Competitive College Club Bitola: School selection & Financial Aid

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On June 29th Competitive College Club (CCC) Bitola meeting was focused on the process of school selection, most helpful resources on school selection and what works best in practice. The presentation included the important criteria for school selection such as department’s description of its undergraduate education, the academic calendar, retention and graduation rates, diversity and acceptance rate besides the more obvious factors such as location, types of colleges, housing, rankings, GPA and test scores. 

It also referred to the EducationUSA website, College Board, Collegeweeklive, and some other useful online articles and resources. Then followed a small group work on self-assessment documents where CCC Bitola students read through real student college lists and were asked to approve them according to the information provided by the students. 

The two hour sessions also included conversation on understanding financial aid for international students and the realities of available funding including information on the financial aid process, presenting types of financial aid as well as understanding deadlines. Two very helpful videos from the University of Pennsylvania's MOOC: Applying to U.S. Universities followed in the end:https://www.coursera.org/learn/study-in-usa


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