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Students flock to University Fair at Eveline High School
17 Jul 2013 at 16:20hrs | Views
Close to four hundred high school students in and around Bulawayo at the weekend attended the American Colleges and Universities Fair held at Eveline High School.
The fair, organized by the American Corner based at the Bulawayo Public Library, saw 14 colleges and universities represented by Zimbabwean students who are either attending or are former students of the tertiary institutions. Each student provided information about application processes, admissions, campus and academic life as well as scholarship opportunities to prospective students.
Most of the "college representatives" said the most common questions were related to financial aid and the application process.
The high school students learned that the admissions processes to U.S. universities included a review of grades as well as the motivation behind students' desires to pursue further studies.
Colleges represented at the Fair included Morehouse College; Amherst College; Cornell University; De Paul University; Ouachita University; New York University Abu Dhabi; University of Pennyslvania; Yale University; College of St. Scholastica; Harvard University; Brown University; Lynn University and Oberlin College.
During the Fair, other organizations took the opportunity to reach out to high school students.
"We are telling them to come and read books at our library as they explore options for further study," said Wilson Julajulah, deputy chief librarian at the Bulawayo Public Library. He said his library has over 10,600 members in Bulawayo and had so far registered 50 new members in two hours at the Fair.
A similar event will be held in Harare at Prince Edward School on Saturday.
The fair, organized by the American Corner based at the Bulawayo Public Library, saw 14 colleges and universities represented by Zimbabwean students who are either attending or are former students of the tertiary institutions. Each student provided information about application processes, admissions, campus and academic life as well as scholarship opportunities to prospective students.
Most of the "college representatives" said the most common questions were related to financial aid and the application process.
The high school students learned that the admissions processes to U.S. universities included a review of grades as well as the motivation behind students' desires to pursue further studies.
During the Fair, other organizations took the opportunity to reach out to high school students.
"We are telling them to come and read books at our library as they explore options for further study," said Wilson Julajulah, deputy chief librarian at the Bulawayo Public Library. He said his library has over 10,600 members in Bulawayo and had so far registered 50 new members in two hours at the Fair.
A similar event will be held in Harare at Prince Edward School on Saturday.
Source - radiovop
