Important points when looking for scholarships to study abroad ?
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Speakers shared at the exchange session on the afternoon of July 2 in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: DOL English |
According to Ms. Pham Thi Nhung - a master's degree holder ineducational management and currently in charge of career counseling and university application support at Scotch AGS South Australia School (HCMC) - the most ideal stage for preparing and researching scholarships to study abroad is from grade 10. "Students need to be accompanied by their parents and schools from perfecting their learning ability, choosing subjects, orienting their career to building a soft skills foundation to adapt effectively when looking for scholarships and studying abroad," Ms. Nhung said at a sharing session on the topic of conquering English and finding effective scholarships to study abroad on the afternoon of July 2.
One of the biggest and most common concerns of many parents and students is whether low high school exam results in math and English will be a disadvantage when looking for scholarships or studying abroad?
According to Ms. Do Thi Ngoc Anh - IELTS teacher at DOL English, who achieved IELTS 8.5 and won a scholarship, graduated with honors in Russia, won a scholarship and graduated with honors in the UK - the process of considering scholarships to study abroad is a comprehensive assessment process. "The influence of the graduation exam scores in two subjects: Math and English is there but not significant. Foreign universities will look at your overall learning process including your high school GPA, international certificate scores such as IELTS or SAT, achievements in community activities, soft skills, essays...", Ms. Ngoc Anh analyzed.
Improve Skills, Increase Opportunities with Linearthinking
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Applying Linearthinking method, three teachers at DOL English achieved absolute 9.0 IELTS |
Ms. Pham Thi Nhung said that Australian High School students at Scotch AGS South Australia study 100% English in all subjects in the Australian High School program, and develop skills related to research and argumentative thinking throughout the subjects as well as extracurricular activities... thereby contributing to improving the opportunity to win scholarships to study abroad.
“We also have AGS Talent scholarships at two levels of 45% and 70% for three years of study for selected excellent secondary school students. All students of the Australian High School Diploma program at the school receive career counseling, support in preparing university applications, and winning scholarships at higher levels of study…”, she shared.
One of the questions that many people are interested in is how to both study well and have time to participate in community activities, creating many values for society ?
“It is important that students prepare for certificates such as IELTS and SAT with high scores early, so that we will have more time to improve soft skills, participate in community activities and create more value for society. The Linearthinking English learning method at DOL English has been proven to significantly shorten the time to achieve high results. The Linearthinking method is most evident in improving reading skills even when vocabulary is not large enough,” said Ms. Ngoc Anh.
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The Linearthinking method at DOL English was co-researched and developed by Mr. Le Dinh Luc, a former math student at the Gifted High School, VNU-HCM. |
Mr. Tran Thien Minh - IELTS and SAT teacher at DOL English, who twice achieved a perfect IELTS score of 9.0, won a high school scholarship in the US, and graduated with honors from university in Australia - said that one of the reasons Western schools often have interviews and essay writing is to deeply understand the personality and suitability of candidates.
“If we speak and write in general terms in interviews or essays, it will be difficult to be highly appreciated by the admissions committee of schools. Here, the effective solution, in my opinion, is to speak and write in a specific direction using the Linearthinking method. That means all of our arguments and assertions must be accompanied by convincing supporting examples and must be developed in a consistent and specific manner,” Mr. Thien Minh shared.
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Source: https://tienphong.vn/tim-hoc-bong-hoc-tieng-anh-hieu-qua-trong-boi-canh-moi-post1757177.tpo
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