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Review & Preview. Careers Talks Career Mapping Info Days. Careers Talks Group Counselling Info Days. 1. Today’s GOALS. Learn about… JUPAS programmes; the JUPAS iteration process; writing an OEA essay. Career Mapping p.42 + p.50. J oint U niversity P rogrammes A dmissions S ystem.

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  1. Review & Preview Careers Talks Career Mapping Info Days Careers Talks Group Counselling Info Days 1

  2. Today’s GOALS • Learn about… • JUPAS programmes; • the JUPAS iteration process; • writing an OEA essay.

  3. Career Mapping p.42 + p.50

  4. Joint University Programmes Admissions System JUPAS

  5. 20 Choices JUPAS JUPAS Iteration process Let’s meet a few new friends whose experience you may want to really understand. web

  6. What programmes are available? JUPAS Arts Business Science catalogue

  7. Which programmes are suitable for me? JUPAS CM pp. 24 – 31, 63 - 69 Subjects Results Interests Aptitude Prospects Requirements catalogue

  8. General Entrance Requirements JUPAS 3322 + 2//3//33//3+M1/M2

  9. JUPAS

  10. JUPAS QUESTIONS?

  11. TASK 1 JUPAS List 5 programmes that you are interested in and/ or you should find out more about. CM p.33, pp.55 – 58

  12. OEA OEA

  13. OEA What is OEA? Other Experiences & Achievements

  14. OEA What are the other parts of the OEA section? • 10 Awards/ Activities • Name • Category • Nature • Role

  15. OEA Who reads my OEA Essay? Admission officers of tertiary institutions and/ or Professors who will interview you

  16. OEA What is the purpose of the OEA Essay? Lets the readers ‘see’ you & make them believe that they should grant you a chance to impress them and/ or you are the kind of students they are looking for.

  17. OEA What should I write? --1 • You should write about… • Your interested programme(s); • Your interested career(s); • Your strength(s); • Your weakness(es); • What you are passionate about…

  18. OEA What should I write? --2 • So the essay should … • Make you stand out; • Convince the readers you are the person they want; • Be persuasive; • Be coherent; • Be succinct.

  19. OEA What should I write? --3 • You can also… • Quote • An authority • An expert • A professor; • Start with an anecdote. • Relevant & impressive

  20. OEA What should I NOT include? 1. Do NOT focus on ONE course or ONE college as you have to enter 20 programme choices.

  21. OEA What should I NOT include? 2. Do NOT include weaknesses that are really FATAL. eg. I am lazy. I am bad at communication. I find it hard to be punctual. I cannot work well with my partners when doing group projects.

  22. OEA TASK 2 What are you going to include in your OEA essay? List at least 3 concrete items.

  23. OEA Miscellaneous • Consider your choices. • Be truthful. • Quality Essay • Spelling • Grammatical Accuracy • Vocabulary • Language Patterns

  24. OEA QUESTIONS?

  25. OEA TASK 3 • Research before the next session (10 July). • Career Mapping • Online resources

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