Everyone has a portion of their dreams taking place in the USA:walking the streets of metropolises of America,going to Disney World,road tripping on route 66,or studying in an elite university. Of course,this series of blog entries won’t be my indefinite listing of pro et contra reasons for pursuing such dreams. If you’ve been thinking,planning,or at least a tad bit dreaming about studying in USA,you’ve come to a pretty good source of information. Here on the IACBG blog,I have just begun a series of entries that will give you first hand,applicable information you can use if you ever go down this road.
It won’t be as ready to use as a step by step guide to filing your paperwork (and it’s a mighty load in question!),or a bundle of posted SAT practice tests for your exam preparation. I will try to,as vividly as feasible,describe and guide a prospective applicant through the whole process in a very personal way. Of course,I will assume that you are familiar with elementary information about the application process,and will thus describe the experience of pulling your way through it all.
But,who am I? And why I’m writing this? My name is Milica,and I am this year’s prospective freshman of one of the top USA colleges,majoring in Computer Science. The thing is,I still don’t know where I will be admitted,and I’ll be on pins and needles until April 01. I’ve been through this whole college admission experience for quite a while now,and I have almost wrapped that part of my life up. I’m writing these in order to focus,examine and summarize what I’ve been through,what would I have done differently now,but also to help and encourage someone who’s interested in a similar endeavor. Not in writing a blog,for God’s sake,but for applying to college in USA! It may be odd to hear this,but the admission process itself is a life-changing experience,a journey very similar to growing up. You are forced to examine yourself thoroughly,and that’s not a request you will read anywhere in your exam preparatory materials,but is most necessary to satisfy of all the admission elements. You have to be very sure that you do or do not want it,and not be torn in between.
I’m planning to write entries for a month or so,round them as a whole nicely and thoroughly to cover as much aspects I can think of. But after the April 01,when I get all of my rejection letters,as a result I’ll probably write a few frantic posts and give up computers to live in a desert as an ascetic. Really,except for providing information,this blog will help me get through the waiting period.
Redhead in Rome - a picture of me.
And yes,I will be writing in English. It’s simply more convenient for me. My writings in Serbian are usually overly artistic and bohemian,and thus not suitable for informative blogging. Another thing is that *gasp* I hope that this will reach further than just the applicants in Serbia,that other International students may be interested.
Sincerely,
Milica Stankovic
Matemati?ka Gimnazija,Beograd
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