with Universities

around the world

The relationship between UCC and university admissions officers is something we"ve worked for years to build and it is a relationship built on trust and respect, based on the fact that we follow the best practice throughout the industry. And we"ve developed a really strong reputation with these universities.

CONTACT

Students are always welcome to stop by UCC office or send messages on Teams. For parents they can send an email and it is accessible to all grade levels at ISNS.

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Slide to English

大學與職業咨詢輔導

在規劃高等教育時，ISNS 的大學與職業顧問是學生及其家人的重要導師。這些輔導員為學生提供全面的幫助，幫助他們應對充滿挑戰和要求很高的申請全球大學的過程。他們評估學生的性格特征和職業興趣，編制成績單和推薦信，并與每位學生合作，為他們打造定制的高中升學路徑和最適合他們的大學。

ISNS 的咨詢過程從6年級的學生開始，一直持續到11年級，深入了解他們的優勢、興趣和愛好，從而為他們的未來計劃提供更好的指導和支持。

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大學申請前顧問們做些什么？

從6年級到8年級，我們在MYP課程期間給學生全程指導。大約每年六個小時；從9年級到10年級，我們每月與學生開會。到11，12年級DP階段時，我們的會面越來越多。

G6-G8

對于6年級到8年級的學生，我們更多的是關注他們的興趣、性格、特長、喜歡的科目等等，更多的是探索他們喜歡什么，他們的熱情所在。

G9-G10

在9年級和10年級，我們開始更多地關注學生的學術潛力、他們的興趣、優勢和愛好，以及這些如何結合起來為你的道路創造未來。我們開始更多地探索他們進入大學課程所需的，以及需要哪些DP或高中課程才能滿足所有要求。

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6至12年級定制課程，發掘學生潛力

G6-G8

實際上，對于學生和家長來說，在6至8年級時，很難確定他們真正想在大學學習什么。所以在課堂上，我們更多地關注他們的個性興趣，職業傾向。我們使用軟件UniFrog，之前使用BridgeU，介紹一些測試給同學們參考。例如，他們的性格類型測試和可能的職業道路等等。這樣的測驗可以幫助學生大致了解可能適合的職業道路。

https://www.unifrog.org/

https://bridge-u.com/

G9-G12

9年級開始學生開始規劃職業道路發展。

將來想做什么；

我們過去所做的一切如何；

了解他們的技能， 優勢， 興趣， 學術成績；

這些東西如何潛在地聯系到不同的職業中。

然后在10年級，我們將研究這些職業，大學課程，確保學生朝著正確的方向前進。10年級主要側重于大學錄取要求以及選擇DP課程。

我們通常會舉行家長研討會，來知會家長大學申請過程。我們在10年級末和11年級初有一次，進入到11年級下半年和12年級時還有更多一對一的個人家庭會議。

重要事項

重要文件

所有準備文件都在一個共享文件夾啟動和完成。這是一個僅供顧問和學生使用的共享文件夾，以確保學生的所有資料文件都是真實的。顧問通常需要在給大學的推薦信上簽字，以確保所有申請文件的真實性。

學術誠信

ISNS的核心價值之一是學術誠信。我們相信學生有能力完成自己的任務；他們有能力達到大學水平的標準。輔導員和學生及其大學申請遵循相同的流程。所以他們寫論文的時候；準備簡歷的時候，都需保持同樣要求的學術誠信標準。

保密性

11年級開始時，我們與家長和學生一起做的一件事就是簽署UCC（大學與職業顧問）合同。其中，包含了我們所做的一切的完整概述；我們關于保密的所有政策的概述。確保正式的學校文件，如預測成績報告、成績單、推薦信，這些文件直接從大學職業顧問發送到學生申請的大學。

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Strong Reputation and Trusted Relationships with Universities

around the world

大學職業顧問和大學招生人員之間的關系是我們多年來努力建立的，這種關系建立在信任和尊重的基礎上，基于我們一直以來遵循整個行業的實踐操作。我們在這些大學中享有很高的聲譽。

聯系方式

如果學生想要了解信息，可隨時訪問大學職業顧問辦公室或用Teams聯系。想要獲取信息的家長，也可以發送電子郵件。大學職業顧問服務于所有年級。

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