USA/USA 2001
USA/USA
PO Box 250093
Columbia University Station
New York, New York 10025-1531
212-475-5326
usa.usa@attglobal.net
USA/USA will run its ninth summer academic advising program in Ukraine in 2001 in which scholarship students from Ukraine already studying in the United States provide instruction to students still in Ukraine on how and to which college preparatory high schools (lycees with housing) and colleges to apply to in the United States. USA/USA provides hard currency scholarships for college entrance exams (TOEFL, SAT I, SAT II) in Ukraine. Other co-workers, residing in Ukraine year-round, assist the selected applicants in all steps of the application process. Students studying in America run the workshop and make the final selection of applicants. Entry into the program is highly competitive. Twenty nine of our 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995, 1997, 1999 program participants have so far won over two million dollars in merit scholarships from leading American preparatory high schools (5) and colleges (full four year college scholarships in 24 cases). In 2000 fifty-seven applicants applied for our ten places. The median TOEFL score of the accepted student was 595 (517-620).
Eligibility: Ukrainian students graduating from high school in the spring of 2001 (entering the first year of university in September 2001) or 2002 (entering the eleventh grade in September 2001), or 2003 (entering the tenth grade in September 2001), and residing in Poltava, Kharkiv, Vinnitsa, Zaporizhzhia Oblasts and the Republic of Crimea (including Sevastopol), and qualified to enter the first year of university in the fall of 2001 or 2002 or 2003. Slots will be reserved for exceptional students still in high school who can enter the last two years of elite college preparatory schools in North America. All applicants should possess an excellent command of English and be able to obtain a TOEFL score of 550. Students who have studied in the United States should already possess an official TOEFL score of 600.
In order to be considered for admission to the USA/USA Seminar 2001 students
must submit the following materials:
Registration materials including name, address, telephone, e-mail, fax,
date and year of birth, all schools attended, school addresses, passport
photograph. This can be mailed immediately for registration purposes.
An official fully legible school transcript (which includes the prior
four years of education), with a clear name of the student and name and
full coordinates of the school attended. Year of graduation must be clear.
A brief English language autobiography. The autobiography should include
an outline of extra-curricular talents, writing skills, artistic or leadership
skills, athletic abilities, community service activities, employment experience,
moral character and determination to study in America.
An essay in English on career and life plans.
An essay in English on a chosen topic.
A recommendation in English from their school on official school stationary
with a clear signature and name.
A recommendation from a friend outlining their character and loyalty as
a friend. This reference may be in Ukrainian or in English.
The applicant should also include an idea for a project relevant to Ukraine
that the student would pursue while studying in America. This one project
proposal should be submitted in both Ukrainian and in English.
Two empty envelopes addressed to the applicant bearing Ukrainian in country
first class (airmail) stamps.
All materials should be mailed to the USA/USA address in the USA listed
above.
Pre-screened applicants will undergo written English language testing and interviews in Ukraine before final admission into the workshop. Test scholarships will be available only upon successful completion of the ten day advising workshop.
Site: Selected students will be informed of the location and dates of
the testing and of the seminar. Testing and interviews will be held in
early to late June 2001 depending upon the Oblast. Schools willing to
work with the USA/USA Program and to host our admissions officers are
also welcome to write to us.
Time: The workshop will be held in late June or July of 2001 depending
upon the number of applicants.
Cost: There is no charge for our program at any level. Our program runs
on the volunteer work of our co-workers in America and Ukraine. Generous
contributions from individual benefactors make our program possible. USA/USA
is a program of the Coordinating Committee to Aid Ukraine, Inc.(USA) a
501©3 not-for-profit organization.
Limitations: All candidates must be born after December 31, 1981. Application
to our program does not guarantee entry to our program. Completion of
our program does not guarantee entry into an American college nor a scholarship.
American colleges provide all the tuition scholarship funds. Our scholarship
funds are limited to the costs of the application process. Our program
does not provide tuition scholarships.
All applications should be completed, mailed via the Ukrainian Post Office
(not through private carriers), and arrive in America before May 15, 2001.
Final acceptance will be in America. All applicants will be informed of
the arrival of their application if they provide an e-mail address.
Our program does not select on based on sex, race, religion, nor ethnic
origin. Only students who are citizens of Ukraine and reside in Poltava,
Kharkiv, Vinnitsa, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk Oblasts,
and the Republic of Crimea (including Sevastopol) are encouraged to apply.
Address inquiries to the above addresses.
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