Dyatmika School
Introduction to BridgeU for parents
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Bridging the gap between school and the future
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Contacting the university and career counselling office
University Counsellor: Pak Max Ashley-Cooper�
Email: max@dyatmika.org�
Working hours: 8:00am 4:00pm
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BridgeU Overview
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What is BridgeU?
BridgeU is the world’s leading university and careers guidance platform designed for counsellors in global secondary schools who want to better engage their students and improve their guidance processes.
BridgeU provides a whole-product solution to help build a guidance programme and manage everything from one place. As a parent you can keep track of your child's progress, inspire them to explore a wider range of university destinations, and collaborate with them on application planning and writing.
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BridgeU at a glance
The world’s leading guidance software for global schools
Schools� in 120 countries
6 global �offices
28,000 global universities on the platform
Used by �82,000 �students
Why we use BridgeU
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Supporting your child’s journey - Big Questions
What choice should I make?
How do I get there?
Where shall I go?
What can I do?
Who am I?
Decision making, �matriculations
University & course choices, �applications
University & course matching, �search and research
Career planning and �education
Personality assessments and �self discovery
Support for our entire guidance program
Middle years
and / or
Senior years
BridgeU equips our school with a comprehensive guidance curriculum to manage multiple year groups and destinations.
Insights
Lesson Plans
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Strategy & Curriculum Planning
Profile Builder
Careers Tool
Strategy Advisor
Assessments
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Self �Discovery*
University Visits
University Matches
BridgeU Discover
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Destination Research*
Reference Letters
Writing Builder
Recommendations
Test Management
4. �Application Preparation*
Reporting
Analytics
6. �Post Application
Cycle
Application Tracking
Document Sending
5. �Application Submission*
A Tour of BridgeU
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Counselling Plan
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Class | Tips for parents |
9 | exploration around career planning and individual strengths and interests |
10 | planning for A Level course choices and how this might impact the universities they apply for and the careers they may want to embark on |
11 | university research, shortlisting courses, beginning university applications (particularly for specialist courses and highly competitive institutions such as Oxbridge and the Ivy League schools), also useful to consider campus visits and open days |
12 | finalise university choices, managing the application process and documentation submission, organising finances and other transition issues, visa application, social and emotional changes |
Assisting students with BridgeU resources
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BridgeU offers resources for counsellors and parents to stay up to date and understand more about university applications & career planning.
A series of lessons designed for students, to up your game for College & University Applications in six weeks. BridgeU has come up with this online series to support your child in keeping track with university counselling.
In the absence of in-person university visits, BridgeU is bringing the visits to your homes. In this series of webinars admissions reps will share information about their universities and take your questions.
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What can I do to support my child?
BridgeU is built for advisor and student collaboration during the career and university guidance process. As parents, you also play an important role and can best contribute in the following ways:
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Thank you!
Empower your students. �Inform your guidance strategy. �Improve outcomes.
World-class university & careers guidance for global secondary schools
CONTACT: �sales@bridge-u.com
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