Careers & College Advisory Service at KIS

KIS provides a comprehensive careers & college placement service to all KIS students in grades 10, 11 and 12 and also continues to assist alumni. This process begins in grade 10 with a testing and interview based vocational evaluation of each individual student. Students are encouraged to consider a wide range of courses, colleges / universities and countries around the world.

Grade 11 provides opportunities to prepare and sit for tertiary entrance examinations eg PSAT, SAT, ACT, SSAT, IELTS and TOEFL and to refine individual student choices of course, college / university, a process which continues into grade 12. The majority of college applications are completed in semester 1 of grade 12 (most of these are to European and North American institutions). Applications to other parts of the world eg UK, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, India etc continue in semester 2.

In a normal year around 120 tertiary applications are made to colleges and universities around the world. Currently KIS has a 100% placement record for all the students who apply.

An experienced college & careers advisor with full time administrative support is available to assist current KIS students in selecting courses, colleges and the application process.

KIS Careers & College Advisor Responsibilities

KIS Careers & College Advisor’s responsibilities are to:

Counsel

• Counsel students in academic matters
• Act as a resource person for staff advisors and parents in the academic advising of students

Test

• Administer standardized tests and inform about new testing techniques and/or materials, when required, order or write new tests relevant to the needs of the school
• Organize and arrange SAT preparation classes for Math and English.
• Organize and conduct workshops on Career Interest Inventory based on Myers Briggs work
• Organize and administer the SAT I and II, PSAT, SSAT and ACT tests
• Correspond with testing agencies such as College Boards Admissions Testing Program, American College Testing Program, and Test of English as a Foreign Language. Tests other than TOEFL are organized by parents or students.

Update

• Obtain up to date information on an international basis, about colleges, universities and other post-secondary institutions and on careers, their requirements and outlooks
• Maintain updated books, magazines and other resources for careers and college office library

Admissions

• Correspond with post secondary institutions and other bodies about the admission of KIS graduates, write official recommendations and school reports as required by students seeking admission to post-secondary institutions

Inform

• Organize and lead training workshops in academic guidance and recommendation writing for KIS staff and others
• Work closely with teachers, KIS Counselors and staff advisors in providing career education and academic guidance for Middle and High School students

Communicate

• Write and send out newsletters to students and parents from grades 9 - 12, annually

Visit colleges & universities

• Visit colleges in India and neighboring countries and attend workshops on careers & college services when possible

 
Interview

• Interview all grade10 students in second semester before grade 11 registration to ensure correct courses and levels are taken in grades 11 and 12
• Interview all grade 11 students at least twice during second semester
• Complete a questionnaire for each grade 11 student and giving them a list of colleges for application

Information sheets are sent out annually to parents and students of grade 10 - 12 giving detailed information on the admission process to college or university.

Click here to download grade 10 parents’ information letter
Click here to download grade 11 parents’ information letter
Click here to download grade 11 parents’ questionnaire
Click here to download grade 12 parents’ information letter

Parents of current KIS students are requested to address any queries to KIS Careers & College Advisor at careers@kis.in