THE NSOMO ACADEMY – USA ACADEMIC INSTITUTION BRIDGE PROGRAM

OVERVIEW

The Nsomo Academy – USA Academic Institution Bridge program (Nsomo-US Bridge) is a subscription service that offers individuals seeking to undertake graduate studies in the USA a pathway to attending fully/partially sponsored graduate school (MS or PhD) programs in the US.

The program will offer guidance and advice on how to successfully navigate and submit applications to graduate programs in various disciplines that are offered by academic institutions in the US. The program will offer individuals the following services:

  • Review subscribers’ academic records to establish alignment of subscribers’ records with intended field of study
  • Evaluate and interpret entry and eligibility requirements for graduate programs
  • Recommend appropriate academic institutions that offer excellent academic packages to international students
  • Assist subscribers with developing timelines and application packages for selected programs
  • Provide guidance and suggestions on how to develop competitive application packages
  • Review and provide feedback of application materials
  • Review and provide feedback on statements of purpose
  • Provide guidance on how to develop and write statements of purpose
  • Guide subscribers through the entire process from establishing initial contact with potential programs to completing the application process
  • Provide a support system that will motivate and encourage the subscriber to persist with the process for applying to graduate school
  • Provide advice on testing centers for GRE, GMAT, TOEFL etc.

INFORMATION WEBINAR

Nsomo Academy will offer a FREE information webinar (Saturday January 7, 2023 at 2PM CET) on Zoom to introduce the program to potential subscribers. The free webinar will be hosted by two professors that are currently teaching at two US institutions of higher education. The professors have over 20 years of combined professional experience in institutions of higher education in the US. Additionally, the professors themselves undertook fully/partially sponsored Masters’ and PhD studies as international students at several US institutions before settling in their teaching careers. The professors therefore have a unique perspective about how

  • To apply to graduate programs in the US as international student
  • To find fully/partially sponsored graduate studies
  • To navigate the US education system
  • To persist and succeed in a highly competitive graduate program

The professors will be accompanied by 2 or 3 former students that followed the pathway that will be described in the webinar to study a graduate program in the US.

The former graduate students will describe their experiences as they pertain to

  • Finding a graduate program in the US
  • Navigating the application system for US institutions
  • Living and studying the US
  • Advice that they can give to other individuals seeking fully/partially sponsored graduate studies in the US.

Interested individuals will be asked to send an email to info@nsomo.com for the link to the webinar. Places will be limited to < 95 attendees. The tentative schedule for the webinar is as follows:

  • Welcome and Introduction (5 minutes)
  • Background and Experience – Speaker 1 (Prof 1) (10 minutes)
  • Background and Experience – Speaker 2 (Prof 2) (10 minutes)
  • Background and Experience – Speaker 3 (Former Student 1) (5 minutes)
  • Background and Experience – Speaker 4 (Former Student 2) (5 minutes)
  • Background and Experience – Speaker 4 (Former Student 3) (5 minutes)
  • Description of subscription package to be offered (10 minutes)
  • Questions (10 minutes)
  • Any other items to address (OPTIONAL) (60 minutes)

All attendees will receive a free how to attend graduate school leaflet that will help broadly describe the steps that they need to take to find fully or partially sponsored Graduate programs in the US.

SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE

There will be three subscription packages on offer:

Basic Copper Package: K1000

  • Assist subscribers with developing timelines and application packages for selected programs
  • Provide guidance and suggestions on how to develop competitive application packages
  • Provide a support system that will motivate and encourage the subscriber to persist with the process for applying to graduate school
  • Provide advice on testing centers for GRE, GMAT, TOEFL etc.

Intermediate Silver Package: K2500

All services offered in the Basic Copper

  • Review subscribers’ academic records to establish alignment of subscribers’ records with intended field of study
  • Provide guidance on how to develop and write statements of purpose
  • Recommend appropriate academic institutions that offer excellent academic packages to international students

Premium Gold Package K5000

All services offered in the Basic Copper and Intermediate Silver Packages

  • Review and provide feedback of application materials
  • Review and provide feedback on statements of purpose
  • Guide subscribers through the entire process from establishing initial contact with potential programs to completing the application process
  • Guide applicants accepted in graduate program on living and studying in US successfully
  • Mentor (general mentoring) and guide successful applicants during their studies.