Regents School GC Scholarship program and application

The Regent’s School-Thailand

(2 or 4 Year Programme)

An accredited British international school whose graduates have received offers from top universities, such as Oxford/Cambridge/LSE/Imperial College and Stanford/MIT/Wharton/UCLA/UC-Berkeley

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Global Connect (GC)

Programme

(For Academic year September 2009- June 2010)

Two-Year Scholarship

To Study for an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma

or Four-Year Scholarship

To study 2-year IGCSE plus 2-year IB Diploma

The Regent’s School, Thailand, wishes to announce the opportunity of a first-class education in the English medium. Selected students with strong recommendations from their school principal will be invited to apply for a two-year scholarship to study for an IB Diploma under the GC Programme. The selection process involves a test in both English and mathematics. Short-listed candidates will be invited for interview. Testing and interviewing will likely take place in the Capital City in May 2009. Qualified applicants will be notified well in advance. The final results of the selection will be announced by 15 June 2009.

From each country, up to two winners for each age group will be selected to study at a top class international boarding school in Thailand, namely The Regent’s School, either at Pattaya or Bangkok campus, at the discretion of the School. The value of the scholarship is of any value up to 90% of the tuition and boarding fees. Actual fee structure can be found on www.regents.ac.th under ‘fees’. The full boarding fees are approximately US$ 22,000 a year. The best 90% awarded scholar pays only 10% or US$ 2,200 a year, and less awarded paying the percentage of scholarship awarded.

There are currently nearly 1,100 students from 44 countries studying at The Regent’s School-Pattaya Campus and approximately 550 from 30 countries at Bangkok Campus. The school is fully accredited by Great Britain’s Ofsted inspectors through WES Educational Trust of UK. Recent graduates were accepted to study at Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial College, King’s College London, UCL, etc in the UK; Stanford, MIT, Wharton, UCLA, UC-Berkeley in the US, for instance.

At present there are 40 GC scholars at both campuses from Estonia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Armenia under this Global Connect Programme. Over 70 have graduated since 1999.

Scholarship students will

· have a once in a lifetime opportunity to study at a fully accredited international school whose graduates have received places from top universities in the world such as Oxford, Cambridge, LSE in the UK and Stanford, Wharton, UCLA in the US.

· develop a sense of our ‘global village’ and cultivate a world-view;

· enjoy living on a secure international co-educational campus in a beautiful tropical setting;

· experience the personal challenge of living away from home for a number of years;

· have the opportunity to contribute to their home country’s economic development by enriching the pool of expertise;

· experience at first hand the vibrancy of Eastern Asian and Thai culture (even learn a little Thai!);

· learn through the English National Curriculum and graduate with IB qualifications which have world-wide respect and value;

· improve their own English to fluency or near in the environment in which all main teachers are native English speakers, thus enhancing their personal prospects;

· have the opportunity of travelling both in Thailand and beyond through the Regent’s enrichment programmes, such as the Round Square initiative (www.roundsquare.org), FOBISSEA (www.fobissea.org) and Student Guild activities;

· make friends with students of internationally oriented families from over thirty different countries thus establishing a ‘network for life’;

· increase their opportunities for education, whether in their home system or at universities abroad.

Who should apply ?

The Regent’s School’s standard is high and its students are expected to have ability above the average of good schools in England, both academically and sociably. This is why our school was chosen to be a full member of a unique organisation called “Round Square” (www.roundsquare.org), which consists of only 62 outstanding schools in the world. HM King Constantine is its Chairman and HRH Duke of York, Prince Andrew is among its patrons. All school members of the Round Square are committed to produce well rounded leaders out of their students. Therefore we encourage only those who want to be well rounded persons who have both academic ability, i.e. preferably top ten percent in English subject and one other main subject and social skills as well as those who have keen interest in extracurricular activities such as music, sport, outdoor pursuits and community service, to apply. In addition, good role model setting is strongly expected of the scholars, i.e. GC Scholars are required to lead others by being good role models.

Applications for the scholarship competition are welcome from students with the following profile

• Date of birth: preferably

For IB Diploma Study: those who will still have two more years of high school remaining after June 2009

For IGCSE Study: those who will still have four more years of high school remaining after June 2009

• Very strong academic record (must be confirmed by the current school’s Principal)

• Excellent written and spoken English (through Test and Interviews)

• Great social skills

• Very strong will to set good role model

• Talented in music, sport or drama (desirable)

How to apply ? (apply before 20 April 2009)

Step 1. Fill out the online application at this link www.regents.ac.th/scholarship or www.regents.ac.th/GC.apply Your application cannot be processed without you completing questions 5.1 and 5.2 and you need to give the name and e-mail address of your current school’s principal. You should follow up until you receive an acknowledgment from us.

Step 2. Please ask your school principal to e-mail to chairman@regents.ac.th to confirm your academic excellence, i.e. top 10% rankings in your English or Maths class. We will contact your principal to verify if you also have great social skills and have been a good role model.

Step 3. We will inform you of the place for test and interview which will be held in late April or early May 2009 in your capital city.

For more information about The Regent’s School, visit the website at www.regents.ac.th

For further details about the competition, contact me, directly at chairman@regents.ac.th

Dr.Virachai Techavijit

(www.regents.ac.th/chairman)

Founder and Chairman of The Regent’s School (www.regents.ac.th)

Honorary Consul of Estonia for Thailand

(www.estonia.or.th)

Chairman, World Federation of Consuls East Asia Committee

Board Director, World Federation of Consuls (www.ficacworld.org)

11 March 2009

IB Diploma Programme (www.ibo.org) is a two-year course leading to examinations taken at the end of Y13 (Grade 12) when students are 18+. The IB Diploma is an entry qualification to university in most countries and qualifies to study 3-year degree programmes in the UK without having to take any entrance exam or SAT test. A soft copy of our in-house handbook detailing the curriculum and the variety of subjects offered next year can be obtained from enquiry@regents.ac.th

*IB Diploma’s highest possible score are 42 points plus 3 bonus points for a very good extended essay. Oxbridge and Ivy League universities normally consider applicants who score 37 and higher. In June 2008, the highest IB score was 43.

*2008 graduates received many world’s best universities’ offers including Oxford University, LSE, Imperial College, Wharton, UCLA, UC-Berkeley. This is indeed a very outstanding record.