[aaus-list] An invitation to select students from Ukraine for Harvard Yale Princeton

[Bohdan Oryshkevich]

Dear Friends: 
   
  We at the USA/USA Program feel that the intelligent selection of students from 
  Ukraine for our USA/USA Program is an important responsibility.  We therefore 
  would benefit from your input and advice in this process.  
   
  There are many interesting essays from students from all regions of Ukraine.  
  Also, all students have to submit five books that they have read.  This gives us an 
  insight into what students in Ukraine read.  We are overwhelmed with application 
  materials and would benefit from assistance in the collation of this interesting information. 
   
  We invite you to contact us if you are interested in helping us select students for the 
  USA/USA Seminar 2008.  You can write to us at: info at ukrainianscholarships.org or 
  phone 1-212-785-4170.  We are conveniently located in the financial district of lower 
  Manhattan close to multiple subway lines and the PATH system not to mention Express 
  Buses.  We can arrange for readings on weekends and in evenings.  
   
  You will help us select our USA/USA Seminar 2008 students from 164 registered 
  candidates from all across Ukraine.  The selected students will be competing against 
  students from around the world (Bulgaria, Korea, Romania, Turkey, Nepal) for 
  scholarships to many of the world’s best universities.  Our registration is nearly 
  complete.  
   
  We may end up with as many as 170 registrants even though the deadline passed 
  on June 15.  Of these 170 candidates perhaps, perhaps 130 will submit rigorously 
  complete applications.  Our information on these students includes the numbers 
  of years of study of Ukrainian, Russian, English, Maths, and other languages. 
   
  Our applicants are currently undergoing testing all across Ukraine.  For the schedule 
  of testing in Ukraine visit our website at www.ukrainianscholarships.org. 
   
  Our registrants come from 25 administrative regions of Ukraine.  Sevastopol and 
  Kyiv City are considered separate oblasts.  As always, the number of young women 
  exceeds the number of men.  The percent of women to men has remained remarkably 
  stable over the years.  Chernivtsi and Kirovohrad oblasts did not send any applicants 
  this year.  Chernihiv oblast sent the most with eighteen applications. 
   
  About fifty of these registrants will demonstrate adequate English language skills 
  on objective testing.  Thirty eight of these registrants spent at least a year studying 
  in the USA.  Thirty five as a result of the FSA/FLEX program.  Two as a result of 
  their mother being a Fulbright scholar.  One as a result of temporary emigration.  
   
  When we select students we seek not only to find the brightest candidates but to 
  create an ensemble that will give back to our program and will play a constructive 
  role in the world.  This is not an easy task.  We also search for students who have 
  a specific intellectual interest, passion or ambition or who cannot realize their 
  talents in Ukraine. 
   
  Thank you for your attention.
   
  Information about the registrations is below. 
   
  Bohdan A. Oryshkevich
  Founder, USA/USA 
  New York City 
   
  2008 Registrants 
   
  Male                 49
  Female             115
  Total                 164
              
  Oblast   
  Volyn                4
  Zaporizhzhia      5
  Crimea            8
  Sevastopol       2
  Poltava           4
  Dnipropetrovsk   13
  Kharkiv              12
  Donetsk          9
  Vinnitsa          5
  Rivne                12
  Zhytomir            8
  Luhansk            2
  Kherson          9
  Chernihiv           18
  Khmelnitsky     8
  Kyiv City           6
  Sumy            9
  Ternopil            3
  Mykolayiv         5
  Ivano-Frankivsk 10
  Lviv                  4
  Odesa              2
  Zakarpattia       1
  Kyiv oblast        3
  Cherkassy      2
  Total                164
              
  Year of Graduation         
  2008     42
  2009     76
  2010     31
  2011     13
  ?          2
  Total     164
   
   
  Year of Birth      
  1990     9
  1991     55
  1992     54
  1993     33
  1994     11
  1995     1
  ?          1
  Total     164
   
  Registrants by City Size 
  > 800,000                        20
  350,000 to 800,000          24
  100,000 to 350,000          51
  50,000 to 100,000            29
  25,000 to 50,000              14
  < 25,000                         26
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