How

to choose from
all your offers?
Year 13 (2015-16)

What are the conditions?

36 pts. with 6/6/6 at HL
vs.
36 pts.

How about your grades?

Compare PG for uni app
with recent grades
Q1/S1/Mock Exams
Based on results you currently
have, are you confident?

Important factors in choosing

Will you fit in culturally?
Are you ready for life on your
own?
Is it just about the uni name?
Have you had a change of heart?
Parental aspirations?

UK
Confirm your offer through UCAS
Firm & Insurance choices
Dates in Track
Can you wait until after IB Final
Exams?
Extra? until 4 July, 2016
Adjustment? 18 - 31 August, 2016
Clearing? starts 30 June, 2016
UCAS Clearing Fair in HK
20 August, 2016
www.educa(onuk.org.hk

USA
Confirm ONE offer ONLY
Why?
Pay the deposit
e.g. 1st May

Canada
Confirm & pay deposit before
deadline in your offer letter
e.g. UBC June 1st 2016 or the date
indicated on your letter of
admission thru Student Service
Centre and pay deposit or decline
WHY?
Ontario thru your OUAC acct

Hong Kong

Received an offer?
Accept & pay deposit (within 2
- 4 weeks)

Still under consideration

Wait
Choose elsewhere
Associate Degree/ Higher
Diploma

What should you do

now?
Make sure all application
information is accurate in your
Gateway Account
NOW

Gateway

Go to HE/FE Tab
Click Application
On the Personal Information Page
Click Submit

Gateway
Then click the Higher Education Application tab
Click New Application enter ALL Your applications

Your FINAL IB results

IB will send universities your
results
BUT only if you request it
(15th April 2016 deadline)

Results Request Service - IB

Gateway information must be complete
before we send your request
UCAS include the 10-digit
application number
Max of 6 institutions worldwide
Only 1 institution can be selected from
Canada
USA (out of the six)

Results Request Service - IB

After the 15th April, 2016

Contact Mr. Redden
Use transcripts request form IBO website
You WILL HAVE TO PAY
service charges
Legalization of the IB diploma?
(check with us in late March)

IB Results Request Service

Form

IB Final Results
Within 3-5 days of getting your results:
Check universities have received your final IB
results
They may overlook it
IB may delay in sending results
For HK, upload your final transcript and final IB
results onto your application portal
take your transcript package on grad ceremony
evening
Some Canadian universities may only download
your results from IB in late July

Your Final Destination

For your graduation ceremony in May
Email your final destination details to
careers@rchk.edu.hk by 17th May, 2016
Example
Name : Jessica Chan
University : McGill University
Course: Bachelor of Arts

If there are any changes in your destination

Update us via email (in July)
Update Gateway

Document Requests after Year 13

Read all the information on the
FE webpage
Submit ALL required forms and
payment
PROVIDE ENOUGH NOTICE!

If you miss your offer(s)

have the email addresses of admission oces and / or
departments ready before results day
write an email to appeal the decision. Be sure to cc your FE
counsellor (use the careers@rchk.edu.hk)
wait for a reply to your email (this may takes several weeks)
go for your insurance choice/ Plan B?

Missed your offer(s)?

UK
Email admissions office & department
YOU need to take initiative (not just
email from FE counsellors)
Quote your UCAS ID
May receive good news We will still
admit you - or go to Clearing round in
late August

Missed your offer(s)?

HK
Strict with the conditions
Try to contact admissions office and
department
Do not expect too much
Wait wait wait until late August?

Missed your offer(s)?

USA and Canada
Unconditional offer?
NOT if your final IB points drop a
lot
Maintain your grades

Missed your offer(s)?

Community College?
Higher Diploma/ Associate
Degree?
Gap Year?
But you will use the same grades
anyway to apply in 2016

If you applied to U of
California
If you need to cancel/withdraw your
UC application, procedures
differ by campus

th
On results day 6 July 2016

Have your login details ready

Met the offer? follow the
universitys instruction
e.g. registration, orientation
Missed your offer? Have a list of university contacts
ready just in case you want to
appeal
Sample email is as follows

If you miss your offer(s)

Sample Letter
Dear xxx
Re: (Your name & applica(on no.)
I am wri(ng to you regarding my nal IB results, which have not met
the condi(ons of my oer. Studying (course name) at your university
is my top preference and I would appreciate it if you could reconsider
my applica(on.
(* give any new informa(on to the admission people, such as
summer work experience if there is any or you can state any
extenua(ng reasons that aect your performance. )
Enclosed is my updated CV. Please let me know if the above
informa(on can be taken into considera(on. I can be reached at
(your email address) and (your contact phone number). I look
forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
(Your name)

Student Visa and Pre-

Departure
Do you need a student visa?
Go to the consulate website and prepare
well in advance
Work closely with your parents on this
Pre-departure
Join pre-departure briefing sessions in July
(e.g. British Council/ Education USA, etc)

Information learnt from pastoral days

A.O.B.?
Post-secondary school email contact
for current Year 12 & 13 students and
parents?
RCHK World Share your university
experience with students and parents
in Fall 2016
Like the RCHK alumni FB page so
that we can stay in touch with you