USA/USA organizes its sixth annual
academic advising program in Ukraine
NEW YORK - The Ukrainian Students Association of the U.S.A. (USA/USA)
will run its sixth summer academic advising program in Ukraine in 1998 in
which scholarship students from Ukraine who are already studying in the
United States will provide instructions to their counterparts still in Ukraine
on how to apply to U.S. college preparatory high schools and colleges.
USA/USA awards stipends enabling students to take college entrance exams
and the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) in Ukraine. Other
co-workers, residing in Kyiv year-round, assist the selected applicants
in all steps of the application process. Students from Ukraine run the workshop
and make the final selection of participants. Entry into the program is
highly competitive.
In 1997 more than 200 students applied for 32 places. The 1992, 1993,
1994 and 1995 program participants have won more than $1.5 million in merit
scholarships from leading American colleges.
- Eligibility: Ukrainian students who will graduate from high school
in the spring of 1998 or 1999 and are qualified to enter university in
the fall of 1999 are eligible. Slots will be reserved for exceptional students
in the earlier years of their high school education who can still enter
the last year of elite college preparatory schools
All applicants should possess an excellent command of English
and be able to obtain a TOEFL score of 550 or higher. Students who have
studied in the United States should already possess an official TOEFL score
of 600. All applicants must also submit an official transcript sent directly
from their school, an essay in English on their career and life plans,
an essay in English on a chosen topic, a brief autobiography, and a photograph.
Students should also obtain one recommendation from their school on official
school stationery. Their brief autobiography should outline their extracurricular
talents: writing skills, artistic or leadership skills, athletic abilities,
community service activities, employment experience, their moral character
and their determination to study in America. All materials should be sent
to the Kyiv address. All applications should also include two stamped and
pre-addressed, envelopes.
Pre-screened applicants will undergo written testing and
interviews before final admission into the workshop. Test stipends will
be available only upon successful completion of the 10-day advising workshop.
- Site: The workshop will be held in Kyiv. Testing and interviews will
be held in Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Zaporizhia
in May and June depending upon demand. Schools in these cities willing
to host our admissions officers are welcome to write to USA/USA.
- Time: The workshop will be held in late June or July, depending upon
the number of applicants.
- Cost: There is no charge for the program at any level. USA/USA will
provide students from outside of Kyiv with funds for travel to, and housing
in, Kyiv. The program runs on the volunteer work of co-workers in America
and Ukraine. Generous contributions from individual benefactors make the
program possible. USA/USA is a program of the Coordinating Committee to
Aid Ukraine Inc. (USA), a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization.
- Limitations: All candidates must be born after June 30, 1978. Application
to the program does not guarantee entry. Completion of the program does
not guarantee entry into an American college or a scholarship. American
colleges provide all the tuition scholarship funds. USA/USA stipend funds
are limited to the costs of the application process. The program does not
provide tuition scholarships. All applications should arrive in Kyiv after
January 1 and before May 1. Final acceptance will be on site. All rejected
students will receive a flyer on how they can apply to American colleges
on their own. The program does not select on the basis of sex, race, religion
or ethnic origin. All students who are citizens of Ukraine are welcome
to apply.
For information contact: USA/USA, P.O. Box 250093, Columbia University
Station, New York, NY 10025-1531; e-mail: usa.usa@ibm.net;
or vitaliy@erc.kiev.ua
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February
22, 1998, No. 8, Vol. LXVI
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