1. Post-Secondary Planning Information 2018
Welcome

2. Post-Secondary Planning
What comes after high-school?
Post secondary is everything that we do after high school

3. Stress causing Myths 1. You must have a life plan.
2. You must know what you are going to
do for the rest of your life.
3. You must find your passion.
4. You must find the one right path for you.
There are some major stress causing myths. They are not true!
The goal at the end of this evening is for you to have some ideas about possible steps you can take or maybe just one step and to let go of the stress around this.

4. What is true? Life is a journey.
Career is everything you do in life both work and fun.
Career is about always moving towards our ideal.
This ideal changes throughout life.
There is no one passion.
There is no one path.

5. What do we need? Knowledge about 1. Self 2. what is out there
3. how to get there
Likes, dislikes, people, machines, detail, repetitive,outside, inside, self directed or not,
What’s out there?

6. Since life is a journey… What do we take along?
Skills
Experience
Knowledge
Specific Training

7. Where do we get this? Jobs Volunteering Sports/Teams Hobbies Interests
School/College/apprenticeship/University
Friends/Family
Asking/Surfing

8. What is the most difficult?

9. Making Decisions There are many ways to make decisions
We are often paralyzed by fear of making the wrong decision.
Making decisions is good.
The more we make the better we get at it.
One method is to take smaller steps.
Here tonight to talk about small steps
Not knowing options

10. Post-Secondary Planning
We are not planning your whole life but just a couple of steps.
Planning one step is not committing to that step but is opening a door.
You can always change your mind.
All experiences that you gather help you along the way.

11. Checklist for Graduation
Timeline for:
Grad credit checks, TVR
Grad Planner
Transcripts
Post-secondary planning
Application for PSI Admission
Early Admissions
Financial aid applications
Scholarships

12. Life After Belmont Searching for Ideas: MyBlueprint
Work/Volunteer Experience
Career Education – apprenticeship (youth work in trades, dual credit opportunities)
Camosun SIP, South Island Partnership
Travel
Latitude/GAP Year

13. Searching for Programs
– for programs and schools within BC
– national and international programs and schools

14. University Versus College
Factors to Consider:
Tuition Costs
Class size
Programs/Co-op
Admissions process
Transfer credits
Entrance scholarships
International programs
Support Network
Readiness to leave home
If choosing a PSI (Post-Secondary Insttution)

15. University Admission Requirements
Admissible courses – grade 12 academic courses (4 or 5 in Canada)
Researching admission requirements is the student’s responsibility
Vary from one PSI to another
Vary from program to program
Early Admissions – based on grade 11 marks

16. College Admission Requirements
Program specific requirements
Some are competitive
Apply early
Some programs have wait-lists

17. Additional application requirements
Supplementary applications
Personal profile (Very important, take your time)

18. How to Apply Apply Online Need to know what program you want
Need credit card for application fee
Need Provincial Education Number (PEN)
Need to send transcript of marks through student transcript service access via BCeID
Stress, can always change mind, can choose something general,
Think of it as a buffet

19. Deadlines There are application deadlines
They are sooner than you think!!!!
Vary from one PSI to the next and from program to program
Some schools base entrance scholarship decisions on early application deadlines

20. BC Applications
Use Education Planner
Central application service for some BC post-secondary institutions
Check the PSI of choice for application procedure

21. Alberta Applications Apply Alberta https://www.applyalberta.ca/
Central application service for AB post-secondary institutions
Check the PSI of choice for application procedure

22. Ontario Applications OUAC Ontario Universities’ Application Service

23. Transcript Requests
Use Ministry Student Transcript Service For Most Post-Secondary applications
Fill out green form in Counselling Office
Must be verified as “official” (Belmont Seal)
Give 24 hours notice for request
Sometimes must be mailed to institution – need your PSI student number

24. Self-reporting of grades
Many applications require that students “self-report” grades
Enter grades for completed courses
Predict grades of courses in progress
The windows for self reporting are very important for admission and scholarship offers
Be sure to check your s!
Create an “appropriate” address

25. Conditional Acceptance
Based on self-report and mid-term grades
Offers of conditional acceptance in the spring
Verified by final transcripts in July
Final offers of admission in August
Check ability to defer admission and defer scholarships
Scores of scholarships offers are never claimed. Check !

26. Other Considerations
Allowed one English 12 rewrite within 12 months of first writing
Students must verify timelines for completing DL course
Students must ask their PSI about how dual credit courses are used in the admission process

27. Resources Belmont Counselling Website View books PSI Websites
Counsellors
Teachers
PSI Advisors/Recruiters
November 6th BC PSI Fair

28. Some of this is overwhelming!

29. Some paths are straight forward

30. Some paths have challenges

31. Take time to enjoy the journey

32. Scholarships