1.
STUDY METRO
VIRTUAL COUNSELORS
FORUM
B Y M I C H A E L I A C O VA Z Z I - PA U
A N D A B H I S H E K B A J A J
D E C E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 6

2.
SITUATION
IN USA
P R E S I D E N T I A L E L E C T I O N S
S H O OT I N G S I N C A M P U S
H O W T O R E A C T ? W H AT T O T E L L S T U D E N T S ?

3.
SITUATION
IN INDIA
• O L D C U R R E N C Y M A N D AT E
• D E P R E C I AT I O N F E A R S
H O W T O R E A C T ? W H AT T O T E L L
S T U D E N T S ?

4.
VISA REJECTION
RATE• H O W TO K E E P S T U D E N T S M OT I VAT E D A N D
N OT G I V E U P ?
• W H AT H E L P S S T U D E N T S G E T V I S A ?

5.
PREPARING STUDENTS
FOR SUCCESS
• H O W M U C H I S R E Q U I R E D O F Y O U A S A
C O U N S E LO R ?
• H O W M U C H I S T H E S T U D E N T R E S P O N S I B L E
F O R H I S F U T U R E ?

6.
EXPLORING OTHER
OPTIONS• C A N D I A N , E U R O P E A N U N I V E R S I T I E S O F F E R
E N G L I S H M A S T E R S P R O G R A M S AT A L O W E R C O S T
W I T H B E T T E R V I S A R AT E S
• S T R O N G R A N K I N G S T O O

7.
BUILDING OUR
REPUTATION
• A C C U R A C Y M A R K E T I S M O R E C O M P E T I T I V E – E A C H
M I S TA K E I S C O S T LY
• I N T E G R I T Y W I T H S T U D E N T S – T E L L T H E M T H E T R U T H ,
N O T O V E R P R O M I S E , B E T R A N S P A R E N T
• P R E C I S I O N – A P P L I C AT I O N P R O C E D U R E S A R E
I M P O R T A N T. E A C H S C H O O L E X P E C T S S T U D Y M E T R O
T O P R O V I D E A C C U R AT E F O R M S A N D A L L R E Q U I R E D
D O C U M E N T S

8.
BECOME A
REAL
PARTNER TO
SCHOOLS
• W H AT D O S C H O O L S W A N T F R O M A G E N T S ?
• O P E N A N D P R O A C T I V E C O M M U N I C AT I O N
• R E P O R T S – V I S A S TAT U S

9.
ORGANIZE YOURSELF• M O R E S C H O O L S , M O R E C H O I C E S , M O R E
P R O C E D U R E S !
• D ATA B A S E M A N A G E M E N T I S K E Y
• H O W D O Y O U S I M P L I F Y T H E C O U N S E L I N G
P R O C E S S W I T H M O R E C H O I C E S W O R L W I D E ?
B U I L D E X P E R T M AT T E R T E A M S , Q A L E A D E R S

10.
INCREASE
PIPELINE,
RETAIN
• S E T G O A L S F O R Y O U R T E A M , R E P O R T
P O L I C I E S A N D P R O V I D E R E S O U R C E S T O
H E L P T H E M S U C C E E D
• W H O C H E C K S U P O N S T U D E N T S A F T E R
T H E Y S TA R T S C H O O L?
• I D E A S ?

11.
LET’S
SUMMARIZE1 . R E M O V E F E A R S F R O M S T U D E N T S
2 . O F F E R A LT E R N AT I V E O P T I O N S
3 . C O M M U N I C AT E M O R E F R E Q U E N T LY W I T H
S C H O O L S , B E P R O A C T I V E
4 . S TAY I N T O U C H W I T H S T U D E N T S A F T E R T H E Y
A R E I N U S A T O B U I L D M O R E R E F E R R A L S
5 . F O C U S O N S E R I O U S S T U D E N T S F I R S T
6 . B U I L D E X P E R T M AT T E R S I N Y O U R T E A M S
7 . C H E C K , C H E C K , A N D C H E C K A G A I N – Q U A L I T Y
A S S U R A N C E