Cambridge & Medicine/Dentistry Applications 2013 Entry update

9 Offers from Cambridge, 9 offers for Medicine

Congratulations to our Medicine/Dentistry offer holders:

Pictured left to right: 

Michalis Hadjiandreou (Queen Mary University, Medicine), Georgia Irene Neophytou (Glasgow University, Medicine), Aristotelis Mylonas (Glasgow University, Dentistry), Mehmet Boztuna (Manchester University, Dentistry), Christina Louca (Cardiff University, Medicine), Elena Aprilia Antoniou (UCL, Medicine), Maria Katerina Pissaridou (Queen Mary University, Medicine), Maria Fala (Cambridge University, Medicine)

Absent from the photograph is:

Iacovos Theodoulou (Brighton & Sussex, Medicine)

Congratulations to our University of Cambridge offer holders:

Pictured left to right:

Savvas Ashikallis (Engineering), Eleni Courea (Geography), Maria Fala (Medicine), Demetra Panayides (Economics), Elena Pahita (Natural Sciences), Nicole Rossides (Psychological & Behavioural Sciences)

Absent from the photograph are:

Andreas Chrysanthou (Natural Sciences), Andreas Georghiades (Law) and Dimitris Kousoulides (Engineering).

Prospective Architecture applicants - please see Mrs Ashiotis in the Careers Office during any break.

All Students - Important announcements are being forwarded to your school email accounts, please ensure that you access this information on a regular basis.

Look out for our news in the April edition of 'The Canon'

The Work Experience portfolio of placements is now available at the Careers Office.  Please see Mrs Ashiotis for more details.  Our thanks to those organisations who are participating in the scheme.

Year 5, 6 and 7 students - Please note that the Insight Afternoon with the Headmaster will resume in September.

Past Events ...

Year 5 & 6 Oxbridge Evening - Great to see so many students and their parents at our 'Oxbridge Evening'.  We hope the evening helped to shed some light on the application process.

Study Abroad Fair

Our thanks to Mrs Anna Argyrou from the Fulbright Commission, Mr Javier Diaz Gervassini from the Cervantes Institute and the Spanish Embassy, Ms Nadia Papaeftychiou from the French Institute in Cyprus and Ms Melitta Hadjilaou, Representative of the Association of German Teachers in Cyprus. See photos in our photo gallery.

Many thanks to Dr Yasir Alfadhl, Lecturer from the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science of Queen Mary University, London for visiting us.  We look forward to meeting up with you again next year.

Medicine Presentation - students who missed the presentation can make an appointment to see Mrs Ashiotis.

Thank you, Ms Laura Anderson from the University of East Anglia for visiting us.  We look forward to welcoming you back next year.  Students who missed the visit can see Mrs Ashiotis to collect information about living and studying at the University.

Many thanks to Catherine (Imperial), Kyra (King's College), Phil (LSE) and Jessica (UCL) for visiting us - The annual Universities of London visit proved to be as useful as it is every year in helping students and their parents to familiarise themselves not only with entry requirements but also with student life in London.

Dr Constantinos Papoutsos visit - English School graduate and now Doctor at the Lancaster Royal Infirmary UK, left us with much 'food for thought' about the realities of the medical profession.  We thank him for taking the time to visit us. 

On the 12th December 2012 we joined Mrs Syrimis, Head of Art, in the Art Department for the 'Art Evento'.  Those parents/students who did not get the opportunity to speak with Mrs Ashiotis during that event, please feel free to contact her on 22 799300/397 if you have any questions.  You can see photos from the Event on our photo gallery pages.

We hope Year 5 parents found our meeting useful on Wednesday evening. Please feel free to contact Mrs Ashiotis at our Careers Office for any further information or clarifications on any of the topics discussed. Tel: +357 22 799300/397

Careers 4 U Workshop - Many thanks to Mr Costas Constantinou from Veema UK for the excellent workshop offered to our Year 3 participants and a big thank you to you, the students.  Your behaviour and positive particpation left the orgnanisers with the best impressions.  Well done!  You can see some photos in our photo gallery.

Morrisby Profile Testing – Our thanks to Mr Chris Marley from the Morrisby Organisation for administering the Morrisby Test to our Year 5 participants.  We look forward to welcoming you back next year.

We hope Year 6 parents found our meeting useful on Tuesday evening.  Please feel free to contact Mrs Ashiotis at our Careers Office for any further information or clarifications on any of the topics discussed. Tel: +357 22 799300/397

We would like to thank the following University Representatives for taking the time to visit our school and to meet with our students:

University of Birmingham

University of Essex

University of Manchester

University of Southampton

University of Surrey

University of Bath visit - Many thanks to Dr Sabina Gheduzzi, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Mechanical Engineering for taking the time to visit our School. If you missed the opportunity to meet with her, then come to the Careers Office to receive more information uNIVERSSpanish Education & Culture Evening - Thank you to everyone who contributed in making the evening a great success, as well as to the students and parents who came along to support this event and to learn more about studying in Spain. 

University of Bath visit - Many thanks to Dr Sabina Gheduzzi, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Mechanical Engineering for taking the time to visit our School.  If you missed the opportunity to meet with her, come to the Careers Office to receive more information.

A Big Thank You to those English School graduates who are currently studying at Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge) as well as to Avgi Loizides, who is studying Medicine at Bristol University, who took the time to come back to their old school and meet with some of our Year 7's.

Our thanks to Grant Thornton Cyprus and Christiana Diola Skordis from the ICAEW for their excellent presentation last week.  We look forward to welcoming you back to the school on another occassion.

New York University, Abu Dhabi - Many thanks to Ms Sara Orr Saiz from New York University, Abu Dhabi (a campus of New York University, US), for visiting us.  Students can collect information about studying at NYU, Abu Dhabi from the Careers Office.

University of Newcastle visit - Our thanks to Ms Sheila Cauwood from the University of Newcastle's Business School.  Any students looking for information on living in Newcastle, please come to the Careers Office to collect a leaflet.

Students en route to becoming Doctors…
The School’s tradition of sending an unusually large number of students to study Medicine continues, with this year being no exception. This year 8 of our students have successfully made it through the strenuous path of applying for medicine, with many of them being fortunate enough to be offered a choice of which University they wish to attend. Congratulations to all our students for their efforts which have certainly paid off:

Nicos Gavrielides – Manchester
Andreas Hadjigeorghiou – Cambridge
Elena Ioannou – St George’s London
Cleo Kitromilidou – UCL
Demetris Mariannis – Queen Mary London
Nikolas Mavreas – Cambridge
Nicholas Pipis – Manchester
Andreas Xenophontos – St Andrews

Did you know?… In the period (2007-2012) the School has seen 48 of its students go on to study Medicine & Dentistry.