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PLACEMENT
| NetAcademy's Role in Placement |
NetAcademy's role in the placement process is to ensure that students are placed in the most suitable programs
possible for achieving the specific training objectives established by the student and sponsoring companies.
To achieve this, NetAcademy's Placement Specialist plays a major role in helping students select appropriate
universities for application. The Placement Specialist also works closely with university admissions officers,
international student advisors and faculty to provide all necessary credentials and other information needed for admission decisions.
Through NetAcademy's online service, students receive up-to-date information on each placement and help students make
their final selection of the university to attend.
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| The Placement Process |
Placement is usually done twice a year, once for the Fall term and once for the Spring term, with a few additional placements scattered
throughout the year. The process begins once Netacademy receives a list of students' names and the respective degrees/majors each will pursue.
Usually, the academic credentials arrive shortly thereafter.
Student credentials contain the following materials:
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Biodata form - usually two pages; gives a summary of the student's biographical/academic info and training objectives. |
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Student essay - a general statement about the student's interest in a particular area of study. |
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Secondary School (High School) Transcripts - student provides transcripts from Junior and Senior Secondary Schools showing the Junior Certificate, the Cambridge GCSE, or O-Level Certificate awarded. In addition, some students may also have earned A-Level Certificates. |
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Post-Secondary School (College) Transcripts - For first-time graduate applicants and transfer students, transcripts from the Local University or an American/British/Australian/New Zealand college/university are included. |
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Three recommendation letters - For undergraduate applicants, these will usually be from professors, while graduate school applicants tend to obtain letters from employers/supervisors. |
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Standardized test scores (SAT, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, etc.) - If Educational Testing Services (ETS) does not send NetAcademy's copy in time to be included in the credentials packet, the Placement Specialist will mail the test score(s) under separate cover as soon as they are received. |
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Student's Curriculum Vitae (CV) - This is usually included for trainees pursuing graduate studies. |
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The Placement Specialist will complete applications for each student. Since students are applied to as many as five (5) universities each, it is necessary for the Placement Specialist to send copies of the credentials packet certified as authentic with an NetAcademy seal, signature and date. The original credentials packet remains in the student's Netacademy file. All application materials are couriered to ensure delivery. Once admission decisions are received, the Placement Specialist submits a Placement Recommendation Memo to the student . NetAcademy will inform universities of students' choices. |
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| Elements of Consideration for Placement |
What are students looking for when choosing a university? There are a number of important elements that students should consider as follows:
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Quality of the Program - Since students are keen to pursue degrees/majors that will meet explicit training objectives, it is imperative that the university offers the specific degree for which the student is interested and that the degree has enough specific courses for the student to achieve training goals. |
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Tuition and Fees/ Cost of Living in the Area - The university's tuition and fees and living expenses are an important consideration. |
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Cost-sharing/tuition - Because the cost of higher education in the United States is expensive, NetAcademy favors American schools willing to offer cost reductions. |
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Receptivity of schools to developing a working relationship with NetAcademy - -(i.e., providing information on students' academic progress and personal/social adjustment, alerting NetAcademy to any problems, etc.) |
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Academic Support - To ensure that students receive the necessary assistance to develop in their programs, the university's facilities, such as Academic Advising Center, Writing and Tutoring Centers, Computer Labs, and other facilities appropriate to the student's major (i.e. campus radio/TV stations) are taken into account. |
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Housing - Undergraduate students are required to live on-campus for the first year of study, if such housing is available. For graduate students, we work closely with schools to identify other satisfactory housing alternatives. |
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Transportation - Students on the program are discouraged from owning a car so another important consideration is the transportation offered by the community and the university. There should be public transportation to allow students to buy groceries, visit the bank and other appropriate offices if unable to travel by foot. |
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Community response to international students - Students are in the U.S. to develop as scholars, but also to develop as individuals and broaden their life experiences. Communities that respond positively to international students can enrich a student's experience, provide a positive learning and social environment, and help to produce a well-rounded individual. |
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Personal Preference - If more than one school/program meets the above criteria, then the student makes a choice based on personal preferences (i.e., climate, size of school, friends) |
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