The vision statement of the school states that 'the school must assist students in deciding their future course of careers.' At Doon, guidance and counselling services are given utmost priority.  

The School’s careers programme is based on the principles of self development, career exploration and career management.

What we offer:

• An effective Careers guidance for students to support choices and to enable them to make informed decisions relating to their future.
• Organise an Aptitude- Interest- Personality test for A form with a detailed report and follow-up individual counselling.
• Academic advising for students.
• Student Handbooks:
   Study Smart- A guide to effective learning
   Studying Overseas- Admission procedures for foreign universities
   U- Special- Admission procedures for colleges in India
• Specific information and guidance to students and parents relating to subject choices, Higher Education choices, and to advise and expose them to possible career paths.
• Training and practice as appropriate in the form of supervised CV writing, SOP and Personal Essay writing, Interview Training, Indian and International applications for college admissions (UCAS ,Common Application, OCAS etc. ).
• Support and administer University applications for present and past students in the country and abroad. This includes making transcripts, recommendations letters, predicted grades and the school profile.
• Correspond and follow-up with universities about our student applications.
• Developing and building relationships with university admission officers.
• Organise visits by university representatives.
• Up-to-date resources in the Department. A library where students can research careers and university courses.
• Latest information about developments at government and university level to ensure that our students are well served in their progression from school to university and that they are kept informed of material changes and trends.
• Advice and assistance to students on all Careers and Higher Education related matters by organising workshops, seminars, career talks and visits to career fairs.
• Information and guidance relating to scholarships and bursaries available at universities.
• Facilitate IELTS and SAT English and Maths classes.
• A comprehensive process for internships and to advise and follow up placements as appropriate. We are presently working towards creating internship opportunities for the students.
  

Latest News: 

Top Russell Group offers

The Class of 2012 is already in receipt of many offers from top Russell Group Universities in the UK.
Boys from many Houses have already heard from Bath, Cardiff, Durham, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Manchester, Sheffield, Warwick, Exeter and Bristol. UCL and LSE also feature again this year. The School awaits further news this term and congratulations to the boys and the teachers as well as the Careers Department for all their hard work.
Next stop is getting the necessary IB and ISC scores this term.

Scholarships awarded by Hong Kong University

Congratulations to boys who have been offered very generous scholarships to study at one of Asia’s top two universities, ranked as such for the last three years.
Boys have been offered scholarships ranging from 1200000 HK dollars to 1800000 HK dollars.

Dosco, the only Indian student to win Huntsman Award 2012

Varun Gupta, Jaipur House and from Delhi is awarded the Huntsman place this year. Aside from there only being fifteen places for international students, only one place was given to India and Varun got it.
Varun’s elder brother also went to UPenn but was not given the Huntsman award.
Good to see younger siblings setting the pace. 

Top university offers in wide range of subjects

 Boys have shown a wide a variety of intellectual interests again this year in the courses they have chosen to study at university. Courses include Architecture, English, Business and Marketing, Economics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering,
Civil Engineering and Entrepreneurship, Computer Science, Graphic Arts, Fine Art, Politics and International Relations. Liberal Arts colleges also continue to grow in popularity.

 Outstanding early university and college offers for 2012

 The school is celebrating its first ED offers for the US and first UK offers for the class of 2012. ED offers for the US include:Cornell,PrincetonUPenn and the Huntsman award. There are only fifteen given to international students world-wide. Other colleges also include Drexel and Unison with very substantial scholarships.In the UK, boys have received offers from Bristol, Warwick, UCL and Surrey and from Hong Kong University.Boys have chosen a wide range of courses including Engineering, Economics, Business Management, Science and Architecture and International Relations. The school looks forward to receiving first class offers from India, Canada and Singapore later in the year. Congratulations to each boy, the staff involved and the support from the parents involved in this ever competitive Higher Education landscape, at home and abroad. 

 Doon hosts Canadian Universities Fair

The Doon School hosted thirteen of Canada’s top universities, including McGill and Waterloo, on 26th August.  Boys from B form to SC form attended the presentation about life and study in Canada, as well as talked to the admissions officers about their universities, scholarships and course options. Canada is a popular choice for Doscos and has been for several years. In 2011, six boys have been offered and have accepted places at UBC alone.

US Consular team visits Doon School

Due to the large numbers of boys applying to the US at undergraduate level, the school was visited in the middle of August by a US consular team lead by Naomi Mattos. Ms Mattos, a graduate of William and Mary College, spoke to the boys about three key issues. Boys were told of the need for physical attendance in class, as well as to avoid unauthorised employment and academic failure. If students failed to comply with college regulations then they were likely to be asked to leave the US and face visa restrictions. An unconditional offer to study in the US does not mean a chance to flout the college rules, she told Doscos.

IIT and Oxbridge Success for 2011

 Congratulations to Kushagra Jaiswal from Oberoi House, who left Doon in 2010. Kushagra took a gap year at FIITJEE in Lucknow and has been admitted to IIT Delhi this year.
 
Congratulations are also due to Shikhar Singh from Hyderbad House. He has been admitted to read for an undergraduate degree in History and Politics at Balliol College, University of Oxford. He graduated from St. Stephen’s College this year, where he was reading History.

 Visit to the Air Force

A group of our boys have had a wonderful opportunity to see life in the Air Force and to build their awareness of career avenues in the services. Boys heard from fighter pilots who gave them a demonstration of both day and night flying, including sitting in a simulator. The boys also visited the station control room and sat in on a briefing. The pilots staged an air strike and interceptors at work to explain the technical aspect of protecting the air base. The boys returned to Doon completely overwhelmed. One said, ‘This was an opportunity of a life-time’. The school plans to continue with such visits and give greater exposure to the boys about the many exciting career opportunities on offer in the services.

Top Canadian University UBC offers ILOT award to Dosco

Milind Pandit, (Jaipur House), who comes from Bangalore, has been offered the very prestigious International Leaders of Tomorrow Award to study at  the University of British Columbia (UBC). The award is a first for The Doon School and is given to the top twenty-five students who have applied to UBC. The award is a very large scholarship for a university education at UBC. Milind is also in receipt of other offers, including an unconditional place at Edinburgh to read Engineering and is studying for his IB. However, he has said that ‘UBC was my dream college and the award makes it all financially possible for me to turn my dream into reality’.

School Captain 2010, Arnav Sahu wins Tata Scholarship to Cornell

Arnav Sahu, the School Captain in the DS75 year who made his memorable speech in the presence of the President of India and HRH The King of Bhutan, has won the Tata Scholarship to Ivy League University, Cornell. Arnav, who is one of 2011’s toppers is hoping to major in Economics. Arnav was in Jaipur House and lives in Mumbai.

Top universities visit Doon

In Spring and Summer 2011, a wide variety of university admissions tutors visited the school. They included:

• Vice Chancellor of St Andrew’s University
• Admissions Tutor from Edinburgh University
• Admissions tutors from Carleton College and Queen’s University, Toronto, Canada
• Lord Bilimoria, who spoke about making a successful application to Cambridge
• A representative from Warwick University
• A group of SC boys who visited Delhi to meet Ms Ainsley Parker, Admissions Tutor for Ivy League University of Pennsylvania
• Mrs Namrata Pandey, our careers Counsellor, and Mr Vinay Pande, IB Coordinator, also visited several colleges in Delhi, including St Stephen’s and SRCC. More visits to Indian colleges are planned in the near future.

Head of Careers attends Oxford’s first International Conference, February 2011

Mrs Pandey, Head of the Careers Information, Education and Guidance Department, was the only representative from India to attend Oxford’s first international conference for careers advisers. Lord Patten, the Chief Guest at Founder’s Day 2008 and the outgoing Chancellor of Oxford, hosted a cocktail party for all the careers advisers at the conference. The programme featured the opportunity for delegates to observe an admissions interview and one of Oxford’s famous tutorials. Mrs Pandey visited other universities on the trip, including King’s College, London, Imperial College, the London School of Economics, University College London, Edinburgh and St Andrew’s. Doon has received multiple offers this year from virtually all of these colleges and universities, in subjects ranging from History of Art, English, and English and Film Studies, to Engineering, Economics and Business. Doon has also had equally superb offers from the US and Canada and a full report on them will be available when all offers from Singapore and India have been received as well.