Study in the USA from Turkey
Great College Advice prepares you to study in the USA from Turkey.
Perhaps you want to consider a US university admissions consultant with experience working with overseas students. Mark Montgomery, CEO and Founder of Great College Advice®, is an expert in US university admissions working as an advisor to secondary school students and their families from Turkey. Mark and his team guide students and their families through the entire university admissions process to increase their success in admission to top universities in the US, including the Ivy League, University of California, MIT, Stanford, University of Chicago, and many others. He also works with Turkish students who want to pursue their education at top liberal arts colleges, including Williams, Amherst, Wellesley, Middlebury, and many others.
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US University Admissions Advice in Turkey
The path toward studying in top universities in the United States from Turkey is not easy. Historically, most elite families in Istanbul and Ankara have sent their children to the UK for overseas university study.
Most secondary schools in Turkey do not have as much experience helping their students to study at top universities in the USA as they do in helping students into top universities in the UK.
While there are many education agents and consultants who will help students get into lower-tier universities in the US, there are very few top-tier consultants advising top students in Turkey to get into top universities in the US, including the Ivy League (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, and University of Pennsylvania). These agents may have relationships with low ranking universities (and are paid by those universities). However, top universities like the University of California, University of Chicago, Stanford, and MIT do not work with agents like this, and agents do not have the experience, generally speaking, in getting Turkish students accepted to these schools.
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Mark Montgomery – US University Admissions Consultant in Turkey
Mark Montgomery personally guides students from Turkey. He travels frequently to Turkey to speak with his students and families, and to give presentations about how to study in the USA from Turkey.
Mark received his BA from an Ivy League university (Dartmouth), and he worked as a university instructor at Harvard and as a consultant in international education at Yale. He was a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and he taught at the University of Denver, where he also became an Associate Dean.
For well over a decade, Dr. Montgomery and his team have been working with talented students from Turkey and around the world get into top universities in the United States. Over the past several years, 97% of his students have been accepted to one of their top three choices. Their students have three to ten times better odds of receiving an offer from an Ivy League university than if they go it alone.
Mark Montgomery would like to help you achieve your dreams to study in the USA from Turkey.
Ahmet Yükleyen is a leading US university admissions consultant in Turkey. Dr. Yükleyen heads up our office in Istanbul. As an accomplished academic and student of cultural exchange, Dr. Yükleyen has both the personal experience and expertise to advise students seeking an education in the United States or Europe. Dr. Yükleyen was awarded scholarships to attend university in the United States, and spent 15 years in the US both as a student and as a professor. A life-long fisherman, Dr. Yükleyen believes strongly in the idea that his role as a teacher and advisor is to teach his students to fish: “It’s important to learn how to hook their own fish, and I can teach my students the skills and habits of mind that will lead to that big catch!”
A Confusing University Admissions Process
It’s no secret that the college admissions process at the most selective colleges and universities in the United States has become more complicated and nuanced. With their guidance counselors becoming increasingly overwhelmed, many Turkish secondary school students find themselves without access to the support they need to develop a balanced university list, decide on and plan strategic campus visits, prepare for and practice university interviews, complete all parts of their university applications, write and edit personal statements, figure out how and when to apply for financial aid and scholarships, and get every detail right in other areas of the college application and admissions process.
Is It Possible to Get Into the Ivy League from Turkey?
Of course! It is possible to get into the Ivy League from Turkey and from anywhere else in the world. Of course, it is difficult for any student to get accepted to the Ivy League universities.
What do the Ivy League and other top tier universities want from their applicants?
The first thing they want is academic excellence. This is measured by three things:
- Your performance in secondary school (in other words, your grades or marks in every class you have taken)
- Your scores on the standardized tests, including the SAT or the ACT, the SAT2 Subject Tests, and English language proficiency tests, such as the TOEFL or IELTS exams.
- Letters of recommendation from your secondary school teachers, attesting to your academic performance, intellectual engagement, curiosity, classroom involvement, and other school behaviors and attributes.
The above factors are only the beginning, however, when it comes to admission to the Ivy League and other top universities. These top colleges want students that exhibit important characteristics for their future success in life. These include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Curiosity
- Energy
- Motivation
- Leadership abilities
- Special talents
Guidance for Students Aiming for the Ivy League from Turkey
Great College Advice® can help students develop these subjective characteristics that will increase your chances for admission at top universities. Generally speaking, students must cultivate these characteristics *outside* the classroom and outside their secondary schools.
It is not enough to join clubs and be involved in school activities. Students must find ways to contribute their energy in their communities. They must be motivated by things other than their grades or marks in school. Students must cultivate their curiosity by reading, attending events, and meeting interesting people. They must develop their ability to lead others–both their peers and even adults. Successful applicants to the Ivy League also have special talents that they can contribute not only to their university, but to their local, regional, and national communities.
Our specialty at Great College Advice® is to provide structure and guidance to encourage students to develop these subjective characteristics to give them a better chance of admission at top tier US universities.
US University Admissions Help for Turkish Students
Great College Advice® is here to help with all parts of the university admissions process! Whether your child is attending the Bilkent Laboratory & International School, Istanbul International Community School, Enka High School, Istanbul International School, MEF Schools, Keystone International Schools, Eyüboğlu College, Üsküdar American Academy, Robert College, FMV Isik Schools, Private ALEV Schools, The Koç School, The British International School, TED Ankara College, or Tarsus American College, we have the resources to help your family toward success. We can help you study in the USA from Turkey.
As university admissions advisors in Turkey, we should add that US universities do not care whether you have pursued an American curriculum, a British curriculum, or an International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum. We have experience working with students in all three programs, and success in getting in to top tier universities in the United States is possible with all three.
In addition, if your student attends a boarding school in the United States and wants to attend a top university in the USA, the educational consultants at Great College Advice® can help. We have worked with Turkish students attending top boarding schools in the US. Some of the private boarding schools where our students have attended include Philips Andover, Philips Exeter, Choate Rosemary Hall, the Emma Willard School, Northfield Mount Herman, Tabor Academy, Lawrence Academy, the Lawrenceville School, the Hill School, Fountain Valley School, the Cate School, and many others. We have also worked with students attending the various campuses of the United World College.
No matter where your Turkish student attends secondary school, we are here to support your family through the university journey. Our US university admissions consultants in Turkey have years of experience working with students from different backgrounds to gain admission to some of the best colleges and universities in the USA, including every Ivy League university, as well many excellent schools. If you are looking for a university admissions consultant in Turkey, connect with Great College Advice® today.
Excellent US University Admissions Consultant in Turkey
Great College Advice® provides university admissions counseling in Istanbul and Ankara. Also, We have recently worked with students in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and China. Further afield, we have also worked with students in the UK, France, Hungary, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Panama, Mexico, and Chile. If you want to study in the USA from Turkey, and you would like more information about our services and how we can help you and your family through the university admissions process, please call us at +1 720.279.7577 or fill out our contact form. We look forward to working with you and your student!
Great College Advice® offers college admissions advice to high school students and their families around the country and around the world. We help ambitious students look differently at college admissions, and to navigate the changing educational landscape. We give our students a positive and insightful college planning experience with long-lasting effects. Because it’s not just about college–it’s about your life’s journey.
