I am privileged to work with a team of dedicated professionals. Shruti Tewari comes to UWCSEA from Jakarta, Indonesia where she worked for the past two years as a College Counselor and as an IB MYP and DP English teacher. Prior to that, Shruti worked at UWC Mahindra in India for three years as the Director of College Guidance and an IB DP English teacher. She began her career in a school in New Jersey, USA where she was an Upper School English teacher for five years. She’s an Indian national who grew up and studied in the UK, Hong Kong, India, and the US. Shruti is excited to be back in the UWC fold and is looking forward to working with students, parents, teachers and mentors throughout the application process.
We are lucky to have Irene Mok, Senior Secretary for University Advising, transfer over with me from the Dover campus where she spent four years in the University Advising department. Irene brings an enormous amount of expertise in processing university applications and organizing university-related events. She joined UWCSEA after working in the corporate world for over 30 years. Having brought up two children of her own, Irene still enjoys the company of young people and is very invested in helping students obtain their goals.
This month has been a time of many firsts for high school students on East campus, and we have just had our first visit from a university representative from the University of British Columbia. Students learned about the programs and offerings available at UBC and can look forward to visits from many more universities around the world over the coming year. While most high school students attend university in the country in which they were born, UWCSEA students are in the privileged position of thinking about options for their tertiary studies all over the world. This is an exciting, but also daunting prospect, and the University Advising program for IB students is designed to help support, inform and guide students as they navigate the university admissions process in their chosen destination.
Through assemblies, mentor group visits, individual consultations and their own research, students will gain information about universities around the world, areas of specialization and pre-professional training, scholarship opportunities, testing and other admissions requirements. University Advisors will help students identify appropriate universities and present themselves to those universities in a manner that highlights their strengths. We have recently visited all Grade 11 mentor groups to ask students to consider the subject choices they have made in light of potential IB-course pre-requisites that may exist. In the coming months, we will initiate a series of assemblies for Grade 11 students on the unique features of university systems in different countries.
Over the course of the year I will write about different aspects of the university admissions process across the globe, and pass on articles and resources that may be of interest to students and parents. Our University Advising Google Site will be up and running shortly, and will become the central clearinghouse for all information and events related to University Advising. Future University Advising presentations, workshops, lunchtime talks and visits from university representatives will be marked on the High School calendar. Unless otherwise indicated, these are intended for students and are noted for parents to be aware of.
We are excited to be a part of building a high school culture and community, and look forward to working with your children.
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