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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholars Program

Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholars Program


Region: East Asia / Pacific
Grant Type: Study and Research Grants
Description: The Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program provides expenses for a four-year course of study toward a bachelors degree for twenty-two exceptionally able Asian students annually from these countries and regions: the Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Wesleyan is now accepting applications for participation in the Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program. Twenty-two (22) qualified young men and women will be selected, two (2) from each of eleven countries and regions The Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The chosen applicants will join 2,700 other Wesleyan undergraduates from throughout the United States and nearly 50 countries for study with an outstanding teaching and research faculty in the sciences and mathematics, the arts, the humanities, and the social and behavioral sciences.

This program is made possible by Wesleyan University and the Freeman Foundation, which aims to improve understanding and to strengthen ties between the United States and the countries and regions of the Pacific Rim.

Entry into the Wesleyan Freeman Asian Scholarship Program is highly competitive: only two students will be selected annually from each country or region. The scholarship covers costs for tuition, room, and board for four years, and one-time transportation to and from the United States.

Wesleyan University is located in Middletown, Connecticut, halfway between New York and Boston in the historic and colorful New England region of the northeastern United States. It is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts and sciences institution founded in 1831. A number of early Wesleyan graduates were influential educators and ministers in Asian countries, and the modern Wesleyan has formal ties to several prominent universities in Asia. The campus is home to a diverse population of 2,700 undergraduate students, equally divided between men and women, approximately 28 percent of whom are of African, Asian, or Hispanic descent, and nearly 160 students from foreign countries.
Approximately 190 graduate students, a number of whom are from Asian countries, are pursuing advanced degrees, principally in the sciences, mathematics, and music.

APPLICATION
Interested students also must submit a written application that includes background information, two essays, a secondary school/junior college transcript, recommendations from two teachers and one counselor, a peer reference, and results of any standardized national examinations administered during the secondary school/junior college years. Officials from Wesleyan and the Freeman Foundation will travel to Asia and conduct interviews of finalists in their home countries in February or March. All application materials are to be postmarked no later than January 1. (For students in the Philippines, we recommend mailing your application earlier or using a courier service.) Applications are available from secondary schools/junior colleges and from the AIG offices listed. You may also write to Dean Terri Overton at toverton@wesleyan.edu to request the special Freeman application forms. The application for the Freeman Asian Scholarship is different from the Common Application and it is not available on-line. You should not submit the Common Application.

Wesleyan alumni in the eleven countries and regions, as well as local AIG offices, can provide further information to students interested in applying. They also will be pleased to assist applicants in forwarding application materials to Wesleyan. Country:

Deadline: Varies
Contact Person: Dean Terri Overton
Contact Email: toverton@wesleyan.edu
Organization: Wesleyan University
Website: http://www.admiss.wesleyan.edu

The way to AMINEF in Gedung Balai Pustaka

American Indonesian Exchange Foundation
Balai Pustaka Building, 6th. Floor
Jl. Gunung Sahari Raya No. 4
Jakarta 10720, Indonesia

1. The buses which goes to Senen Bus Station all of them pass through Gedung Balai Pustaka. Especially which route is through Pasar Baru .

2. Bus Transjakarta, from Blok M you have to change the bus 2-3 times.
Way 1 : from Blok M change the bus in Dukuh Atas bus stop to the bus towards Pulogadung, then take a bus in Pramuka bus stop towards Ancol, this bus pass through Gedung Balai Pustaka. The closest bus stop (Budi Utomo) is about 800 meters from Gedung Balai .
Way 2 : From Blok M take the bus in the Harmoni Bus Stop, the bus towards Pulogadung, get down in Senen Bus Stop and walk about 800 meters, or from this bus stop take the bus towards Ancol and get down as mentioned in way 1. About the distance, this two bus stops is about the same. (It is better if you take ojek or bajaj from this bus stop to Gedung Balai Pustaka)

3. If you take taxi with old tariff (TL=Tarif Lama) from blok M with no traffic jam is about Rp. 30.000,00.

4. From Blok M use bus Patas AC 76. Gedung Balai Pustaka is in the right side, after you pass through Depag, and say to conductor "Balai Pustaka"

5. Use a busway from Blok M towards Kota, get down in Sawah Besar bus stop. From here take a Mikrolet M12 towards Senen. After cross road Wahidin and before senen get down and cross the street.

Living Cost in Germany

Living Cost in Germany is vary from city to city, but this is th case if you stay in Aachen, Germany
Student accommodation or private sharing : 180 - 230 euros per month
Food : 10 - 12 euros per day (if eating outside)
Transport for students : free within Aachen and until Koln and Dusseldorf in regional trains)

Living Cost In Austria

Living Cost in Austria is depending on the city, for example the Capital of Austria, Vienna:
- Dormitory is about 250-400 euro per month.
- Living Cost 200-400 euro per month.
- Transportation 128 euro per 4 months (student and age < 26), or 49 euro per month (ordinary)

For visa, it has to be a letter from the University/Scholl in Austria. It takes about 2-3 months.

Where to do GMAT Test

GMAT Tests are held in Jakarta, Indonesia :
1. EEC Slipi +62-21 5320044 or +62-215323176
2. Kaplan GMAT Preparation +62-81388908450, +62-21 5211588, +62-215211701 (Information abaout this test can be asked in that number)
3. Or this number +62-213159225

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