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Welcome to the 108th Edition of the Newsletter!
This month we're delighted to launch a new blog
featuring Shani Gur, the winner of the 2007 Travel Video Contest. If
you enjoyed her film, you'll like her blog! Also many international
scholarship deadlines come up over the next two months, so this
month we feature the updated InternationalScholarships.com.
We hope your new semester has started off well and
enjoy the newlsetter!
Ross Mason
Editor, InternationalStudent.com
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The winner of our 2007 Travel Video Contest, Shani
Gur, now has her own blog on InternationalStudent.com. Shani's
wonderful short film "A Trip to Papa" earned her the $2500
first prize against stiff competition. In her new blog, she mixes
pictures, words and art in her unique poetic style as she chronicles
her search for her father -- so if you liked the film, you'll love
the blog!
Follow Shani's (freezing) journey across Russia: http://www.internationalstudent.com/study-abroad/
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Although its never easy to afford an international education, there
are thousands of scholarships available for international study. If
you spend the time to do your research, and then put in the hard
work to apply, you can put yourself in the running to fund at least
a portion of your overseas study.
Recently updated, InternationalScholarships.com provides an easy way
for students to start their scholarship research, and a great free
way for schools to advertise their scholarships! Simply search the
massive database, and when you find a scholarship you're interested
in, contact the school or organization directly to apply. The
database includes scholarships offered by schools in the US and
around the world, as well as offerings by other organizations that
can be used at any school.
Click here to start your scholarship search: https://www.internationalscholarships.com
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The InternationalStudent.com Job Center is a very helpful resource
for international students considering internships or work. The Job
Center features country work guides for the USA, UK, Australia,
Europe and Canada. You will also find helpful articles, resume
writing advice, and best of all, live streaming job and internship
opportunities! The work opportunities come from posts to our forums
and also from our new partner, iHipo International Jobs and
Internships.
Start your jobsearch today:
http://www.internationalstudent.com/jobsearch/
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Do you like jigsaw puzzles? If you do, the next time
you need to kill a few minutes, try JigZone.com. Every day there's a
new online jigsaw puzzle of the day, always free! You hear a
comforting click every time you put a puzzle piece in the right
spot, and if you get really frustrated, you can ask the site to
auto-solve the puzzle for you and watch it work!
Check it out: http://www.jigzone.com/puzzles/daily-jigsaw
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Dartmouth Goes Need-Blind For International
Students!
Dartmouth College, a member of the Ivy League and at
the "forefront of US higher education since 1769," has
joined the elite group of US universities and colleges that offer
need-blind admissions to international students.
From Dartmouth's news release:
"Starting immediately with the Class of 2012,
the College will extend its need-blind admissions policy to all
international students. Previously the College was need-blind for
students from the U.S. as well as those from Canada and Mexico and
provided financial aid to other international students up to a
preset budget maximum. This cap will now be lifted and Dartmouth
will join a very small group of schools that have a fully need-blind
admissions process for international students."
Under a need-blind admissions policy, a school
reviews a student's application for admission without considering
the student's ability to pay. Then if the student is admitted, the
school must make the tuition affordable by meeting the student's
demonstrated financial need for all four years of the student's
undergraduate study, through a combination of grants and loans.
Dartmouth will become the 7th US school offering need-blind
admission, joining MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Williams College
and Middlebury College.
Visit InternationalStudent.com's
Schools Awarding Aid page to see more on the US colleges and
universities that offer aid to international students:
http://www.internationalstudent.com/schools_awarding_aid/
Read the entire press release on Dartmouth's
website:
https://home.dartmouth.edu/
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Meet Mika, a young man with a dream to study in the
USA. Follow him as he overcomes a few challenges on his journey from
far, far away. Watch https://www.usjournal.com/en/related/montage/plusdiscamus.pdf
(which means "Learn more" in Latin), a six-minute animated
film celebrating USjournal.com's first ten years online!
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