NSS—Overseas Further Studies

• Opening hours:– school hours until 4:30pm Mon-Fri– appointments possible

* At least 3-4 weeks in advance during peak season/year (2011-2012)

Just a “friendly” reminder

April 19th, 2011 March 31st, 2012

↓ ( > 11 months) ↓ TODAY END OF GRADE 12

CHANGES ARE POSSIBLE!

NSS—Overseas Further Studies

1.Paths and procedures for UK, US, Australia and Canada

2.Documents required

United Kingdom

G11

G12

BTEC

Foundation Degree

HNC/HNDUniversity

BTEC = Business & Technology Education Council Extended DiplomaHNC = Higher National CertificateHND = Higher National Diploma

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

Admission Requirements

UCAS Tariff points allocated to 23 HKDSE subjects except Mathematics:

Level Tariff Remarks 5** NA to be allocated with further evidence after the

first administration of HKDSE in 2012

5* 130 between grades A and A* in 2010 GCE A- Level exam

5 120 comparable to grade A in 2010 GCE A-Level exam

4 80 comparable to Grade C in 2010 GCE A-Level exam

3 40 comparable to Grade E in 2010 GCE A-Level exam

English language examsFor 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

UCASUCAS (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

United States of America

G12

2-year Community College

G11

4-year University/College

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

Admission Requirements

US Application Systems

1. The Common Application2. University of California system3. Other US universities

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

Australia

G12University

TAFE

G11

TAFE = Technical and Further Education

Foundation

Diploma

Certificate

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)

Subject English Chinese Mathematics Liberal Studies

Elective (s)

Level attained

4 n/a 3 3 1-2

Canada

G12G12

G11 UniversityUniversity Transfer

Programme

University Transfer

Programme

UTP = University Transfer Programme

- different admission policies - apply directly to universities - an electronic system or joint application available in Ontario

- additional exam(s) required (eg. TOEFL and IELTS)

Admission Requirements

Applications deadline in 2010-11

Country Deadline

UK Oxford or Cambridge: 15 Oct 2010All courses: 15 Jan 2011

US Early Decision: 11 Nov 2010All courses: 1 Jan 2011

Australia Approximate: Dec or MayExample of University of Melboune Semester 1: 1 Dec 2010 Semester 2: 15 May 2011

Canada Approximate : Feb or AprilExample of University of TorontoApplied Science and Engineering: 1 April 2011Faculty of Arts and Science, U of T St. George 15 March 2011

Documents - Prepared by YOU!

Country Personal statement (PS) IELTS/TOEFL SAT/SAT II GCE

UK Required to write no more than 4,000 characters (including spacing), i.e., appx 800-1,000 words

either one N/A Optional

US Common App: Required to write 250 words minimumUC: Responses to two prompts for a total maximum of 1,000 words Other univ: upon request

most universities/ colleges require either one

N/A

Australia Normally NOT required except some medical courses

most universities/ colleges require either one

N/A N/A

Canada Normally NOT required exceptfor intl students who want to apply for scholarships (eg. a list of activities, achievements and related records like OLEs/SLP in HK

most universities/ colleges require either one

Optional N/A

Documents – Prepared by DBS

Country Counsellor Recommendation Letter

Teacher (s) Recommendation Letter

Predicted Grades

Transcript

UK N/A

US most universities some universities most universities

Australia some universities some universities N/A

Canada some universities Some universities some universities

Documents available from CFFS

• Application Form (R1) • Transcript • Reference letter request form (R2)• Predicted grades request slip

Resources in CFFS

1. For updates• Please visit our website through the

DBS homepage regularly• http://www2.dbs.edu.hk/

furtherstudies/

Please go “Students” and click on “Centre

for Further studies”

Please go “Students” and click on “Centre

for Further studies”

http://www2.dbs.edu.hk/furtherstudies/

All counsellor contact information

All counsellor contact information

• 2. Resources libraries

• Include test-prep books and college prospectuses

• Opening hours:– school hours until 4:30pm Mon-Fri– appointments possible

* At least 3-4 weeks in advance during peak year (2011-2012)

Just “another” friendly reminder