A Special tour for the school-children led by the President of AUCA, Andrew Wachtel

March 20, 2015

Yesterday, on March 19th, the president of AUCA, Andrew Wachtel led a special tour around the new university campus for the 11^th graders from school #60 in Bishkek. Almost 50 pupils visited the campus with their class instructors.

During the visit, pupils asked various questions on AUCA admissions, financial aid and scholarships; about the moving out to the new campus and students’ life. They learned with surprise that anyone can apply to AUCA and in most cases receive financial support. “I would be really happy if I could enroll in the Economics program at AUCA, but I would need to become advanced in English”, commented one of them.

Pupils were also very interested to learn about the Academy of New Generation, which prepares students to the admissions at AUCA. And many were already determined to apply for the preparatory program at AUCA.

The school-children and the president of AUCA discussed higher education in Kyrgyzstan and worldwide. Pupils were excited about the opportunities offered at AUCA and the system of education.

Similar tours around the new campus are planned for the school-children in Bishkek in future, so as to give pupils an opportunity to ask questions directly to the president of AUCA, Andrew Wachtel, and discuss topics of their interest.