The Step by Step Guide to Enter a University in the USA

Read it in one breath and got from it a lot of useful details that finally helped me to see the whole picture. Your success story inspires and breaks one of the worst stereotypes, common in Russia and CIS countries: “You are N-year-old and you are too old to look for a better life”. Special thanks for the large amount of the exact links and names of the organizations that assisted you with applications. Especially useful was the rating usnews.com because there are so much different and confusing information on the Internet at first glance. Also, the information about finding the financial support turned out to be very useful: after the bigger picture became clearer, I started thinking about my strong sides and strategies of looking for the funds with external financing (considering my rare specialization and the fact that in Russia metallurgy and engineering are openly considered to be not suitable for women). It was a pleasure for me to become one of the first readers of your book and get the powerful charge of inspiration to get moving in the right direction (I could not stand the temptation and take a lot of notes and quotes from your book:) Thank you for all the great work you’ve done to create this magic textbook-motivator. It helps not to be scared of the tricks in your application process and set the priorities correctly. I will definitely recommend the book to all who wants to enter the USA universities :)

Marina, thank you very much for the book! There I found the answers for 89% of my questions; learned more about grants and scholarships, about different programs and organization, about the tiniest details and tricks of passing the TOEFL; got to know Marina much better, and so much more! The book is written in friendly, kind language so even through the text you can feel the positive energy and kindness of Marina, her optimism and ambitiousness. I’ve never met the people like Marina before and I wonder how in such an aggressive and non-smiling country could bloom such a sunny flower..? This is incredible. She gives me hope for the enlightened future. Her book is a great step in this direction. Trust me, it worth much more than $15.

THANK YOU! This is the user manual for everyone who wants to study abroad. Information is presented logically and precisely, nothing redundant. It’s a real-life example of the person who did it all herself! There is a huge charge of inspiration and energy not only for preparation and passing the exams but also for the Great Doings! There are all necessary links, information about financial support, exam structure, tips for correspondence with the universities, all nuances and secrets in the book. Everything that you need to make it happen. Marina, thank you for what you do!

I’d like to begin with saying that this textbook/manual is the must-read for those who are purposeful, hard-working, curious and dreams of studying abroad but due to certain circumstances does not have the opportunity to pay for such costly studies and living on their own. I like a lot that this book describes the exact steps and ways to ensure that you have a chance to gain the financial support for your studies. It does not end up as reading the story of a genius and realizing that without the same skills you have no chance. In my opinion, this is the book that should be given to pupils in 7-8 school grade so they can stick up with the idea that if you really want something and work hard on achieving it, everything will come true. Unfortunately, nowadays many people believe that you can apply for foreign universities only when you have sufficient financing. And this is exactly the stereotype Marina successfully proves wrong with her book. In my opinion, Marina tells her story to describe in details this way “from dream to the result”.