Description

CTM University Counseling Program
Exploring Destinations and Preparing for University Applications

Are you considering going abroad for your university studies?

Applying to and being accepted at an international university is a competitive and complex process that requires personalized guidance and expertise. The best time to start the process is one to two years before high school graduation, ideally during septima / pre-graduation year.

The CTM University Counseling Program will open your eyes to the world of universities and explain each country’s admissions process. An experienced American certified university counsellor with a high success rate of helping students gain access to the world’s leading universities will coach you every step of the way and introduce you to her unique framework that encompasses academic, financial, social and emotional components to find the best-fit universities for you to achieve your academic potential and career goals. Under your counselor’s guidance, you will learn how to select the best-fit universities and prepare an outstanding application. 

Students will learn how to select universities using a framework that considers academic, financial, social, and emotional fit. The program will focus on The Netherlands, Ireland, Scandinavia, Austria, Germany, UK and USA. 

The aims of the program are: 

• Help find suitable courses and programs in all the counties we cover
• Inform students about affordable studies abroad and the admissions process of individual countries
• Help create documents necessary for admissions

6 group sessions, 3 individual sessions

December 2024 – May 2025

Six Group sessions online:  January 8, January 22, February 5, February 19, March 5, March 19, 2025 from 19:00 – 20:00

BONUS: Our students will have the unique opportunity to take part in discussions with counsellors from selected universities abroad. These extra meetings will be held throughout the course.

Three Individual sessions online: December 2024, March 2025 and May 2025

Where: Zoom

Enrolment fee:  10.500 CZK

Important dates

Dec 2024          First one-on-one session

Wed Jan 8        Introductory session and creating a powerful CV

Wed Jan 22      Study in the Netherlands, Writing the Personal Statement

Wed Feb 5       Study in Scandinavia in English – Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland

Wed Feb 19     Study in European English speaking countries – Ireland and UK

Wed Mar 5       Study in German speaking countries in English - Austria, Germany

Wed Mar 19     Study in the US, Answering the Common App, Financial Aid

March 2025     Second individual session

May 2025        Third individual session

31 May 2025   End of Program

What to expect: 

• Students will understand the country-specific admissions and application process in North America – USA and Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, and other European countries (including Austria, Germany, and Spain).
• Students will receive strategic guidance and university recommendations according to each student’s unique academic objectives, financial budget and career goals.
• Students will learn to use UCAS, Studielink, CAO, Common App and other application platforms.
• Students will receive the toolkit to be used throughout the CTM Counseling Program to define their choices and manage deadlines.
• Students will learn how to select universities using a framework that considers academic, financial, social, and emotional fit.
• Students will discuss their university list individually and receive personalized guidance on their selections based on their personality, learning style and career objectives. 
• Students will create their CV and receive feedback from their CTM counsellor.
• Students will get detailed and personalized feedback on their CV and motivational questions for the application. 
• Students will be guided to prepare their action plan of activities necessary for a successful university application (letter of recommendation, language test, etc.).

Would you recommend the CTM University Counseling Program to other students?

100% of students who took the CTM University Counselling Program would recommend it to other students. 

The students that took the CTM University Counselling Program greatly appreciated learning about university courses and student life abroad and welcomed perfecting their personal statement/motivation letter and CV under the professional guidance of an experienced professional counsellor.  

 Important:

To make the most of the program, students will be asked to work on university preparation assignments which will be used in the one-to-one meetings with their counsellor. Throughout the program, we expect and require a high degree of student engagement and that students fulfil the tasks. The finished application documents, including writing a high-quality personal statement and or CV, depend on the level of student input, involvement and effort in the preparation process. Students should incorporate the feedback given to them on their first draft of materials before submitting their final work and consulting with their CTM university counsellor.

Also, please be advised that students interested in individual counselling and assistance with the processing of applications to specific universities can arrange this counselling directly with the CTM university counsellor after the completion of the program, however, this counselling is not included in the CTM University Counselling Program course fees and is arranged separately directly with the CTM university counsellor.

In addition, there will be no makeup sessions for missed group sessions and we have a 48h cancellation policy for one-on-one sessions – students can reschedule their one-on-one sessions up to 48 hours before the planned session. After this deadline, no makeup one-on-one sessions will be available.

Please remember that in order to take full advantage of the program's benefits, students need to take a proactive approach.

More about Jenny Lees:

Jenny is an experienced American certified university counselor passionate about helping students find the right university where they will thrive academically and develop socially.  Using her unique strength-based approach, she empowers students to apply to universities with confidence and coaches them to produce high-quality essays and applications that ensure students meet all the requirements for their top choice universities.

With more than ten years of experience working with students, she devises individual action plans, adding a high level of personal attention to ensure that each student creates an authentic application that showcases their unique talent and capabilities.

Under Jenny’s guidance, her students have received offers from the most respected universities in Europe, including the University of Oxford, University College London (UCL), University of Manchester, King’s College London, Trinity College, University College Dublin, University of Edinburgh, Glasgow University, University of Bath, Durham University, Delft University of Technology, Sciences Po, Eindhoven University, University of Leiden, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Amsterdam, Maastricht University, Bocconi University Milan, Hult Business School London, etc.

Her expertise extends throughout North America, where her students have received acceptances to the world’s leading research institutions, including Columbia University, New York University, UC Berkeley, Dartmouth University, Yale University, Tufts, Boston College, Boston University, McGill, Carnegie Mellon, the University of California San Diego, UCLA, University of Southern California, etc.

Course Structure

6 group sessions, 3 individual sessions on Zoom

Course syllabus

Materials required

No additional materials required.

Price

course fee: 441,- EUR / 10 500,- Kč

Student’s Experience

 
Mrs. Jenny Lees je naprostou špičkou ve svém oboru. Zpětná vazba, kterou studentům při spolupráci poskytuje, je velmi praktická, adresná a vede k významnému posunu v kvalitě všech výstupů, které v přijímacím procesu na zahraniční vysoké školy odevzdávají. Její skutečně unikátní a v praxi prověřené know-how provází také Jenny obrovská vlídnost, lidskost a pochopení pro individuální potřeby studentů.

PhDr. Kateřina Kožnarová
Ředitelka školy Sunny Canadian International School - Základní škola a Gymnázium, s.r.o.

 See what Jenny’s students have to say:
I strongly appreciated Jenny’s ability to provide me with very honest feedback that allowed me to address the biggest flaws in my writing style, content and strategy early on. At the same time, she was always able to motivate me with her frequent, kind, detailed and actionable suggestions that clearly reflected her rich experience with what college admissions look for.

Vaclav Kubon
Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Engineering and Computer Science

The CTM University Counselling Program is a great option for students who wish to expand their possibilities in getting into better universities than those that the Czech Republic offers.
CTM University Counselling Program je skvělou volbou pro studenty, kteří chtějí zvětšit své šance dostat se na lepší univerzity, než jaké nabízí Česká republika.

A great program for those looking to learn how to approach studying abroad, what is necessary when applying and how to get to a point where you feel confident with your choices and application. The program is also helpful when trying to understand which schools, study programs and countries suit your needs best.

Skvělý program pro ty, kteří se chtějí dozvědět, jak přistupovat ke studiu v zahraničí, co je nutné při podávání přihlášky a jak se dostat do bodu, kdy si budete jistí svým výběrem a přihláškou. Program je také užitečný, když se snažíte pochopit, které školy, studijní programy a země nejlépe vyhovují vašim potřebám.