College Counseling Corner
The last few weeks have been busy with the DP2 students making final decisions on college applications, preparing their essays, documents and submitting them. This is also the start of an exciting and stressful time waiting for decisions, which have already started to trickle in.
College Visits
We have 13 Colleges and Universities visiting us in the coming two weeks. Students are requested to sign up on the Google Form sent to them to meet with the universities and parents are also welcomed by emailing Reena in advance (reena.nair@mbis.org). On Monday the 22nd of January we also have a professor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Canada giving our DP students an introductory workshop on the power of mathematics in the application of game theory.
Monday 22 January – 9:15 to 10:15
- Franklin College, Indiana, United States
- University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Thursday 25 January – 11:00 to 12:00
- Ohio University, Athens Ohio, United States
Tuesday 30 January – 11:00 to 12:00
- IE University, Madrid and Segovia, Spain
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston MA, United States
Wednesday 31 January – 11:00 to 12:00
- University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Thursday 1 February – 11:00 to 12:00
- University of Delaware, Newark Delaware, United States
- George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia, United States
- University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona, United States
- Marquette University, Milwaukee Wisconsin, United States
- Warren-Wilson College, Asheville North Carolina, United States
- Kent State University, Ohio, United States
- University of Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky, United States
College Admissions and Offers 2018
The following list is a celebration of current admissions offers earned by MBIS students. All admissions decisions are contingent on students earning the IB grades shown on their transcripts. At this point most replies have not been received and this is an early snapshot of our admissions by country.
| United Kingdom | United States |
| Birmingham City College/University of Birmingham | Columbia University |
| Coventry University | Indiana University, Bloomington |
| Loughborough University (x2) | Juniata College (x2) |
| Nottingham Trent University | Lynn University |
| Royal Holloway University of London | SCAD – Savannah College of Art and Design |
| University College London | |
| University of Edinburgh | Australia |
| University of Exeter | Australian National University |
| University of Glasgow | Monash University |
| University of Kent | University of Melbourne |
| Netherlands | New Zealand |
| Erasmus University | University of Auckland |
| University of Amsterdam (x2) | |
| Spain | Switzerland |
| IE University | Le Roches International School of Hotel Management |
Upcoming SAT and ACT test dates for DP Students
Many European, Asian, and North American Universities require the SAT or ACT as a part of their application process for International Students. Most DP1 students should be taking advantage of the upcoming dates to demonstrate their academic readiness for higher education:
| SAT REGISTRATION: | ACT REGISTRATION: | |||||||
| SAT Test Date | SAT Registration
Deadline |
ACT Test Date | ACT Registration
Deadline |
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| 10 Mar 2018 | 9 Feb 2018 | 14 Apr 2018 | 9 Mar 2018 | |||||
| 5 May 2018 | 6 Apr 2018 | 9 Jun 2018 | 4 May 2018 | |||||
TOEFL and IELTS
It is often a Student Visa or University Program Requirement for students who do not hold a passport from a country where English is not the national language to present the results of an English language examination with their college applications. The two most common tests are the US based TOEFL or the UK based IELTS. Most of our students find these to be simple. It is best for students to take these in advance of starting the DP2 year.
Tim Getter
MBIS College Counselor