THE
EUROPEAN ADVISERS NEWSLETTER
SPRING, 2002
American Colleges Overseas Tour Visits
Budapest
March 5, 2002
By Csilla Samay, Fulbright Educational Advising
Center
Budapest, Hungary
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Recently, the American Colleges Overseas tour visited Central/Eastern
European schools and advising centers. We were happy to hear that they would be
making a stop in Budapest. The tour members included Webster University, which
has multiple locations in Europe and one in Asia; Richmond, the American International
University in London; Franklin College, Lugano; Huron University, London; The
American University in Bulgaria; Parsons School of Design, Paris, and Vesalius
College in Brussels. Their first stop in our city was at the American International
School in Budapest, where counselor Chuck Vitello organized a college fair for
students from the various international schools in the city. The Fulbright Advising
Center in Budapest was invited to have a table as well. This was a wonderful opportunity
for us to not only learn about American university programs in Europe, but also
to provide the audience with more information about the services the Fulbright
office can offer to those interested in American higher education. We passed out
test bulletins, international student handbooks, lists of useful websites, study
in the USA publications, and various booklets about essay writing for admission
and scholarships. We brought a few boxes of materials and left empty handed! There
was a great turnout for the fair, and the students and parents had many good questions.
Before the fair there were a few presentations from the representatives about
the admission process and American higher education in general. We also had the
opportunity to talk about our center's services. I felt especially at home, as
prior to joining the Fulbright Budapest advising center this past January, I worked
for 4 years coordinating international admission for a college in Los Angeles.
In fact, I had traveled with some of the ACO representatives before, and it was
great to meet up with my former "road buddies" again! It was a pleasure
visiting with some of our international and Budapest colleagues, and we hope to
continue to work together in the future!
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