Graduate In The USA

Graduate In The USA

EducationUSA Australia

The U.S. has some of the best universities in the world, with over 4000 diverse colleges and universities offering two-year, four-year and post graduate study opportunities to qualified Australian students. College experiences in the U.S. are immersive, diverse and life changing, and applying to U.S. colleges can be easy when you know the steps. This series aims to help students, parents and school staff with exclusive insights on topics including the admissions process, college sports and the Australian student perspective. Each episode is a conversation with an expert, from admission personnel to a college sport coach, from athletes...

How to be recruited as a student-athlete?

How to be recruited as a student-athlete?

Australia has a strong sporting culture, and playing college sport at U.S institutions can be a great fit for Aussies. How do you communicate with U.S. college coaches? Can you be recruited by U.S. colleges from Australia? What are the three sporting associations? In this episode, hear from Aussie Heather Marini, a Division 1 quarterback coach for Brown University’s NCAA football team and former sports coach in Melbourne. Join Marini as she unpacks the recruitment process, talks about how you

May 31, 2022 • 39:37

How to produce a strong U.S. college application

How to produce a strong U.S. college application

How do you get into a U.S. university? Is there a magic formula? And who decides? Elisabeth O'Connell is the Director of International Admissions at The University of Pennsylvania, one of eight Ivy League universities in the U.S. Elisabeth has read thousands of applications from students across the world, including many from Australia, and while there is no magic formula determining who is admitted, there are things every student can do to produce a strong and compelling

May 24, 2022 • 46:55

How to research and find your ‘best fit’ college

How to research and find your ‘best fit’ college

In 2012 Liam Dean-Johnson was going to school in Sydney, studying for his HSC and thinking about which Australian university he would attend. Eight months later he was stepping off a plane in the U.S. and through the gates of Brown University - an Ivy League liberal arts college in Providence, Rhode Island. Studying at Brown changed Liam’s life - so how did he get there? Liam talks about how, as an Australian, he navigated the U.S. college application and the importance of fin

May 17, 2022 • 42:36

Australian Students Are Welcome Here: Choose America!

Australian Students Are Welcome Here: Choose America!

EducationUSA is the official source on U.S. higher education. This episode is an informative conversation between EducationUSA Branch Chief Anna Martz and former U.S. Ambassador to Australia Ambassador Bleich. The session looks at the commitment from EducationUSA to promote the diversity of U.S. higher education, help Australian students find their best fit, and highlight the support available via EducationUSA offices. The episode will underscore that all international students are welcome in Am

May 10, 2022 • 31:21

Life on a US college campus through the eyes of academia

Life on a US college campus through the eyes of academia

Before Dr Geoffrey Garret became a U.S. college leading political scientist and academic administrator, he was an Aussie from Canberra. He completed his undergraduate studies at Australia National University before heading to the U.S. and Duke University where he completed both his master’s and PhD degrees. Dr Garett is the dean at University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and before that role was dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

May 3, 2022 • 37:24

How a U.S. college experience changes lives!

How a U.S. college experience changes lives!

Can a U.S. college experience change a life? Mason Cox says yes! Melbourne’s U.S. Consul General talks to American/Australian Mason Cox who graduated with an Engineering degree from Oklahoma State University and had a career planned with Exxon Mobil before everything changed… Mason shares how a hobby of playing basketball at college opened up a world of adventure that led to his current job of Australian Rules ruckman for the Collingwood Football team. Australian listeners will hea

Apr 27, 2022 • 29:48

Trailer - Graduate In The USA

Trailer - Graduate In The USA

The U.S. has some of the best universities in the world, with over 4000 diverse colleges and universities offering two-year, four-year and post graduate study opportunities to qualified Australian students. College experiences in the U.S. are immersive, diverse and life changing, and applying to U.S. colleges can be easy when you know the steps. This series aims to help students, parents and school staff with exclusive insights on topics including the admissions process, college sports and the A

Apr 20, 2022 • 2:03

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