By Rebecca Zeigler Mano | Director, Education Matters
August is always a bittersweet month. We are really excited for 38 USAP students who are on their way to university, but of course sad to say farewell to them and no longer to have their happy noise at the office. This year is the biggest crop of USAP students ever in the history of the program to get full funding to start studies. Toegether these remarkable 23 young women and 15 young men have earned over $7.6 million dollars in scholarships to attend universities in Canada, Ghana, Mauritius, Rwanda, Scotland and the United States.
Many of you are USAP alum and know first hand how stressful it is to be accepted with a full scholarship but at the same time lack the finances you need for all of the hidden enrollment costs sitting between you and the first day of college. Without your support, these 38 students would not be on their way. Your donations have funded their standardized tests and financial aid forms, their immunizations and medical exams, visa and SEVIS fees and for half of them, their air tickets as well. They join us in being extremely grateful to you for your donations, no matter that size, that have enabled them to take advantage of life-changing opportunities to study at some of our world's top colleges and universities.
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