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Ivy League College Experience Program

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Ivy League College Experience Program

Dear Students,

Prepare NOW for Ivy League College admissions!

FortuneTimes Group announces the creation of its American Cultural Immersion program, THE

IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, aimed at international high school students just like you,

who want to prepare for an elite high school education in the United States and want to prepare

for Ivy League College admissions, afterwards.

HOW DOES THE CULTURAL IMMERSION PROGRAM WORK?

STEP 1: YOU LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN CULTURE

Our morning Seminars and Workshops, conducted by a team of Ivy League college professors,

graduates and business professionals help you understand American Culture and Society. This

knowledge provides the framework within which you will succeed!

STEP 2: YOU EXPERIENCE WALL STREET

Our afternoon tours bring you to Wall Street, to historic landmarks, to famous American

Companies, and to meetings with Wall Street Professionals. These experiences broaden your

understanding of American culture, giving you a competitive edge as an applicant!

STEP 3: YOU VISIT IVY LEAGUE AMERICAN COLLEGES

We bring you to such American Colleges and Universities as N.Y.U., Columbia, Princeton, Yale,

M.I.T., Harvard. Ivy League college students and admission officers explain American College

Admissions, how to apply, and how to gain acceptance!

A formal Graduation Ceremony and party highlight the close of our program.

This Professional Development Experience package covers 10-Day Seminar and Practicum

training. with breakfast and lunch included, hotel accommodations, and NYC guided tours, travel

coach buses, and social events. For general program details, please contact

[email protected]. FortuneTimes Group has been designated an official New

York Campus of the Paris Business School, Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG).

Please consult our website for more information regarding the program.

Inquiries may also be sent to [email protected]

We look forward to meeting you!

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General Information

The Ivy League Experience Program, will take place, in Boston and New York City, and will cover a

period of 15 days.

Please see the Program features below:

15‐Day Training in Ivy League College Admission, Communication, and Study Skills.

o Morning Classes covering Business and Professional Skill Development.

Instructors are Ivy League professors & speakers, and New York Professionals.

Note: Instructors for the program may subject to change.

o Afternoon Business Immersion:

Tours of Wall Street and Companies

Visits to Top American Universities such as NYU, Columbia etc.

o Online Access to Course and Training Material Before and After Training in NYC.

o Taking classes in USA with Ivy League College Professors.

o Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Included.

Professional English Certificate

NYC tours and Social Events.

o Trips to museums, art galleries and famous business landmarks.

o Banquet and evening social events in New York City and in Boston.

Accommodations;

o Accommodations in 3-star and above hotels.

o Complimentary car services back and forth from airport and hotel.

o Shared room.

o Chaperons Service will be available.

o Accompanying parent’s and guardian’s accommodation are at additional hotel room cost.

Special NYC tour activities will be arranged for parents while students attend class.

Admission Criteria This program intended for international high school students, 18 years of age and older, seeking to

prepare and to improve their SAT scores. Students at all levels of proficiency are welcome to attend.



Program Benefits

Receive hands-on preparation for college admissions.

Enjoy a real Ivy League College experience.

Understand American Culture, firsthand on Wall Street.

Earn a Professional English Certificate with college credit.

Practice College study skills.

Cultivate American social etiquette.

Take English classes in the heart of New York’s Financial

Center.

Included in Fees Hotel

Program participants will be conveniently accommodated at hotels near FortuneTimes Group

facilities. We offer hotels only in prime locations, close to amenities and cultural activities.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Travel

We offer complimentary car service to and from airports on the first and last days of the

program. Students will be provided with MetroCards, for entry onto New York City Transit MTA

buses and trains.



Cultural and Ivy League College VisitAdmission Interviews with Universities

Columbia University

New York University

Princeton University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Harvard University

Yale University

Professional College Networking Professional Networking Events with College

Admission Staff and Alumni and Professors

Cultural Activities

Cultural and New York City Activities: Included in the

program are arts & cultural tours and activities in New

York City, visits to companies and universities. Here are

some of the activities that will be available:

o Top of the Rock

o Empire State Building

o Ground Zero, 9/11 Memorial Museum

o Statue of Liberty

o Ellis Island

o Metropolitan Museum of New York

o American Museum of Natural History

o Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

o Central Park Tour

o Central Park Zoo

o Broadway Show (The Lion King)

o The Wall Street Tour (Trinity Church, Bull,

NYSE, Federal Reserve Bank)

o Times Square Tour, Grand Central Tour

o Brooklyn Bridge Tour

o 5th Avenue, Apple Store

o One World Observatory

o St. John’s Cathedral

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Curriculum Overview

Session One American College Culture

American College Admission Process

Session Two What is Your Learning Style?

What is your Career Personality Profile?

Session Three American Cultural Etiquette

American Social Etiquette

Session Four Ivy League College Admission Requirements

Interviews with Ivy League Students

Session Five

Interview techniques for College Admissions

Presentation techniques for College Admissions

Session Six College Tours (MIT, Harvard, NYU, Columbia, Princeton, Yale)

Session Seven Experience taking classes in USA

Session Eight Intensive English Certification



Program Schedule Schedule is subject to change. Final schedule will be given first week of the program.

Dates Daily Schedule

Day 1, Sunday New York International Airport Pick up

Hotel Check in

Welcome Reception

(The pickup time from the airport is based upon the flight arrival time.)

Day 2, Monday

Breakfast: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Session One : 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Break Time: 10:30 AM -11:00 AM

Session One : 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Columbia University Visits: 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 3, Tuesday


Session Two: 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM


Session Two: 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Cultural and Business Site Visits: 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 4, Wednesday


Session Three: 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM


Session Three: 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

New York University Visits: 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 5, Thursday


Session Four: 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM


Session Four: 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Cultural and Business Site Visits: 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 6, Friday


Session Four: 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM


Session Five: 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Princeton University: 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 7, Saturday


Cultural and Business Site Visits: 08:30 AM – 06:00 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM



Day 8, Sunday


Cultural and Business Site Visits: 08:30 AM – 06:00 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 9, Monday


Departure from New York to Boston: 08:00 AM

Arrival in to Boston: 11:30 AM

Harvard University and M.I.T. Visit: 11:30 PM- 05:00 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Departure from Boston to New York: 07:00 PM

Day 10, Tuesday


Session Five: 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM


Session Five: 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Networking Event: 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 11, Wednesday


Session Six: 09:00 AM –10:30 AM


Session Six: 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Yale University Visits: 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 12, Thursday


Session Seven: 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM


Session Seven: 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Networking Event: 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 13, Friday


Session Eight: 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM


Session Eight: 11:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Certification Ceremony: 01:30 PM – 05:00 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 14, Saturday


Shopping: 08:30 AM – 06:00 PM

Lunch: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Dinner: 06:00 PM

Day 15, Sunday Breakfast: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Airport Transfer from Hotel: 12:00 PM



Program Committee Rachel Yager, Ph.D.

Founder and CEO, FortuneTimes Group

Dr. Rachel Yager is the founder of FORTUNETIMES Group, Inc. (FTG), a New York based professional development

and consulting firm that focuses on accelerating individual and organizational understanding of the convergence of

business, technologies and global best practices. FTG offers educational and business consultation to a variety of

businesses, including Fortune 500 companies.

Dr. Yager serves on the Board of Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society in Business, as its Northeastern Regional

Representative. She is also a Professor and MBA Program Director at the School for Business at Metropolitan College of

New York; she currently serves on MCNY Board as a Faculty Trustee. Dr. Yager’s management expertise spans both High

Tech and Financial Services. She had held management positions in major corporations in Asia, Europe, and USA; she

has directed Internet strategies and delivered client services for Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, and Ernst & Young. She

specializes in developing business strategies using emerging technologies in computational intelligence, knowledge

engineering, decision and business analytics.

Dr. Yager was on the program committee of the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Financial

Engineering and Economics, and she had served in the World Wide Web consortium (W3C) advisory committee. She is

knowledgeable in external partnerships and international collaborative efforts, including European Commission

research consortium, emerging markets and Asia economic growth projects.

In her consulting practice, Dr. Yager continues to advise Fortune 500 companies and executives in emerging

technologies and new product R&D, she helps companies accelerate technology transfer from leading research and

academic institutions.

Dr. Yager earned her Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems and a Master’s Degree in Industrial Automation and

Operations Management – supported by a scholarship from the French Ministry of Education - L'Association Nationale

de la Recherche et de la Technologie (ANRT) and Schneider Electric (global specialist in energy management and

automation, headquarter in Paris) – from INSA, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France. She has a

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. She

is multilingual, fluent in English, Chinese and French.

Richard Zalman, Ph.D., CCP, SPHR

Chief Learning Officer, FortuneTimes Group

Named an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow by the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T., in 1988, Dr. Zalman also earned a

Doctorate in Education, and a Master of Arts in Teaching in Bilingual Education, from Northwestern University.

Dr. Zalman's experience spans over thirty years in the private sector as a Human Resources and Operations

executive in Financial Services, Pharmaceutical and Automotive industries, with such organizations as: MassMutual

Insurance, American Savings and Loan, Countrywide Financial Services, Warner-Lambert, USCI Bard, Zoecon, Sandoz

Pharmaceuticals, Roussel-UCLAF Holdings, ElectroOptix, Cummins Engine, and Brown, Root & Braun Engineering.

Dr. Zalman is certified in the following: Compensation Professional (CCP) from World-At-Work Society

(formerly the American Compensation Association); the CCP is the highest designation with regard to the employee

total compensation; Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) from the American Materials Requirements Planning

Society; Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), Laboratory Practices (GLP's) by the Federal Food and Drug

Administration (FDA); Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA & QC) from the American Society for Quality Control,

Northern New Hampshire Chapter, Six-Sigma Brown Belt & Black Belt; Senior Professional in Human Resources

(SPHR) from the Society for Human Resource Management; Accredited Diplomat in Employee Training and

Development, Accredited Professional in Employee Health, Wellness, Safety and Security, from the Personnel

Accreditation Institute.



Innovation and best practices drive major markets

around the world. Based in the financial district of New

York, FortuneTimes Group (FTG) accelerates individual

and organizational understanding of the convergence of

business, technologies and global best practice. We

partner with international organizations large and small

to identify opportunities to launch new products,

penetrate markets, strengthen internal operations,

enhance branding, increase revenues and confer lasting

competitive advantages.

Our Approach: FTG works with Ivy-League faculty and

Wall Street executives in a multi-national setting, to

deliver unique symposia, seminars and interactive

professional development training courses. Tapping into

the rich business leadership culture of New York City, FTG

programs showcase thought-leaders, authors and

innovators. Participants measure the outcomes of FTG

programs by the rate and speed through which they

implement and incorporate new understandings and

expertise.

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(Between Broad and William Streets)

New York, NY 02134-0000

(+1) 646.479.4757

[email protected]

www.fortunetimesgroup.com

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PATH Train: World Trade Center Station Subway: 2, 3,

4 and 5 trains to Wall Street J, M and Z trains to Broad

Street

Rachel Yager, Ph.D.

Founder and CEO, FortuneTimes Group

“At FortuneTimes Group, you will set your professional

goals and formulate a strategy to grow your expertise by

learning business skills, applying industry knowledge,

socializing ideas in a professional network, and

implementing them in a business setting.”

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