2. What is UniQuest?
UniQuest is an assignment given to Juniors
on the Pudong and Puxi campuses
UniQuest will help you gain a better
understanding of who you are and direct
you to resources that will guide your
college research process
4. Review and reflect on your results
from DWYA and Career Interest
Profiler
What do they mean to you?
What do they suggest to you about:
Your strengths and interests
Careers
Majors
Learning Environments
6. Step 1: READ the Uniquest Workbook
Packet in Naviance
Log into your Navience account
Go to the “Home” tab on the left side;
“Document Library” on the right side; 11th
Grade; Uniquest Workbook Packet 2013”
Review the 13-page document
Read, review, and pre-plan before you begin!
Ask yourself: What do I want to gain from this
assignment?
8. Step 3. Research One College From
the BIG College List
Go to Uniquest college page (below) and click on:
http://iwebpx.saschina.org/shaunmcelroy/Uniquest
_2013/Entire_List.html
Pick one college from the BIG list based on one of
the following criteria:
Your personality type (identified in Do What You Are)
Country
True Colors
Complete the Uniquest Survey for this college in
Naviance (Home tab; About Me tab; Uniquest
Survey 2013 on top, left side of page)
9. • Repeat this for one college from the
SMALL college list
• Complete the UniQuest Survey for this
college in Naviance
10. Now that you have completed researching
two universities in detail, we would like you
to reflect on the process.
11. Answer all questions fully and completely in
Naviance
Expect to spend approximately 2.5-3 hours on
this assignment: at least 60 minutes per
college
You MUST evaluate two universities -- one
large and one small
12. Do What You Are (4 letter acronym-DWYA)
Career Interest Profiler
Uniquest Survey 2013; About Me tab (for the
Junior Interview)
Junior Interview Survey 2013; About Me tab
(for the Junior Interview)
13. Junior Interview
The quality of your responses will directly
impact the quality of your Junior Interview
One-hour interview with you, your parents,
and counselor about your plans after high
school
A bit of advice; schedule sooner rather than
later! Time runs very short towards the end of
the school year. (March 1- May17). Make
every effort NOT to reschedule appointments.
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16. Due Date for UniQuest: Fri, Feb 22, 2013
Junior Interviews can be scheduled between
Friday, March 1st and Friday, May 17th
with Mrs. Beebe.
Holidays April 1-5 (Spring Vacation) and May
22-25 (China Alive)
Senior Retreat Part I (May 2012 (TBA))
17. What Happens Next (continued)
Log into Naviance and click on the “Home”
tab, then “About Me” then “Junior Interview
Survey 2013”
Save your work often. Save your work often.
Save your work often. Save your work
often……..
Your parents will receive notification of a
Parent Survey they need to complete before
you schedule your Junior Interview.
18. Been There, Done That!
Talk to Seniors about timelines and deadlines!
Ask them what they would do differently now
that “they know”
Keep this process in perspective and have
fun! Find balance with academics, social life,
sleep, and other activities
Time will pass quickly and this time next year
you will be looking at graduation.
Congratulations – you’re almost a SENIOR!
Notas del editor
Selecting colleges for further study should not be approached with singleness of mind (I HAVE to go to Yale; it ’s been my life’s dream!) There are many other factors that should be considered before choosing universities which to apply. Reflection and investigation of your strengths and interests are key components that require planning, researching, and when possible, visiting campuses. Your journey to university starts today! We will spend time between today and the end of school assisting you in selecting appropriate universities and the fall processing. Your final list should be firm on the first day of school.
To help in this process we have a number of tools at your disposal. Uniquest is one of them. Uniquest is an assignment given to Juniors on the Pudong and Puxi campuses. It will help you gain a better understanding of who you are and direct you to resources that will guide your college research process.
You will need four tools to help in your research; some you have completed and others you have not. Naviance – you will need to log on to your account (if you don ’t remember your password, see Mrs. Beebe or your Counselor; Do What You Are, (within Naviance) a personality inventory that you should have completed but if not, complete it; The Career Interest Profiler (Naviance); and True Colors (you must log on to the True Colors website)
After you review the results of Do What You Are, Career Interest Profiler and True Colors, thoughtfully reflect on your strengths and interests, appropriate careers and university majors, and then again, on the kind of learning environment for your needs.
What do you want to gain from this assignment? Break it up into two or three sessions, reflect on what you have done, then return to complete. Hopefully you are pinpointing what is important for you in a learning evironment, possible majors, and later, a career.
Blue, Green, Gold, or Orange; Open web page. Quick, easy, don ’t’ think about answers too much, just answer the first thing that comes to your mind. It will give you descriptors for your personality. For example:
Open the webpage above. Log on to website and check out all the information. You can research universities by your personality type or country in which you are interested or your brightest color in True Colors. Choose one BIG college to research and then go to the Uniquest Survey in your Naviance account and complete the survey.
Reflect on the process. What have you learned about your personality? Possible careers? “Good fit” college? In what ways do these two universities look different? Which one is for you?!
You must evaluate two colleges and it does not matter in which country you will attend university.
There are four surveys and it is likely that you have already completed two of them –New Junior Interview Survey you must complete before scheduling your Junior Interviiw
This assignment is not to be taken lightly! The more thoughtful you are the better is helps us to help you.
These and more are listed in your packet. Check them out! Make this interesting and fun rather than something else you have to do. There are many different types of universities and they are there for you to discover!
You and your parents must complete all surveys before you can schedule an appointment. The sooner you meet your counselor the sooner you can plan, research, and write drafts of essays and applications. After May 17, counselors will be involved in China Alive, Awards Day, graduation, follow-up scheduling, and SAT! No more interviews can be scheduled after this date so plan accordingly.
After you schedule your Junior Interview appointment with Mrs. Beebe, your parents will receive a notification of the appointment. If you need to reschedule your appointment for a later date remember: time is precious as the year ends! In other words, don’t reschedule appointments.
