{"id":85,"date":"2017-09-28T13:58:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T18:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu\/agatag\/?p=85"},"modified":"2018-03-15T11:35:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T16:35:09","slug":"phase-1-american-corner-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu\/agatag\/2017\/09\/28\/phase-1-american-corner-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Phase 1 &#8211; American Corner Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As usually, I organized visits to the American Corner for my high school students. We attended a presentation about USA Education and how to prepare high school students to study in the USA. One of the staff members said: &#8216;If you are interested, next Wednesday there will be a presentation by the US Embassy representative Gazmend Illazi who will talk about the Fulbright scholarships.&#8217; I marked my calendar and the day arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 2.00PM. I was really excited and I had a good feeling.. It was an amazing sunny day. At the time, I was working on my MA in Macedonia and I was thinking about getting a PhD scholarship in the USA. I discovered there is no scholarship that directly covers a full PhD studies, so I figured, I can try to get some information about getting another MA in the USA in a somehow similar but still different field. I clearly remember Gazmend&#8217;s words: &#8216;You have to try, if you don&#8217;t try you&#8217;re not even in the game! And remember, the process of selection is completely transparent! It&#8217;s all up to you! If you deserve the scholarship, you&#8217;re gonna get it!&#8217; Those words kept ringing in my head and I thought &#8220;Yes, I deserve this scholarship! I work hard, I am dedicated, and I am willing to learn! I&#8217;m going to apply!&#8221; And that&#8217;s how the game started!<\/p>\n<p>Deadline for application: May 31 2016. I have 5 weeks to prepare, I better get started..<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100\" class=\"wp-image-100 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu\/agatag\/files\/2017\/09\/12993379_1173877659313881_3850839712521962119_n-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu\/agatag\/files\/2017\/09\/12993379_1173877659313881_3850839712521962119_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu\/agatag\/files\/2017\/09\/12993379_1173877659313881_3850839712521962119_n-508x762.jpg 508w, https:\/\/eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu\/agatag\/files\/2017\/09\/12993379_1173877659313881_3850839712521962119_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The best life-changing presentation and the most positive and delightful person whose e-mails gave me mini-heart attacks during the entire year! Mr. Gazmend Ilazi, American Corner Struga April 13 2016<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_101\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101\" class=\"wp-image-101 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu\/agatag\/files\/2017\/09\/12963662_1173877575980556_4273549920840119594_n-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu\/agatag\/files\/2017\/09\/12963662_1173877575980556_4273549920840119594_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu\/agatag\/files\/2017\/09\/12963662_1173877575980556_4273549920840119594_n-508x762.jpg 508w, https:\/\/eprofiles.isucomm.iastate.edu\/agatag\/files\/2017\/09\/12963662_1173877575980556_4273549920840119594_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A moment of truth! Listening carefully to the presentation and imagining myself landing in New York.. (which, by the way, happened one year and 2 months later)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As usually, I organized visits to the American Corner for my high school students. We attended a presentation about USA Education and how to prepare high school students to study in the USA. 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