S1E17: Seattle Colleges Conversations with! EducationUSA REAC Charles Hornstra at the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Forum in Cape Town, South Africa

Send us Fan MailIn this our seventeenth (17th) episode, Seattle Colleges host Evan Franulovich interviews Charles Hornstra, the EducationUSA REAC (Regional Educational Advising Coordinator) for Mainland Southeast Asia & China, Australia, New Zealand, and Samoa. Charles is based in Bangkok, Thailand. He shares with our audience information about EducationUSA - what it is and how the network helps students around the world with their dreams of studying in the United States.If you are a student, or the parent of a student, who is considering making the trip to the United States to pursue their education, this episode is for you.1:59 - Introducing Charles Hornstra3:20 - What is EducationUSA?5:50 - Finding an EducationUSA center8:14 - What EducationUSA centers don't do10:23 - Visas12:52 -  Opportunity Funds16:30 - Support for educators25:20 - Other great things about EducationUSA26:57 - Final advice* NOTE: In the podcast, Charles talks about 'reach schools'. A reach school is a college that is not likely to admit you, generally offering you less than a 30% chance of admission.Copyright © Seattle Colleges International Programs 2023. All rights reserved. For more information about being an international student at Seattle Colleges, please visit intl.seattlecolleges.eduThe theme music 'Bounce' is an audio file pursuant to the Pixabay License as defined in the Pixabay Terms of Service available at https://http://pixabay.com/service/terms/Also, connect with us on social media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok) atSeattleCollegesIntl