Ahmed Gamdi
Ahmad Al Gamdi
Ahmet Gamdi
Ahmed Al-gamdi
- are they all the same person? Well… maybe.
This is not usually a problem most American students face when applying to college – but is a common problem for most people whose mother tongue is not English.
Transliteration of a non-English name, specifically those written in non-latin based languages, creates headaches for governments, colleges and universities, and for the students. Something as simple as a hyphen can create serious problems for a student leading to rejected paperwork, non-issuance of a visa, and difficulties in opening bank …

These are a few of the colleges and universities in the US that offer rolling admissions (read more about rolling admissions here)- while we’re working on our new database of colleges and universities, we’ll give you a list of a some of the schools that have rolling admissions. Good luck with your application!
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI http://www.msu.edu

Lasell College, Newton, MA http://www.lasell.edu

Marymount University, Arlington, VA http://www.marymount.edu

University of New Haven, New Haven, CT http://www.newhaven.edu

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA http://www.uml.edu

Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH http://www.snhu.edu
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO   …

Are you thinking its too late for you to apply to college or university in the US? That the only schools who may still be accepting students at this date would be low-caliber, border-line diploma mills?
Well you would be wrong! Many well ranked, highly respected colleges and universities have rolling admissions. These institutions do not have a “hard” deadline by which your application must be received but instead continue to accept applications until the class is full.
If you were not accepted at your chosen schools, your first choice, or even …

Its much harder to find scholarships aimed at international students as most financial aid and scholarships are aimed at students who are American citizens.  A new site we recently discovered: My USearch has a $1,000 scholarship aimed at international students and a great questionnaire to help students interested in a 2-year associates degree or a 4-year bachelors degree find their ideal college match.
Scholarship info:
International and Undocumented Student Scholarship $1,000 Deadline 7/15/2009
Live abroad and want to study in the US? Does your citizenship status prevent you from enrolling as a …

NAFSA confirmed today that there will be a informational session for attendees to hear all about potential opportunities to collaborate on the Iraq Education Initiative scholarship at the Annual Conference & Expo held in Los Angeles this May. We encourage all universities to attend this session as it will be extremely informative and give you the most up to date information on the details of the scholarship and when it will be awarded.
The session speaker, Dr. Zuhair Humadi is the brainchild of the Iraq Education Initiative and a graduate of …