How to resist stress and make the best post-bac orientation choices, for yourself or for your child? While Parcoursup opens this Wednesday, advice from Stéphanie Moge-Masson, coach for young people and adolescents at the Garenne Colombe (Hauts-de-Seine).
1. Stay Zen
Yes, the admissions panels are black boxes. And despite the improvement of information in Parcoursup, the mechanics of the selection of young people in higher education remains shrouded in mystery. Why was the top neighbor accepted last year, and not this gleaming cousin?
"There are very legitimate criteria that sometimes escape families, for example scholarship quotas," explains Stéphanie Moge-Masson. But I have not seen any inflation of casting errors since the entry into force of Parcoursup: we must be calm. Last year, graduates received an average of 4.2 admission proposals each. 84% found there training that suited them, or 18,000 more students than in 2018.
2. Think about what you like
"Orienting yourself is asking yourself to reflect on what you like to do, and what you can do," insists Stéphanie Moge-Masson. In her office, she recommends that young people write on a sheet the "action verbs" that best correspond to their tastes and their everyday life, in order to draw ideas from large families of professions: caring, listen, advise, etc.
It is from this diagnosis that will be able to emerge desires of course. In Parcoursup, you can choose ten. “But on these ten seeds that we plant, it is important to think now about the two that we most want to see germinate, explains the coach. It will be useful at the time of the results. "
3. Visiting schools
“A study project is a content but also a choice of educational philosophy, warns the counselor. Too many young people get a huge slap when they get to college because they have the wrong type of education. To avoid this disappointment, go for the open doors, which are in full swing right now. Some schools organize "immersion days".
Free platforms, such as Inspire-orientation.org or jobirl.com also offer to connect high school students with students and volunteer professionals to share their experience. Parents, also consider opening your address books to your children: "nothing like them to meet people who work in the field that interest them," suggests Stéphanie Moge-Masson.
"Anticipate your higher studies" , by Valérie Alasluquetas and Stéphanie Moge-Masson, Ed. Studyrama, 2019.
