LEARNING
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE IN CAREERS AND UNIVERSITIES Kevin Keller, Head of Faculty Careers and Universities
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t’s been an exciting year in the Careers and Universities Faculty at Bangkok Patana School. Not only has our new Senior Studies building given us the flexibility to host a variety of universities in different settings while delivering more personalised university counselling to all of our students, but we’ve also welcomed three new university counsellors who bring a wealth of experience from around the globe. With over four decades of combined experience in university admissions and university counselling, our team is certainly one of the largest and most dynamic at any international school in Southeast Asia. Many of Grad ’20 have already submitted their applications to universities in 17 countries and are now (im) patiently waiting for the decisions to come back. Irrespective of where our students choose to apply, we support their work; celebrating the successes and mourning the bad news alongside them. Already this year, our students have secured offers at prestigious UK institutions such as Imperial College London, King’s College London, Cardiff University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and the
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University of Warwick. Across Europe, most students are still waiting for offers, but we’ve seen some come in from University College Dublin, the University of Amsterdam, and Franklin University in Switzerland. In North America, students have good news from the University of Toronto, Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Columbia University, Pennsylvania State University, Michigan State University, Santa Clara University and Haverford College among others. We are all very grateful to teachers across the Secondary School who spend significant time creating personalised references to supplement university applications. With all that success, it’s easy to forget how much work each student puts in to their time here at Bangkok Patana. The Careers and Universities Faculty can’t take much of the credit for our students’ success! Leadership positions, the rigour of (I)GCSE and the IB, sports and community involvement are impeccably balanced by our students, creating a combination of activities and academics sought after by universities around the world. Preparation