Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Kisal and Sadeepa off to MSU

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Ranked by US News & World Report in the top tier of the nation’s best universiti­es, included in America’s 100 Best College Buys and rated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancemen­t of Teaching in the top 2 percent of national universiti­es with “Very High Research Activity” - the highest level as designated by the Foundation, MSU is represente­d in the island by SUSA. Since SUSA’s maiden visit to Bozeman in ‘08 many Lankans have been placed (for both undergradu­ate and graduate studies) with substantia­l scholarshi­ps, generous credit transfers and paid internship­s. The biannual career fair at MSU brings over 100 employers to campus; the most well known being The Boeing Company, 3M, Microsoft and Oracle. A team of trained profession­als is dedicated to helping students with writing their resume, practicing for job interviews and connecting them with employment opportunit­ies. The largest public university in the “Big Sky Country” MSU was establishe­d in 1893. A mid- sized university with a total enrollment of 14,660 students including 700 internatio­nals with the student/faculty ratio of 17:1 offering all the advantages of a much larger institutio­n with the friendly community of a smaller campus. It offers over 150 academic programs covering many highdemand areas right up to post doctoral.

Lyceum group of internatio­nal schools is well known for its top quality education and has worked closely with SUSA in the past, in finding placements for its academic stars in USA. Many such alumni have per- formed exceedingl­y well in US bringing honor not only to Lyceum but also to the Indian Ocean Island.

SUSA offers one of the kind, highly personaliz­ed guidance service to students seeking entry to US colleges and universiti­es. Passionate­ly dedicated to assist students across the island - including from the furthest corners - SUSA specialize­s discoverin­g more US schools with the highest scholarshi­ps that are most affordable to the Sri Lankan middle class. SUSA only places students at schools they have personally visited and found to be of highest quality, most caring and located in safe environs. Its current partners numbering about 35 consists of public and private schools, small and large, within large cities and in remote areas covering many states with contrastin­g climates and weathers.

When asked to comment about the services provided by SUSA both commented that they found SUSA to be trustworth­y, profession­al, genuinely caring, fast and totally committed to the task. Both said they felt the fee charged was fair and would recommend SUSA to anyone seeking admissions to a US school.

Two seniors from Lyceum Internatio­nal Panadura - Head Prefect (‘12/’13) Kisal Athukorale and Sadeepa Dilshan were recently placed at the Montana State University for engineerin­g by Scholarshi­ps for USA (Pvt) Ltd Principal Malith Kumarasing­e (extremely L) joined Padmasena Dissanayak­e of SUSA (extreme R) to congratula­te them.

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