Robert Kozicki,
Head of Department-University and Career
At SCIE, the University and Careers Office is responsible for assisting students with every aspect of their university application, from guiding them on how to identify their target and reach schools globally from their first years on campus, to choosing the best selection of A-Levels to achieve their goals, and then helping them complete a very competitive and stressful application that will help to give them the tools to receive an offer from one of their most-desired university choices. To that end, we regularly attend conferences to meet and collect information from the admissions officials at top global universities. I attended both the Cambridge and Sciences Po admissions conferences in March.
Visiting Cambridge and being able to meet and discuss our students with many of the head central and College admissions officials was a delight. We discussed many topics, such as what kind of student they prefer academically, what they look for in a Personal Statement, what aspects of a Medicine application they think would be successful, the role of Further Mathematics in various subjects’ admissions process, the future of UCAS references, their view on English qualifications for international students, how the Colleges and their central admissions office work together on assessing applications, and many, many other subjects.
Additionally, a real highlight was watching and taking part in some mock admissions interviews with the Professors of those subjects at some of the Colleges. This experience really clarified the process and, after having been an interviewee, gave me some of the feeling of what our students must always go through! Touring the city and seeing the wonderful history of Cambridge brings it all home and gives us the best information to continually assist our students.
Speaking of history, Sciences Po in Paris is surrounded by it. The university itself is located in various districts in the heart of Paris. Being such a unique school that boasts such a fine lineup of alumni (every single French President since the late 1960s), they have a unique Humanities curriculum that encompasses Governance, Law, Social Studies, Economics, Social Theory, Policy, and many other aspects. Being assisted by admissions officials and them explaining how students always take a year abroad in industry and government, and then how they base their research on this experience, was such a great experience. Learning about their admissions process, and especially how their unique (and very different!) interviews are conducted, was extremely helpful. Sciences Po has smaller campus locations scattered throughout France, and some of these campuses now have courses fully taught in English. In fact, the Le Havre campus runs an Asia-Pacific International Relations Major. The Dean of that campus was extremely polite and informative about how this Major, and the other English courses offered at Le Havre generally, could directly benefit our students here at SCIE.
Both universities could not have been more polite and generous with their time and information, giving me the ability to return with copious amounts of information that we feed directly back to our students. The applications landscape for top global universities is an ever-changing world and we are here to help our students navigate it. Getting the information directly from the universities will help them to have the best possible chances of success as they finish their final year at SCIE and move out into the wider world to start their futures. I wish them all a successful journey.
Robert Kozicki,
Head of Department-University and Career
At SCIE, the University and Careers Office is responsible for assisting students with every aspect of their university application, from guiding them on how to identify their target and reach schools globally from their first years on campus, to choosing the best selection of A-Levels to achieve their goals, and then helping them complete a very competitive and stressful application that will help to give them the tools to receive an offer from one of their most-desired university choices. To that end, we regularly attend conferences to meet and collect information from the admissions officials at top global universities. I attended both the Cambridge and Sciences Po admissions conferences in March.
Visiting Cambridge and being able to meet and discuss our students with many of the head central and College admissions officials was a delight. We discussed many topics, such as what kind of student they prefer academically, what they look for in a Personal Statement, what aspects of a Medicine application they think would be successful, the role of Further Mathematics in various subjects’ admissions process, the future of UCAS references, their view on English qualifications for international students, how the Colleges and their central admissions office work together on assessing applications, and many, many other subjects.
Additionally, a real highlight was watching and taking part in some mock admissions interviews with the Professors of those subjects at some of the Colleges. This experience really clarified the process and, after having been an interviewee, gave me some of the feeling of what our students must always go through! Touring the city and seeing the wonderful history of Cambridge brings it all home and gives us the best information to continually assist our students.
Speaking of history, Sciences Po in Paris is surrounded by it. The university itself is located in various districts in the heart of Paris. Being such a unique school that boasts such a fine lineup of alumni (every single French President since the late 1960s), they have a unique Humanities curriculum that encompasses Governance, Law, Social Studies, Economics, Social Theory, Policy, and many other aspects. Being assisted by admissions officials and them explaining how students always take a year abroad in industry and government, and then how they base their research on this experience, was such a great experience. Learning about their admissions process, and especially how their unique (and very different!) interviews are conducted, was extremely helpful. Sciences Po has smaller campus locations scattered throughout France, and some of these campuses now have courses fully taught in English. In fact, the Le Havre campus runs an Asia-Pacific International Relations Major. The Dean of that campus was extremely polite and informative about how this Major, and the other English courses offered at Le Havre generally, could directly benefit our students here at SCIE.
Both universities could not have been more polite and generous with their time and information, giving me the ability to return with copious amounts of information that we feed directly back to our students. The applications landscape for top global universities is an ever-changing world and we are here to help our students navigate it. Getting the information directly from the universities will help them to have the best possible chances of success as they finish their final year at SCIE and move out into the wider world to start their futures. I wish them all a successful journey.
