EducationUSA Competitive College Club (CCC) Macedonia

The members of the Competitive College Club met on September 21st for another session with the EdUSA Adviser Biljana Kuzmanovska and Peace Corps Volunteer Erin Houlihan. The advising session with Ms. Kuzmanovska and the SAT preparation session with PCV Houlihan were the two activities with which the participants of the Club were occupied with during this Saturday. On September 25th 2013 the EducationUSA Competitive College Club met for another session with Ms. Biljana Kuzmanovska, EducationUSA Adviser and Coordinator of American Corner Bitola. On this meeting the students started filling out the General Common Application and gathering information about this document. This practice was to get the general objective of how the application looks like, and also to make sure they have all the necessary documents that are required during the process of applying to U.S. College.  The second part of the meeting was dedicated on sharing tips for writing a good college essay. This part

On August 31st the attendees at Book club talked about the book “Walden” by the writer Henry David Thoreau. Peace Corps Volunteer Karli- Marie Reyes first prepared numerous vocabulary exercises inspired by the book which helped the participants and members of the Competitive College Club to work on their SAT preparations. The tips for writing an essay, as well as the essay topic inspired by the book “Walden” was distributed by PCV Reyes Dimovska. At the end of the Book Club PCV Karli Marie Reyes gave a notice to the Book club participants that she has noticed mayor improvement in their essay writing skills which was another great motivation for them to continue with their good work.

On August 1st the members of the Competitive College Club met with PCV Erin Houlihan for an SAT preparation session. This regular SAT sessions organized especially for the members of CCC offers them a great opportunity to practice and learn more about this test. Learning SAT words seems to be the most fun, as well as the most requesting part of the preparations for all members of the AC Bitola Competitive College Club.   The EducationUSA Competitive College Club Members  on August 6th 2013 held another SAT preparation session with Peace Corps Volunteer Erin Houlihan. On this session the members of the Club one more time practiced the essay part of the SAT test. The essay gives them an opportunity to show how effectively they can develop and express ideas. The Club also discussed the process of Essay Scoring - how it’s scored, and what the scores means. This kind of practices will help them to achieve better results on the actual test. On August 16th the memb