Making choices about tertiary education is not easy.
Very few people have identified their career path just after finishing school.
Robin Goldberg, the chief experience officer at Minerva Schools, told SunEducation that taking a step back helps us see the broader range of options available and decide what’s best with a cooler head.
Looking inside: “It’s helpful for students to know themselves by reflecting on their values and passions, their strengths and challenges, and their ambitions and goals for the future.
“This takes away the fear of getting ‘stuck’ in a career you really don’t want to pursue.”
Choosing a tertiary education is much more than choosing a career. It’s about selecting experiences that will shape and transform you.
“It can provide you with so much more than just a qualification and some capabilities to get a job in a particular field.”
Exploring all options: Many matrics are investigating the growing number of reputable education institutions, such as Minerva Schools, which also offer funding opportunities.
Today, it is possible for high achievers and driven students to meet their educational aspirations at an affordable cost on a world stage.
Timing it right: While local tertiary institutions open early in the year, some private institutions only open after the middle of the year.
This means matrics can enjoy some gap time for the next seven months while taking on meaningful community service projects and internships, or travel, and apply to an international institution with a study year beginning in August or September 2017.
Making it count:Minerva offers degrees in the five accredited majors of arts and humanities, computational sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, and business.
Applications for this year close on 15 March with classes starting in September.
Visit www.minerva.kgi.edu/admissions/.
