College & Career Counseling

The Importance of Building Your Story in Secondary School

By Joachim (Kim) Ekstrom
24-Apr-24

Your story is more than just a list of achievements. It encompasses the experiences, challenges, insights, and personal growth that accompany each activity... ..more

Why Regional Updates Matter

By Shwetangna Chakrabarty
11-Dec-24

Regional updates are the foundation for meaningful collaboration, informed decision-making, and effective student support… ..more

Misk Schools Diploma Sets New Educational Standard

By Dr. Steffen Sommer
06-Nov-24

The diploma is built around four core components: Leadership, Internships, International Academic Studies, and National Academic and Identity Studies… ..more

College Counseling Countdown: Part Four

By Shwetangna Chakrabarty
15-Mar-23

Data management and a whole school college counseling program are two key components to being an effective college counselor… ..more

College Counseling Countdown: Part Three

By Shwetangna Chakrabarty
18-Jan-23

For college counselors, it is the time of the year to reflect on the successes and channel students to overcome challenges… ..more

College Counseling Countdown: Part Two

By Shwetangna Chakrabarty
26-Oct-22

This guide to November and December will focus on the most important purpose of a counselor’s job, guiding students to the right university… ..more

College Counseling Countdown

By Shwetangna Chakrabarty
17-Aug-22

A month-by-month countdown of university counseling… ..more

The Changing Pathway from International Schools to Higher Education Institutions: How to Support Applications During the Pandemic

By David Richards
13-Oct-21

Many high education institutions have changed their entry requirements due to the pandemic. Schools need to take additional measures to help students meet the new requirements. ..more

New Report and Response from International Schools About University Admissions

By Anne Keeling
29-Sep-21

The international student pathway to higher education has been severely tested during COVID-19. This reports to better understand how the world’s universities are moving forward in the light of these challenges, ..more

University Visits in a Post Covid World?

By Robbie Jefferiss
11-May-21

Covid-19 has definitively changed many industries, and Robbie Jefferiss thinks college counseling might be one of them. Is it time to acknowledge that campus visits and college fairs are an outdated model of recruitment in the zoom era? ..more

College Counseling in the Age of COVID

By Robbie Jefferiss
15-Sep-20

Here in Singapore, we do an exercise with our Grade 11 students, asking them to visualize their future lives at age 30. COVID-19 rendered the exercise more fraught than usual. Flexibility of thinking may be one of the greatest strengths we can impart to our students at this time. ..more

Five Key Steps Along the Admissions Journey

By Shwetangna Chakrabarty
05-Jun-19

Council of International Schools (CIS) organizes a university tour once every year during the summer. From this experience, I've distilled five main tips for students as they embark on the university admissions process. ..more

International Ed Options Increase as Higher Ed Aspirations Rise

By Anne Keeling
03-Oct-18

ISC Research reports that student enrollment increased globally during the last twelve months by 7 percent, taking the total number of children now learning at international schools to 5.1 million, a compound annual growth rate in the past five years of 6.7 percent. ..more

You're Not Going to Get Accepted Into a Top University on Merit Alone

By Natasha Warikoo, Harvard University
27-Sep-18

More and more students at Harvard are examining their admission files to try to understand how they got in. The U.S. government is also plans to examine the files as part of a discrimination case filed by 63 Asian- American groups. ..more

Easing Pressure on Schools & Families Through University Admissions Programming

By Jennifer Ann Aquino
14-Feb-18

Rather than perpetuate the cycle of anxiety-stress-unhappiness, exploring the university admissions process should be an opportunity for our students to learn more about themselves and to embrace their unique interests. ..more

PISA Tracks Gender in the Labor Market

By Tiffani Razavi, TIE Staff Writer
02-Feb-18

A recent report from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) based on data collected in 2015 indicates that, although there is no gender difference in science assessment scores at 15, girls at that age are less likely than boys to see themselves in a science or engineering career. ..more

International College Adopts the Danielson Framework for the New Academic Year

By Richard Bampfylde
27-Sep-18

International College (IC), Lebanon, one of the largest international schools in the world with over 3,600 students across two campuses, has successfully integrated the world-renowned Danielson Framework into its educational practices. ..more