Daeil Overseas Studies Program (DOSP)

Seniors: If you are wondering how to fill out the Counselor Information part, here is is below.

School Address:

DOSP Office, Daeil Foreign Language High School

17-180 Jeongneung-Dong Seungbuk-Gu

Seoul, South Korea

Counselor’s Phone: +82-2-943-7743

Counselor’s Fax: +82-2-919-8680

Secondary School CEEB: 682192

Counselor’s Email: daeilap [at] gmail [dot] com

One of the reasons why you are thinking about going to college is to prepare you to get a job. You can jump one step ahead and start thinking about what the interviewers at future companies are going to say.

A lot of the interview questions for college are similar to those if you were going to get a job at a corporation. Here is a sample list of interview questions and why some interviewers ask those questions:

Describe your toughest assignment so far. “You get an immediate feel for their weaknesses as they’re telling a story,” Zafar says. “You can also tell how they counter their weaknesses.”

Why should I hire you? “It’s the opportunity to see if the individual wants the job,” says Sherry Aaholm, executive vice president of IT at Memphis-based FedEx Corp. “I want to see if they’re passionate and if they’ve done their research into that position.” One interviewee gave a classic wrong answer: “Because you already know me.” A previous relationship won’t get a candidate the job, Aaholm says, nor will such an uninspired answer.

You can find the complete list here.

I handed out a piece of paper with all of this information, but students are continually asking me this. I won’t be doing this in the future, but I thought I would do it this one time.

You can click here Purpose of Paul’s Class.

You can find the common application personal essay topics on the common application. I’ve also posted it below for your searching pleasure.

1. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
2. Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
3. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
4. Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
5. A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
6. Topic of your choice. 

• Make your first blog post on www.blogger.com, your first post should be the essay that you typed up for today.
• Email Paul at - daeilap (at)  gmail (dot) com - your blog address and I’ll add it to a master list and link it here. Make sure you add your name and blog address in the body of the email.
• Check three of your classmates’ blogs and make a comment
• Specifically, one comment on what they can improve on their posts and two comments on what they did well.
• After that class is over and you may leave.
• Next week’s homework is another 250-500 words essay from the commonapp.org.
• Remember to have in mind potential people you want to write recommendations for you.

When you complete all tasks you are welcome to leave.

Tasks for today:

1. Create a professional email account with Gmail- if you don’t have one already.
2. Make a blog via www.blogger.com with your Gmail account ID- This blog will be for class assignments. Send me an email- daeilap (at)  gmail (dot) com - with the web address and we’ll make a web page and add all the sites there.
3. Log Into Naviance / Family Connection
   1. Update “my profile”
      1. Address
      2. Add parents and their information
   2. Update “my game plan“
   3. Update “my test scores”-
      1. Add tentative subjects, dates, and scores (800)
4. Email yourself via FutureMe dot org your goals- One email each for each term.
5. Think about Goals -

• One Short Term (3 Month - August 21, 2007)
• One Mid Term (6 Months - November 21, 2007)
• One Long Term (1 Year - May 21, 2007)

When you are thinking about these goals please use the think about the following guidelines.

SMART

S - Specific - The goal should have a precise result.

M - Measurable - Must have concrete criteria in attaining the goal
A - Achievable - With a reasonable amount of effort- goals can be hard and achievable

R - Relevant- Is the goal relevant to your needs?

T - Time Based - Goals should include time lines, target dates and accomplishments.

You can use the “Evidence” Test. If a goal does not have any evidence or proof after you have finished it lacks the clarity. The event or activity itself is not the goal.

Example: I will read one book non-fiction book a month.

The focus of the goals are to assisting in seeing results and give clarity of the “Big Picture.” Hopefully, this will engage you and give you a more responsibility in your life.