Making the most of Unifrog First Steps Exploring Pathways - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

27 th April 2020 Making the most of Unifrog First Steps • Exploring Pathways • Recording What You’ve Done

You don’t want it to look like this!!!!!!!!!!!!

Exploring Pathways

Personality/Interests Profile

MOOCS • Useful online courses • Select your interests • Directs you to online courses • Largely free- or a small cost • Varying lengths/time commitments • E.g. my interest “Literature” – 12 week “Masterpieces Of World Literature” at Harvard University • Great way to trial out a subject area if you’re not sure what you want to study at uni

Subjects/Careers Library

Day-to-day life from student doing the course Subjects/Careers Library Story/summary: Average starting salaries, careers Grades etc Annotated personal statement Specialist areas/hot topics/further reading

Scholarships, competitions, bursaries, free Special Opportunities residential trips. Streamline to suit you.

Start Now: Recording what you have done This will make writing your personal statement SO MUCH EASIER!

Activities Example

Star Competencies • Aiming High • Creativity • Leadership • Listening • Presenting • Problem Solving • Staying Positive • Teamwork • Literacy • Numeracy • Independence • Communication

Competency Example

Worried you don’t have enough to record? • There is still plenty of time before you submit any of your applications • Browse through “star competencies” – what areas could you work on? • Pool some ideas of possible activities you could start - either within or outside of school • Talk to Miss Hester, Miss Mazari and Mr Young if you’re stuck for ideas Remember! Your activities/competencies will never be “done” - you should be going back and adding to them consistently from now going forward.