Program for VAC HN 2011

Morning:

7h – 8h am: Check in
8h – 8h10 am: Opening speech
8h10 – 8h30 am: Sponsor’s speech or VIP’s speech
8h30 – 9h15 am: Panel Discussion or some other session
9h15 – 9h25 am: Recessing students into rooms
9h25 – 10h30 am: Information sessions
Main hall Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4
Standardized Essay School
Tests selection
9h25 – 10h15 General High School
application
process
10h15 – 10h20 Break Break Break Break Break
10h20 – 11h10 Visa Application Transfer, gap
year and
community
college
11h10 – 11h15 Break Break Break Break Break
11h15 – 12h05 Parents: College life
Studying and
living in the US
12h05 – 12h10 am: Break and get back to main hall
12h10 – 12h20 am: VA got talent show
12h10 – 12h20 am: VA got talent award ceremony
12h20 – 12h30 am: Closing ceremony

12h30 – 2h00 pm: Lunch break

Afternoon:

2h00 – 6h00 pm: Education Fair

2h00 – 4h00 pm: Mentor – Mentee program
2h00 – 3h00 pm: School interviews
Other activities may occur in the afternoon’s session
 Main changes:
 The number of participants will be 450 with 300 students and 150 parents
 Main hall will be mainly for parents and students who has no background about US college
 The sessions are designed so that an individual, regardless of his or her information about US
colleges and university, can attain a comprehensive and detailed info
 The presentation part will be only 15 - 20 mins to cover the main points. Then the group will be
break up into smaller group of 10 students for 30 - 35 mins for students to get personal
attention and ask thoughtful questions. The total time is 50 min as compared to 30mins last
year.
 To handle logistics problem we have last year, each student will receive a number on his or her
chair in the main conference room so that we can group them easily from the start of the
program. This also allow the group to know each other better => feel better to talk latter on
 We change from financial aid to how to choose your schools because financial aid is not broad
enough to comprehend the difficulty of getting into an American colleges/ universities.
 Transfer, gap year and community college can be put together since they have lot on common
and there
Comments:
 We really don’t want to do the panel discussion again this year. Students from VAC 2010 don’t
seem to like it because of its formality and topics