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To all of you who are SFU bound, there's an Information Evening scheduled

Information Evening promises to lay a foundation for you who have recently been admitted to SFU for Fall 2013, allowing you to learn more about your chosen programs and welcoming you to the SFU community. SFU has invited each of you and your families to visit the Burnaby campus to meet faculty, staff and students, go on campus tours, and participate in faculty presentations.

New to our event this year is the Exploration & Engagement Zone where students can connect with various SFU members to learn how to make the most of your university experience.

Students can also enter our $1000 tuition draw by dropping off their invitation in boxes within the Exploration & Engagement Zone

Please visit their website at http://students.sfu.ca/infoevening.html for more details

Hey Grads!

Next Friday (May 24th) you need to be at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre by 11:00 for the School Leaving Ceremony rehearsal

You can pick up your gowns in the office on Tuesday at lunch time

Additional Ceremony Tickets are $5, and MUST be purchased at the School Main Office (Tickets ARE NOT available for purchase at the door of the Bill Copeland Centre)

You need to be at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre by 1:00 on Saturday (May 25th) for the Leaving Ceremony

With offers of admissions rolling out through the month of April we hope that there are many excited students who have been admitted to UBC!  Application decisions will continue in May, especially once UBC receives official grade information from the Ministry next week.  This point of the admission cycle does lead to many questions from students regarding their next steps, which can bring both a wave of excitement and anxiety.

What will happen if you’re offered admission to your 2nd choice before you’ve been offered admission to your 1st choice?

We’ve had a number of questions around application choices and what will happen if you’ve been offered admission to your second choice before you’ve been offered admission to your first choice.

Think of the first and second choices on your UBC application as two separate applications because you are applying to two different faculties/programs at UBC. For example, if you have applied to UBC with a first choice of Science and a second choice of Arts, we will be using different criteria to evaluate your application to the Faculty of Science than we will for your application to the Faculty of Arts. These faculties have different pre-requisite courses so admissions averages will be calculated differently and then combined with your personal profile.

Sometimes, we complete an evaluation to your second choice program faster than we complete an evaluation to your first choice. We want to let you know that you’ve been admitted — but we don’t stop there.

If you’ve received an offer of admission to your second choice — congratulations! And if your status says that your first choice is still pending an evaluation — this means that we are still evaluating your first choice application.

The best source of information on the status of your application is the Student Service Centre. Here you will see the status of each one of your choices – and the statuses may be different for each.

By receiving an offer to your second choice, this does not mean that we will stop evaluating your first choice. When we arrive at a decision about your first choice, you will see the status change. On the flip side, since you’ve noted that your first choice is your preferred choice — if we offer you admission to your first choice then this is where we stop. We will only evaluate your second choice if you request us to do so by contacting us. We always assume that your first choice is what you prefer and we will continue evaluating both until we have a decision on your first choice.

Through March and early April, we received grades for over 9,000 BC high school students through self-reporting so we continue to evaluate applications and render decisions. We continue to make decisions so keep checking the Student Service Centre for updates on your application.

Hey Burnaby South!

There's a number of GREAT volunteer opportunities this upcoming summer

• Burnaby Art Gallery
  • Volunteers needed for Summer Art Days at the Burnaby Art Gallery
  • Must commit to 2 weeks of mornings or afternoon
  • Application Forms available at Career Centre
• SFU Summer Camps
  • Positive & responsible volunteers needed for summer camp programs
  • Opportunities from: sports, music, educational, computers, kayaking, climbing, "So you think you can dance"
  • More information: http://www.sfu.ca/camps/employment-volunteering.html
  • Application deadline:  May 13th
• Burnaby Parks & Rec
  • Volunteer session at Burnaby South on Tuesday, May 14th from 3:30pm to 5pm
  • Register by calling:  604-230-0167   Quote barcode: 298998

Program News…

BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) program‘s admission requirements include English 12 and Principles or Foundations of Math 11 with a minimum grade of C.

Note: English 12 with a “B” and Principles of Math 11 or Foundations of Math 11 with a “B” or equivalent are prerequisites for some required courses offered in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you check each individual course prerequisite and ensure that you have completed this math requirement prior to registra-tion. Failure to comply with prerequisite requirements could result in course deregistration. A Business Readiness Assessment is available; please call Douglas College Assessment Services at 604 527 5478 to book an appointment.

Students are encouraged to attend a program information session for program of interest.

Important News…

Students applying to a limited enrolment program (ie. a specialized program such as Bachelor of Science in Nursing or Early Childhood Education) should always include an application to an “open” program such as General Studies, Arts, or Science as a back-up plan. All program choices can be included on one paper application rather than applying online separately for each program, to avoid repayment of application fee for each application.

Entrance Awards

Entrance awards are given to outstanding students entering a full-time Douglas College credential program. Application deadline is April 1. Apply online! Please refer to Entrance Awards Online Application Instructions for information on these awards and apply process.

Students are required to drop off or mail supporting documentation. As April 1 is a stat holiday and we will be closed, April 2 is okay for receipt of supporting documentation

We will no longer require a Principal’s Nomination Form. Students applying for entrance scholarships are required to complete the on-line application and provide an official transcript, completed volunteer activity form and reference letters. There is a new form called Scholarship Volunteer Activity Form that is to be used by scholarship applicants (entrance, regular or graduation scholarships). The form is on our Forms page http://www.douglas.bc.ca/services/financial-aid/general-information/forms.html It is a requirement for some scholarships but not all. If a student does not have any volunteer activity they can still apply for scholarships but will not be considered for any awards that require volunteer activity.

*Paper applications will still be used for the Fairfax Financial Holdings Entrance Awards as very detailed financial information is required. We also have a paper application available for UAPP, Local 170 entrance awards as students do not have to be attending Douglas College so would not be able to use the on-line application without a student number. The forms can be downloaded and printed from our Forms page http://www.douglas.bc.ca/services/financial-aid/general-information/forms.html

Reminder: self-reporting deadline (March 31, 2013)

The deadline for self-reporting is March 31. Grade 12 students who have applied for admission to UVic are able to self-report their final, interim and predicted marks online. Students are encouraged to self-report their grade 12 marks before the March 31 deadline to be considered for a conditional offer of admission and entrance scholarships. Self-reporting can be completed at www.uvic.ca/selfreporting

Entrance scholarship information

Students who wish to be considered for grade-based entrance scholarships must self-report their grades by the March 31 deadline. To be considered for entrance scholarships based on marks and other criteria (such as community service, leadership experience and involvement in extracurriculars), students must also complete the online entrance scholarship application for specific criteria scholarships by May 1, 2013. Please visit www.uvic.ca/entrancescholarships

Housing application for September 2013 is now open

The application for on-campus housing is now open to students entering UVic directly from high school. Students applying for housing directly from high school are guaranteed on-campus housing provided they apply online before June 30 and meet housing criteria. Students do not need to wait for an offer of admission and are encouraged to apply for housing as soon as they have applied for admission and received their UVic student number. Further details on housing options, the first year guarantee and the online application can be found at http://housing.uvic.ca/winter/wsappinfo.php 2013-14 rates should be posted by the end of next week.

UVic students will be calling

Each year, a team of UVic student ambassadors call high school students who have applied to the University of Victoria to answer their questions and share their knowledge about learning and living at UVic. Please ask your students to have their questions ready for our callers. They can expect to hear from them between Monday, April 15 and Thursday, April 25 on weekdays between 5 - 9 pm. This call is a chance to find out what UVic offers from a student perspective and to get the scoop on next steps and upcoming events this year.

There is a lot happening in the month of March for all of you, so here are a few items to help with the pouring of questions coming in 🙂

Self-reporting is now open for BC

The link to “Self-Reporting” is now available on the Student Service Centre. I know some of you are really keen to tell us your grades (we know this because some of you have accessed the self-reporting link while we were still testing the system over the weekend).

But wait, there’s more….

Once you click “submit” you cannot go back to change what you reported. So before you hit the “submit” button, take some time to read below:

Do I have to submit my grades through self-reporting?

YES. Everyone who is attending a school following the BC/Yukon school curriculum (except IB diploma) needs to submit their grades online in order for us to evaluate your application.

What grades am I reporting?

You can only submit grades that appear on two official documents: Your Ministry portal or your spring report card (if you receive one before April 8).

What if I don’t receive a report card before April 8?

Not everyone will receive a spring report card before self-reporting closes on April 8. We know this. It means you are likely in a semestered school system. You can self-report as early as March 4 because you don’t have to wait for a report card and you will submit the grades you see on your Ministry portal. It is important that you list the courses that you are currently taking and leave the grade fields blank.

What if I receive a report card on April 4?

WAIT to submit your grades. If you will receive a report card before April 8, please wait until you have your report card to enter your report card grades for in-progress courses. Please do not “submit” your grades before you receive your report card; you will not be able to go back to make changes once you click “submit” so don’t click “submit” too early or you will miss reporting your interim grades.

I’m taking online courses – what do I do?

If you have completed an online course, submit the final grade you see on your Ministry Portal. If you are currently taking an online course then please list the course name and leave the grade field blank. Then, contact the online school that you are working with and request that they submit your in-progress grade to the Ministry of Education.

Why can’t I access the self-reporting link?

If we are missing documents that show us that you meet the English Language Admission Standard then you will not have access to self-reporting until the requirement is met. As we continue to process documents, we will update your file and contact you to self-report your grades. If you have questions or experience challenges, please contact us.

When will I hear back with a decision from UBC?

Once we receive your grades we will begin an evaluation of your academic and personal profiles and we will notify you as soon as we make a decision. We will continue to make decisions through March, April, and May. Continue to check the Student Service Centre  for updates.

Thanks for reading this far if you’ve managed to do so – I’ll keep you posted on things that come up during the self-reporting period and will do my best to respond to your questions as quickly as I can.

Rolling Offers of Admissions

What the heck is “rolling admissions”?

We evaluate applications as they become complete. Applications become complete as we receive grades and other information from applicants. We receive grades at different times depending on your school system. With 33,000 applications to evaluate, we just can’t evaluate everyone’s application at the same time so we spread evaluations out based on when we receive your information.

For some of you, we evaluated your application in January and February as your grade information arrived.  Now, we will begin receiving grade information from our BC/Yukon applicants and decisions will roll out in March, in April, and in May. We use the same admissions criteria for everyone when files are complete. If you meet our admissions criteria in May, we will send you an offer of admission just as we would for those who met the same admissions criteria on information we received in January or February.

And that’s just how we roll (c’mon, you saw that one coming).

Don't forget, spring break is an excellent time to visit UBC and some additional campus tours have been added to the calendar to accommodate student interest. 

Kwantlen's Big Open House – All the info you need in 1 location on 1 day!

Kwantlen's Big Open House is coming on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at our Surrey Campus from 11am - 3pm. We’ll have program booths, campus tours, presentations, free food and refreshments, and prizes including tuition awards, technology products, gifts cards and more, will be offered throughout the day. All the info you need in 1 location on 1 day! Register here

From our unique programs to our engaged faculty, there is so much about Kwantlen that you'll want to discover - like our new bachelor's degree programs, the scholarships we offer, and our supportive student services! Come explore university and discover Kwantlen and the opportunities we offer.

Saturday, March 2, 2013 - Register here

Surrey Campus – 12666 72^nd Avenue, Surrey

11am - 3pm                

For more information or to register, please visit: http://www.kwantlen.ca/openhouse