guwahati the us consulate general in kolkata which serves the eastern region has reached out to students in the northeast representatives from the american center kolkata urged them to consider america as a higher studies destination you have seen america through movies and the internet now you can see it with your own eyes its time to think global american center public relations officer joanne joria told students of don bosco school here on friday in her maiden visit to assam joria visited the american corner in guwahati which doubles up as the american library kolkatas northeast resource center as part of her outreach programme joria interacted with students of handique girls college and maharishi vidya mandir speaking to toi joria said she was quite overwhelmed with the response of the regions students others may consider the northeast remote and inaccessible i think people here are as wellconnected as they can be in any other metro city all students here need to do is to step inside the american corner said joriaunited statesindia educational foundation usief director shevanti narayan briefed students on the road to getting enrolled in american colleges and universities she urged them to study well and work on extracurricular activities if you are studying in class 11 this is the best time to apply for a seat in american colleges as it takes about a year for the formalities to be completed you need to submit applications between december and january and between august and september narayan said urging students to start preparing for standardized admission tests which have to be cleared to seek admission in an american college she said 15000 to 50000 usd per annum is enough to study in the united states adding that the burden is significantly eased by scholarships based on merit one can get scholarships narayan added