Shout out to all students who attended the careers briefing last Thursday,we hope that all of you had gained information that will help you for next year before or post-results. Anyway, just wondering because not all who signed up through email came for the briefing so I'm just wondering whether you signed up for the briefing or for the teacher assistant position that I posted. Please state clearly in your email why you are providing your details to me.
Also, to students who signed up their details for BSP scholarship but did not provide your qualifying results, please do so via email.
Not to mention, I am officially on leave today!!! I will be back from the UK on 17th so if any of you emailed me, please be patient till I am back in Brunei to reply. To SMSAnians in the UK, when are you coming down to london so you can all treat me for hot mocha? :D
Goodmorning all, We are confirmed to conduct a briefing on higher education and careers, details are as follows:
Thursday, 6th December 2012
SMSA Conference Room
!0.00 am - 12.15pm
Dress code: smart casual (appropriate for school)
During the briefing, pls bring along your notebooks and pens to take down notes so you can pass information along to your friends who are unable to attend. Also, to those of you who have yet to send your copies of academic and ECA certs to the clerks' office, pls do so tomorrow. Not to mention, to anyone who would like us to check your personal statements (only after your English/GP tutors have approved) or CVs are welcome to bring them in as well. Everyone who has emailed me is included in the namelist and because we can only accommodate limited number of people in the room, we will close the registration at 60 people.
**UPDATE: As of 6.30am, Thursday 6th December: registration for briefing is closed as there are about 70 students now who signed up. Thank you for showing interests in attending the briefing. Nonetheless, please continue to email us with your questions so we are able to address them during the Q & A session at the briefing.
Just to update everyone on Careers' information for this week:
1. Careers' briefing will be on Thursday, 6th December 2012 from 10 am onwards at the Conference Room
As of today, 30 students have signed up and we have taken note of your questions that will be addressed during the briefing itself. It is still available for others to sign up so please do so.
p/s: no need to wear uniforms during the briefing, casual but appropriate for school esp. briefings.
p/p/s: Any other concerns you may have,pls email us so we can bring it up during the briefing. You can bring in your CVs or academic and eca certs to be stamped
2. The principal has informed me that MOE requires student volunteers as teacher assistants however more information will be distributed. If you are interested please sign up your full names and contact details including address, phone numbers, IC number and emails.
Would you be interested to attend a briefing by us on Thursday, 6th December 2012 from 10am onwards in SMSA?
If you are, then we would be happy to accommodate you and any questions you may have regarding options next year.
The briefing will cover the following:
1. SMSA reference form
2. Academic and ECA certs
3. Local institutions e.g UBD, ITB, Unissa and Polyteknik
4. UCAS applications and UK universities
5. Other options such as voluntary work during holidays or applying to overseas e.g Australia, Canada, Asia, etc
6. Checking your CVs
Please email your full names, phone numbers and tell us what you need to know so we can bring it up during the briefing. We will only conduct the briefing if 15 or more students sign up.
Can you smell the fresh air? the free-polluted surroundings? Yes, it has been a VERYYYY long academic year but phew! it is finally December! So what's your plan? lounge around at home because you deserve it after 2 years of torture and suffering from A levels? That's one option or you can be productive and start working on and preparing for next year. To those of you who have recently finished your exams..think about what your next plan of action is> continue your studies? work? get married? what is it????!!! You and ONLY you are able to answer that :D
I have been receiving tons of email after my last post and thank you to all students who have emailed or made the efforts to come to school to visit us and ask questions regarding options for next year.
I apologise for not replying to your mails sooner as it has been a hectic week and also hotmail is not working properly so I'll be replying your mails via my yahoo account.
The careers office will be open during the holidays from 1st to 8th December 2012, 8.00 am - 12.00 pm. So please feel free to drop by for consultation and such at our office (WE HAVE MOVED!), first floor Library.
By the way, if you are unsure of what courses or universities to apply for, please do visit us as we are giving away brochures and prospectuses for FREE so first come, first serve.
Please regularly check this blog for updates over the week
A week left before the
last term’s holidays woohooo…I know that PreU2 students have recently finished
their A level exams. You are now free to do whatever you want during the
holidays but we would recommend not to laze around at home or procrastinate too
much. For some of you, you have applied for the courses of your dreams such as
Medicine. However, most of you must still be dreaming, not knowing exactly what
to do from the moment you finish A levels.
There are a few options
for you all as the expected date for the release of your results will most
probably be mid-February 2013, I would suggest the following:
1. Prepare your individual
CVs for anyone who wishes to work during the holidays: check local newspapers
for vacancies (full time and part time jobs)
2. Also sign up to local
institutions for voluntary work such as social services or community work in
Pusat Ehsan or KACA. This will ensure your care for the society and will
definitely look good on your CV. We have limited application forms for these.
3. Dig up and photocopy
all your relevant academic and ECA certificates to prepare for HECAS
application that includes SCHOLARSHIP, UBD, ITB, UNISSA and POLYTECHNIC. (more
info will be provided on where to submit)
4. If you are thinking of
applying to study to UNITED KINGDOM either via scholarship or privately, please
collect the reference form from our careers office yourselves (not through anyone
else!) so we can keep track of who is seriously applying..The reference form
should be given to your tutors as soon as possible.
For such applications, you
need to apply to UCAS i.e through SMSA. To do this, you need a buzzword which I
can give you if you see me personally. The first deadline for UCAS is 15th
January 2013 as most universities will not have any places after this date so
if you are thinking of studying in one of the top universities, please don’t
waste your time and get started on your application. Please visit the careers office for list of top universities.
For more information:
visit smsacareers.blogspot.com
If you have further
doubts, email: smsacareers@hotmail.com
New information just received this morning, I'll be putting up the notices at the School Hall/ Careers noticeboard since most of you (Pre-U2) are sitting for A level exams at the moment.
URGENT! PRE-U 2 (2011/2012)
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR MEDICAL
COURSES SUCH AS MEDICINE, PHARMACY, DENTISTRY, PHYSIOTHERAPY, etc under
MOE / DANA scholarship to the University of Otago, New Zealand starting
February 2013 >>
University of Otago, NZ
Requirements:
·Yellow IC holder
·O level Credits in
Bahasa Melayu and English Language
·A level grades: BBB for
MOE and AAA for DANA (your grades will be based on Qualifying/forecast results
2012
YOU MAY APPLY VIA SMSA PRE-U CAREERS & HIGHER
LEARNING DEPARTMENT. PLEASE SEE US DURING OFFICE HOURS (8.00AM – 12PM,
2.00 – 4.00PM) AND BRING ALL YOUR ACADEMIC AND ECA CERTIFICATES.
DEADLINE
FOR APPLICATION: SATURDAY, 17TH NOVEMBER 2012
FOR ANY QUERIES REGARDING THE ABOVE MATTER,
EMAIL: Miss Ummi at smsacareers@hotmail.com
To students who are applying for UCAS (Medical courses and to Cambridge and Oxford):
Please check if you have received an email from me. Refer to the statement below given to me by UCAS:
'Please be aware that applications for the universities of
Oxford and Cambridge and those who run courses in medicine, dentistry,
veterinary medicine and veterinary science must be sent to UCAS by 23:59
(Midnight UK time) on 15 October. Any applications to these subjects or to
Oxbridge may not be guaranteed consideration after this deadline.
Consideration of any applications received after this
deadline is at university discretion.
To ensure no delays are experienced in regards to the
sending of application for this deadline, please check that all staff members
required to write references and approve applications are provided with valid
login details and correct permissions for Staff Apply 2013. Prior to the
deadline, we recommend that you check that all 15 October applicants have a
reference completed and approved, as delays in providing this will delay the
application being approved and submitted to UCAS.
Please note that the UCAS Schools Line will be closed over
the weekend of 13 and 14 October, but applicant support is available through
the applicant helpline (0871 468 0 468) 09:00 – 17:00 on Saturday 13 October.
Please telephone us on this line if you require urgent help. The Schools Line
will be available until 17:30 on 15 October, so we recommend that all
applications are send to UCAS before this time, to ensure that help is
available should it be required.'
A few SMSA students have been coming into the careers office asking for information such as reference, hecas,ucas forms and more...If you noticed, there is information that we posted regarding deadlines to apply for MEDICINE courses to Cambridge, Oxford and Otago, New Zealand. For yor info, if you wish to apply to Otago, the deadline is 30th September 2012> please get the form directly from MOE Scholarship Unit...Those who are interested to apply to the UK>the deadline is 15th October 2012. Please see us at the Careers Office for more details on how to apply through UCAS (get the buzzword) and reference forms for your tutors. Below is taken from UCAS website:
15 October for
dentistry, medicine, veterinary science and veterinary medicine and for
all courses at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
15 January for all other courses except those above and art and design courses with a 24 March deadline.
24 March for art and design courses except those listed with a 15 January deadline.
30
June - the final deadline. All applications that we receive by this
date are processed and sent to the universities and colleges.
Applications that we receive after 30 June will not be sent to the
universities and colleges in the normal way.
If you are applying for ANY other courses then you may apply as soon as you finish your exams this year before 15th January especially if you're targeting TOP 10 universities. Otherwise, you can only apply after your results are released next year BUT make sure you prepare your personal statements and tutor references by then.
Hope this post will clear up any doubts you may have.
Please be informed of the following to whomever is applying:
'Please be informed that the online application for HECAS 2012 (2nd Round) will be officially closed on Saturday, 1st September 2012after4:30 p.m.
Please make sure the HECAS 2012 (2nd Round) application form is
submitted online before the closing date. Once submitted successfully,
applicants are required to print out their HECAS online forms and
submit them with their relevant documents to the institution/section
they have applied to.
It is the responsibility of
every applicant to make sure all information entered is correct and
complete. Higher education institutions and Scholarship Section of
Ministry of Education Brunei Darussalam reserve the right to REJECT applications which are incomplete, contained false information or received after the 3rd working day from the closing date.
Please send your query or technical issue to admission@hecas.edu.bn before the closing date.'
Tq again for providing me with your information as I am in the midst of
preparing the doa selamat ceremony for you all. This is also to confirm
with you the ceremony will be held:
Tuesday, 4/9/2012 9.30 - 11.00am SMSA Conference Room Formal attire please :D (You'll be taking pics so you'll want to look your best!)
You may collect your invitation cards by Saturday
afternoon (1.00 - 3ish pm) and latest by Monday afternoon (3.30pm).
Careers office should be open normal working hours and you can just ask
any one of us to collect your cards. Your parents are also invited and
if they cant make it, bring along your family members
(sibling,uncles,aunts) to make the ceremony as festive and merry as
possible!
We hope you can attend to celebrate your achievements with SMSA before you leave and begin your journeys...See you all there!
p/s: please forward this email to anyone you feel I've not sent it to.
Btw, does anyone know anny SMSA juniors who have received the MOE
special scheme, DANA or JIS scholarships? Because they seem to have
left without a word... SEE you soon!
Good evening SMSAnians....welcome back to school life! I've a few announcements to make with regards to higher education.
1. Congratulations to all students who have achieved success in the recent June As/A level results. Those who are qualified to apply for the second batch of scholarship 2012 as well as UBD. Please get started with applying on HECAS:
(go to http://www.hecas.edu.bn/hecasportal/)
You may come and see any of the career officers if you have any questions.
2. Ex- SMSA students 2010/2011 batch who have received scholarship offers: please provide me your details:
Full names, name of scholarship, course, university as well as contact numbers.
SMSA will be organising a doa selamat ceremony for the scholars tentatively: Saturday, 1st September 2012 (2 - 4pm), I will have to confirm again because I need to find out the exact number of scholars. Please email me asap so I can prepare the event.
3. SMSA students who wish to apply for hospital attachment (October and December), please do so immediately and you can ask us for any questions. Also, applications for UCAS and Medicine scholarships are now open so future doctors, please come and see me if you wish to apply.
I know, i know..its been a while since I've updated this blog with useful information but I promise I haven't forgotten you all. It's just that in terms of Careers and higher education, it's been quiet so far and I'm also anxiously waiting for emails from former students for any new updates regarding scholarships, etc. A few announcements are to be made:
1. A big CONGRATULATIONS goes out to a number of students who have successfully achieved several scholarships such as MinDef, BSP, TOTAL, the German scholarship, the Singapore Scholarship and many more (you know who you are!). You have made us all proud of your achievements and we hope you will continue to be successful in your journey.Do keep in touch and update me with your life experiences that will motivate your juniors to strive for the best just as you did.
2. Another huge congratulations to ALL former SMSA students who have been accepted to further their studies to UBD and ITB in whichever course you are in. We wish you all the best and be patient in your academic studies as it will eventually pay off in the future!
Just to let everyone know that no I don't know when the MOE scholarships will be announced as they have been very quiet this year...Hopefully all of you will be patient and when the time comes just be prepared as there won't be much time to waste...
As always, you can email me with questions or issues that you're facing to: smsacareers@hotmail.com
There will be a Mindef Roadshow tomorrow afternoon (Thursday, 21st june 2012) at the conference room in SMSA. All Pre-U students especially PreU2s are encouraged to sign up and attend the roadshow. This will be your only chance to get up and personal with the Mindef scholars 2012.
Please go to the PreU careers office to sign up. The event will start from 2.00 - 4.00 pm.
You can email or see me personally for further enquiries.
See you there!
For more information, pls visit their website: http://www.mindef.gov.bn/scholarship/
Friday 20 April 2012
Good evening people...
This is just to remind the participants of the mock Malay oral interview that there will be a feedback session tomorrow where we can discuss the interview in details and also give you feedback on your strengths and weaknesses. This is also the time when you can ask questions that we can help you with for the real interview.
As I predict that there will only be some of you who are coming thus, you can just meet us at the Careers office as we are available from 1pm onwards. Don't worry, this time it will only be an informal session.
I'd like to confirm that there are now 8 students who signed up for the 'training session'. Details are as follows:
Day & date: Thursday, 19th April 2012
Time: 2.00 - 4.00pm
Venue: MUSIC ROOM
Please arrive in school before 2pm so I can arrange the order for your turn as it will be a first come first serve basis.
Also, to those who were involved in the previous interview session, would you like to attend the feedback session this Saturday where we can discuss and inform you of how to improve your weaknesses, etc. Email me if you agree to attend the session. As of today, only one has emailed me that you'll be attending the session on Saturday.
