aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Deadline for USA/USA Application (from BohdanOryshkevich

[Robert DeLossa <radelo@earthlink.net>]

Title: Deadline for USA/USA Application (from Bohdan Oryshkev

[from bohdan_oryshkevich@verizon.net]

 

Applications for the USA/USA Program continue to stream in.  The deadline is June 1.  So far 45 applicants have registered to compete for the 10 places available.  The deadline is still two weeks away.  We expect about 60 applicants.  The applicants are from ten oblasts and the city of Sevastopol.  The leading number of applicants comes from Luhansk oblast.

 

A promising applicant is:

 

YD Woman Applicant

Date of Birth: 11/19/1990

City: Vilnohirsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Year of Graduation: Skipped one year in 2001; Year of HS Graduation 2007

Leave of absence from school for one year so that others can catch up with her

 

Favorite subjects: English, physics, and computer science

 

Awards: Second place in oblast Olympiads in physics (2003-2004) Third place in oblast Olympiads in mathematics; second place in oblast competition in music theory; Vilnohirsk teenage chess champion

Other achievement: developed game program within one month of receiving a computer.

 

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English, French, and German

Musical instruments: Piano and violin

 

Current book: Alice in Wonderland in English

Favorite author: J.R.R. Tolkien;

Favorite poet: Lina Kostenko

 

Current sport: basketball team organized by local Peace Corps Volunteer, Ben.

 

Ambition in life: to make Ukraine famous by being the first Ukrainian to create an operating system.  Combine her interest in computer science with astronomy.

 
Project: to put on a Ukrainian evening on her American college campus in which she plays Ukrainian music, speaks about Ukraine and recites Ukrainian poetry.  Claims she will get Americans to perform with her and will provide the attendees with computer screensavers portraying beautiful scenes of Ukraine

 

Recommendation by friend: ’Ò¥Ï ÔÓÏý“ý¼, vsim pomahaye, helps everyone; voonderkind;
 

Recommendation by teacher: highly capable, serious, motivation, high standards, helpful

 

Why I want to participate in the USA/USA Program and study abroad: "I want to participate in this program because I want to get the best education.  If I enter an American university, I will be able to improve my English get some skills in understanding another culture and learn to live in US democratic society.  This experience will help me make a difference in my native country."

 

Six USA/USA Program students won full scholarships to study in the USA during the 2004-2005 academic season.   Three won full four college scholarships; three won scholarships for two years of prep school education with the improved prospect of winning full four year college scholarships.  We will write more about these students in the next few weeks.

 

To learn more about the USA/USA Program go to www.ukrainianscholarships.org.   We are looking for sponsors, strategic partner organizations, and educational institutions to help us reach our fullest potential.  Please visit our site and write directly to me at: bohdan@ukrainianscholarships.org. 

 

Bohdan Oryshkevich