College Summer 2014

US COLLEGE

summer ITINERARY

We offer a mixture of online courses and in-person guidance on the US College Application process. trip elements and focal points will be altered according to the student interest in learning about specific majors.

BEFORE THE TRIP ONLINE COURSE TRAINING

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PERSONAL GOALS FOR COLLEGE AND THE JOURNEY AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM AND APPLYING TO COLLEGE HEALTH & SAFETY

DURING THE TRIP ITINERARY

27th July • Depart from Hotchkiss • Private Bus to Boston • Review of US Tertiary Education System

28th July • Primer on College Visits • Campus Tour of Tufts University • Meeting with Tufts Admissions • Campus Tour of Babson College • Meeting with Babson Admissions • Individual Application Work

DURING THE TRIP ITINERARY

29th July • Campus Tour of Boston University • Meeting with BU Admissions • Campus Tour of MIT • Meeting with MIT Admissions • Tour of Cambridge Innovation Center • Entrepreneurship Seminar at CIC

30th July • Campus Tour of Harvard University • Meeting with Harvard Admissions • Meeting with Admissions Officers • Tour of Harvard Square • Walk on Freedom Trail • Visit to Newbury Street • Dinner in North End

DURING THE TRIP ITINERARY

31st July • Depart by private bus to NYC • Campus Tour of Columbia University • Meeting with Colombia Admissions • Tour of United Nations or US Intrepid

1st August • Campus Tour of New York University • Meeting with NYU Admissions • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Visit to Times Square and Ground Zero • Individual Application Work

DURING THE TRIP ITINERARY

2nd August • International flights from JFK

LEAD INSTRUCTOR

Marina

Lee

With over fifteen years of experience as an educator, Marina has worked with countless youth making the transition into empowered and able learners at the collegiate level. She founded a Seoul-based educational advising program that became the subject of a Harvard case study on Social Entrepreneurship.

At Envoys, Marina is responsible for ensuring that each student receives individualized support before, during, and after each trip to develop their passion and voice. A former biological researcher, Marina earned her M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where her studies focused on Immigration, Education, and Identities.

INSTRUCTOR

Jamie

Rosenberg

Jamie has been a classroom teacher for more than a decade, while at the same time engaging in international relations between Japan and the United States. He worked in the International Affairs Section of a local government in Japan, has been a Japanese translator for most of a decade, and ran an art show in Sendai City to bring together local residents with foreign citizens. His studies included International Security at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and Japanese History at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

INSTRUCTOR

Pierre De

Galbert

Pierre has worked in international education for more than a decade.

His work and personal travels have taken him to 25 countries in Africa, where he has lived for more than seven years in four different countries. As a teacher and mentor in Namibia and Rwanda, Pierre gained extensive experience working with youth of different ages and cultures. Pierre is currently completing doctoral studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He regularly serves as a consultant for Envoys on curriculum development and global citizenship endeavors.

INSTRUCTOR

Danxi has over five years of experience working with children and youth to develop leadership and communications skills through innovative ways of learning. She founded an organization in Beijing, China to teach teamwork and leadership through drama and artistic experiences.

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Danxi

Shen

At Envoys, Danxi observes and analyses the needs and expectations of students, parents, and schools to ensure that the trips are tailored to the cultural context and the interests and needs of students. A graduate of Peking University, Danxi is completing her Master’s Degree in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

INSTRUCTOR

Wanning

Ding

A graduate of Capitol Normal University in Beijing, Wanning completed her M.Ed from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her graduate work focused on methods to mitigate the psychological stresses around college applications.

Wanning currently works with Envoys to develop programs that are tailored to meet the specific needs of Chinese students and ensure that our curriculum can be understood across cultural lenses.

INSTRUCTOR

Drew

Lichtenstein

Drew has worked for over three years as a classroom teacher, with most of his time teaching Advance Placement World History and U.S. History in a Chinese high school in Shanghai, where he also intensively studied Chinese. His studies include an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Georgia and an M.Ed. in International Education Policy from Harvard.

At Envoys, Drew is responsible for helping develop online curriculum course books that will prepare students to have meaningful trips abroad. His content focuses on history and current political affairs, and his primary goals are to make courses interactive and meaningful for students.

Harvard University Columbia University

WE WILL

TOUR

THE FOLLOWING

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Boston University New York University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Babson College Tufts University

$ 4,150 COSTS

INCLUDE

Online Preparatory Courses Transportation, Meals, and Accommodation All Program Activities