The Aghan Scholars Initiative works with our partners in Afghanistan to locate an annual applicant pool for admission into our Tutorial Program.  Candidates for the ASI  Tutorial Program:

1. must be semi-fluent in both written and spoken English,
2. have completed 10th grade
3. display self-motivation
4. demonstrate the maturity required to make good use of the opportunity to study in the U.S.
5. have families that are comfortable with their child traveling to the U.S.

Only after successful completion of the Tutorial Program can students qualify to apply to ASI partner schools in the United States and India. Due to the widespread interest created by the opportunity to study in the U.S., ASI continues to revise and improve our selection process to ensure that it serves the ASI mission and results in the selection of the most qualified and prepared applicants.

School Qualifcations
ASI actively seeks to partner with schools that embody educational excellence and social and cultural diversity, schools that produce intellectually curious and socially concerned young men and women.

Student Preparation
The process of preparing these students to arrive in the U.S. is a reminder of how much work is required by all parties - the students, ASI staff, and the sponsor schools – in order to make this opportunity possible. The preparations run the gamut from:

1. shepherding the students through the visa process
2. completing enrollment paperwork and financial obligations
3. making affordable travel arrangements
4. planning the details of the students’ first days in the U.S.
5. procuring many of the basic items that the students will need for life and work in a boarding school

Additional preparations, including the ASI Tutorial Program, are explained on the “The Process” page of our school section. Please, feel free to read more there.