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NSS—Overseas Further Studies

NSS—Overseas Further Studies. Just a “friendly” reminder. Opening hours: school hours until 4:30pm Mon-Fri appointments possible * At least 3-4 weeks in advance during peak season/year (2011-2012). April 19 th , 2011  March 31 st , 2012

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NSS—Overseas Further Studies

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  1. NSS—Overseas Further Studies

  2. Just a “friendly” reminder • Opening hours: • school hours until 4:30pm Mon-Fri • appointments possible * At least 3-4 weeks in advance during peak season/year (2011-2012)

  3. April 19th, 2011  March 31st, 2012 ↓ ( > 11 months) ↓ TODAY END OF GRADE 12 CHANGES ARE POSSIBLE!

  4. NSS—Overseas Further Studies 1.Paths and procedures for UK, US, Australia and Canada 2.Documents required

  5. United Kingdom Foundation Degree G12 HNC/HND University G11 BTEC BTEC = Business & Technology Education Council Extended Diploma HNC = Higher National Certificate HND = Higher National Diploma

  6. Admission Requirements - exact calculations of grades/points - additional exam(s) required (eg. TOEFL, IELTS, BMATA and LNAT)

  7. UCAS Tariff points allocated to 23 HKDSE subjects except Mathematics:

  8. English language exams For undergraduate courses: - IELTS 5.5-7.0 - TOEFL 550 for paper based test or 213 on computer based test For Sub-degree courses: - IELTS 4.0-5.5 Other entrance exams: Medicine:Biomedical Admission Tests or UK Clinical Aptitude Test Law:National Admission Test for Law

  9. UCAS UCAS (University and Colleges Admission Service) - responsible for ALL applications to UK universities • for each application, students may apply for 5 different courses, in different or the same universities • for medicine, veterinary and dentistry, students can have a maximum of 4 choices for those courses, and one choice for other courses • can apply to Oxford OR Cambridge but not both

  10. United States of America 4-year University/College G12 G11 2-year Community College

  11. Admission Requirements - different admission policies - additional exam(s) required (eg. SAT, TOEFL and IELTS)

  12. US Application Systems • The Common Application • University of California system • Other US universities

  13. 1.The Common Application -serves more than 400 US universities eg. Harvard, Yale and Univ of Michigan 2. University of California (UC) -for undergraduate admissions of ten campuses eg. UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego 3. Other US universities eg. M.I.T. and University of Wisconsin

  14. Australia TAFE G12 Foundation University Certificate G11 Diploma TAFE = Technical and Further Education

  15. Admission Requirements - different admission policies - apply directly to universities - some have declared their requirements on HKDSE eg. University of South Australia - additional exam(s) required (eg. TOEFL, IELTS and Exams for Medicine)

  16. Canada G12 University Transfer Programme G11 University UTP = University Transfer Programme

  17. AdmissionRequirements - different admission policies - apply directly to universities - an electronic system or joint application available in Ontario - additional exam(s) required (eg. TOEFL and IELTS)

  18. Applications deadline in 2010-11

  19. Documents - Prepared by YOU!

  20. Documents – Prepared by DBS

  21. Documents available from CFFS • Application Form (R1) • Transcript • Reference letter request form (R2) • Predicted grades request slip

  22. Resources in CFFS 1. For updates • Please visit our website through the DBS homepage regularly • http://www2.dbs.edu.hk/furtherstudies/

  23. Please go “Students” and click on “Centre for Further studies”

  24. http://www2.dbs.edu.hk/furtherstudies/ All counsellor contact information

  25. 2. Resources libraries

  26. Include test-prep books and college prospectuses

  27. Just “another” friendly reminder • Opening hours: • school hours until 4:30pm Mon-Fri • appointments possible * At least 3-4 weeks in advance during peak year (2011-2012)

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