Grads 2021 - where to start?
Grad may seem a long way off, but that means you have TIME to think & plan what to do!!
You may have some idea what you want to do, you may have no idea what you want to do - that's ok. There are lots of resources to help you look at options. If you start now, you have TIME to learn, explore, discover options for you and find what works for YOU.
1. Log in to your account on MyBlueprint.ca, or login. This is a powerful post-secondary and career planning tool that Surrey students have access to. You will be using it in all your Careers classes at Salish.
2. Look at options you have after high school
3. Researching post-secondary - sites to help you search by program area and career area
4. Research specific post-secondary schools -
5. Attend post-secondary events like Post-Secondary Day or virtual open houses or program info sessions
or contact the Career Centre for more info, make an appointment, or to pick up a post-sec
school info guide
6. Start looking at costs. Some helpful sites to help you plan - Build a Budget, UBC, KPU
7. Applying to post-secondary - check out the help resources below
Applying to postsecondary via educationplannerbc.ca (most BC schools use this platform for application)
Applying to UBC
Applying to UVIC
Applying to BCIT
You may have some idea what you want to do, you may have no idea what you want to do - that's ok. There are lots of resources to help you look at options. If you start now, you have TIME to learn, explore, discover options for you and find what works for YOU.
1. Log in to your account on MyBlueprint.ca, or login. This is a powerful post-secondary and career planning tool that Surrey students have access to. You will be using it in all your Careers classes at Salish.
2. Look at options you have after high school
- post-secondary - university, college, technical institutes
- Gap year - traveling, volunteering to get some out-of-school experience before going to post-secondary
- working - gain experience, make money, further explore options for potential careers & further training
3. Researching post-secondary - sites to help you search by program area and career area
- myblueprint.ca - under "post-secondary"
- educationplannerbc.ca - search by career or interest area for BC post-secondary schools
- postsecondarybc.ca/for-students - information on post-secondary options, credentials, and links
- workbc.ca - search by career and what education is required
- Considering Post-Secondary Options: Nine Tips for Families
4. Research specific post-secondary schools -
- check admission requirements (*important to know for when you're planning gr 12 courses) as they VARY by school and faculty you are applying to, for e.g.:
- check what types of programs they offer - specialized programs in your interest area? co-op? transfer studies? a year abroad?
- location - do you want to stay local, go farther afield?
- ask yourself WHY - why is this school on my list? how does it compare to others?
- do they have upcoming events or opportunities to visit? - open houses, Info Sessions, on campus visits:
5. Attend post-secondary events like Post-Secondary Day or virtual open houses or program info sessions
or contact the Career Centre for more info, make an appointment, or to pick up a post-sec
school info guide
6. Start looking at costs. Some helpful sites to help you plan - Build a Budget, UBC, KPU
7. Applying to post-secondary - check out the help resources below
Applying to postsecondary via educationplannerbc.ca (most BC schools use this platform for application)
Applying to UBC
Applying to UVIC
Applying to BCIT
post-secondary websites
BCIT / BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - online viewbook
CAPILANO UNIVERSITY - online viewbook
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE
DOUGLAS COLLEGE - online viewbook
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
JIBC / JUSTICE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - online viewbook
KPU / KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY - online viewbook
LANGARA COLLEGE - Online viewbook
NVIT / NICOLA VALLEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - online viewbook
CANADIAN ARMED FORCES / Royal Military College of Canada
SFU / SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY - online viewbook
TRU / THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY - online viewbook
TWU / TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY - online viewbook
UBC / UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - online viewbook
UNBC / UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BC - online viewbook
UFV / UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY - online viewbook
UVIC / UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA - online viewbook
VCC / VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE - online viewbook
VIU / VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY - online viewbook
