Preparing students for university applications and helping them in the process is an integral part of our work.
Mark Chalkley is our Senior University Counsellor here at UWC Red Cross Nordic. The main focus of his work is to assist and support students when they apply to colleges and universities. This includes leading workshops on how to write personal statements, helping students with all required documentation, writing counselor recommendations in support of applications, giving advice about possible and appropriate schools to apply to, and aiding students in applying for financial aid. He has deep knowledge of how to apply to schools in different parts of the world and personal connections with admissions personnel at various institutions. Mark has worked at RCN for many years and is a residential advisor to ten students. In 2019, Mark received the “Counselors That Change Lives” award from Colleges That Change Lives, for his dedicated support to any and all students who wish to further their studies post RCN.
For students to make the best possible decision on which universities they should attend after RCN, Mark also organizes visits to our College from many universities across the globe, both online and in person.
These autumn weeks are busy with visits and workshops; last weekend, ten recruiting institutions visited us after a 2-year pause due to the pandemic. To begin the season, we had the remodeled UWC Davis European Tour visit. They presented a series of talks on Saturday afternoon in the auditorium, ending with introductions from each visiting institution. On Sunday morning, the UWC Davis Fair began, after which we treated our guests to an excellent lunch in our Baking House, catered by DROP.
We now look forward to visits from many other institutions in the next couple of months!
Visiting universities:
Bates College
Concordia College
Earlham College
Davidson College
Middlebury College
Northwestern University
St. Olaf College
University of Oklahoma
Wartburg College
Whitman College
Methodist University
Case Western Reserve University
University of Richmond
Macalester College
Lewis and Clark College
Trinity College
New York University Abu Dhabi
Ringling College of Art and Design
Lake Forest College
College of Idaho
College of the Atlantic
Bennington College
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