Bulletin #7 | October 15th, 2019

Last week we held our annual College Fair. I’m not sure when JFK started these Fairs, but when I joined here 20 years ago the school held the College Fair on the high school patio and about 5 universities came to talk to students during recess. This year we hosted 110 top universities from around the world including the UK, Australia, Europe, US and Canada, as well as the best local and national institutions!

The continued growth in interest in JFK students from so many universities and colleges is testament to the value of the education that all our students receive. When asking directly many of those attending why they wish to be here their answers are all very similar. They feel they can tell a JFK student from the crowds here (we open our doors to other schools as well) by their questions, their confidence, their clear understanding about what they need to know and of course, the quality of both English and Spanish. They also refer back to JFK alumni who came to them from earlier Fairs and left lasting impressions on them through their personalities or outstanding academic performance.

Our College Fair offers great opportunities for all our students and families. In one place, on one day, you can see the possibilities in so many settings and so many countries. It doesn’t mean either that all are attracted away from Mexico. One student told me “I was thinking of going to Canada, but now I can see there are lots of interesting places in Mexico too.” There are also those who ‘discover’ careers on offer that they have never thought about before, and take the chance to find out more before going home and seeing where else such careers are offered.

 

The College Fair is a way to help open doors and open minds to the possibilities that exist; there is no trickery into signing up on the day. A great many new contacts have been made and possible future decisions will be offering many of our students different paths that will lead to careers and lives they never thought about just last week!

Please make use of all the services on offer through our College and Career Counseling Services here on campus. It may be too early to make final career decisions, but it is never too early to find out where your interests lie. This is why 87% of the Class of 2019 claimed to have been accepted into their first choice of university, with 30% of them saving more than 10 million pesos in scholarships between them!