EducationUSA Competitive College Club (CCC) Macedonia

On May 17th 2016 the American Corner Bitola organized a Coffee with a Diplomat event on the topic “Study in the U.S." with Ms. Stephanie Larsen, U.S. Embassy Macedonia. Ms. Larsen shared her experience by answering students' questions such as: “Where are you interested in studying? What do you want out of a school—school size, sports and extra-curricular programs, location etc?. Stephanie also talked more about the opportunities EducationUSA network offers and pointed out to some valuable resources and organizations that can help international high school students enrich their volunteering experience when preparing to apply to U.S. universities. She was also interested to hear more about what students want to study and gave them great tips on how to prepare their college lists. Students on the other hand had many questions about Ms. Larsen's college experience and how she sees it from today's perspective.

On May 12th, the American Corner Bitola organized a presentation titled "How I got into MIT" with Ms. Sanja Simonovic, Senior at Yahya Kemal College and EducationUSA Center Bitola advisee.  The presentation was mainly focused on Ms. Simonovic' experience in the process of applying to U.S. colleges and universities, her acceptance to MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and also her plans as freshman at MIT this fall. Sanja had a really informative presentation about every aspect of the application process, she also shared valuable tips and insights how prospective internationals could prepare for SAT, TOEFL and other entrance exams that U.S. colleges and Universities require. She pointed out the honesty and enthusiasm were her main standpoints towards the whole application process and gave useful tips on the college essays writing as well as the importance of a passionate volunteering experience.  Q & A followed at the end of the presentation th

EducationUSA, a U.S. Department of State-supported network of 400 international student advising centers in more than 170 countries, and CollegeWeekLive, the world's leading website for online college fairs and admissions events, have joined forces to offer a convenient and cost-free way for international students to learn about higher education opportunities in the United States by creating the International Students Day.  On May 11th 2016 the American Corner Bitola/ EducationUSA Center Bitola organized an International Students Day, where students could log in to CollegeWeekLive to chat live with representatives from more than 100 U.S. colleges and universities, learn about current college students' experiences, and get advice from international education experts.  The American Corner Bitola was part of this virtual education fair organizing a viewing session variety of presentations such as: Discover Undergraduate U.S. Higher Education ; Undergraduate Admissions a

Selection of schools and how to do the research for the best U.S. universities to apply to, was the topic for the meeting of the EducationUSA Competitive College Club. EducationUSA Adviser Biljana Kuzmanovska talked more about the research process and how students can get more detailed information from the webpages of the universities and the steps of the admission process. The students received numerous information and tips related to the application process and the preparation of successful applications to U.S. universities.