Careers and One-to-One Consultations

During the OSC Mid-IB course, students may opt for one-to-one sessions on their Extended Essays or on their University Plans. These incur additional charges.

Extended Essay Advice

Most IB Diploma schools require students to make progress on their Extended Essays during the summer holidays. OSC provides an opportunity for students to consult with an experienced IB teacher on their essays. These advisory sessions have proved to be very popular in the past.

Up to two hours of individual advice is provided. This consultation does not replace the supervision that students receive from their schools and must be acknowledged in the essay.

At the end of the consultation, the adviser writes a full report on the discussions. This is provided for the student and a copy is sent to the student's school.

Personal Careers Consultation

This is an individual and personal careers advice consultation conducted by an experienced IB Careers Counsellor. Each one-to-one appointment lasts for an hour and is scheduled during your free time.

The Personal Careers Consultation allows you to:

	discuss your personal ambitions and explore your own career preferences
	obtain advice on the choice of courses available
	find out how to obtain prospectuses and application forms
	find out the Diploma grades and/or SAT scores required for your preferred courses and colleges
	receive a report which will summarise your discussion and the advice you were given

Students who have already made decisions about their university choices or who want more guidance may decide to opt for:

Personal Careers Consultation 2

Once you have made decisions as to the universities you will apply to, you need to work on the next stages of the application processes. For UK universities, this will include drafting your Personal Statement. For other countries (including the United States), you need to write an Essay. For some universities, you need to prepare for an Interview.

PCC2 sessions give you individual guidance on these stages of the application process:

	discuss how you might construct your Personal Statement for UCAS
	obtain advice on Essays for US and other colleges
	role-play with an ‘interviewer’ a Mock Interview

These sessions are most useful to students who have already received a Personal Careers Consultation, but students who are clear on their university applications may decide to opt for the PCC2 and not the first PCC.

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"To be able to work with these young people with their positive attitude and personalities as well as positive work ethic is a pleasure. Notwithstanding this I am proud to be part of the service that OSC provides to encourage and help to develop these students to be open-minded and capable citizens of the world " Margarita Mechkova, IB Chemistry, Teacher2010
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