Mongolia Student Profiles
Taking a USAP Zimbabwe as a perfect sample of assisting the students to achieve their goals, the USAP Mongolia was started in 2005 with an aim to support highly qualified students who want to study in the US colleges and universities but have difficulties with financing their study. The program was announced throughout Mongolia and received lots of applications from Ulaanbaatar and other provinces of Mongolia. During the last two years, we successfully worked with eleven students who are now studying at the best schools in the USA. We are very proud of their hard work and achievements.
Anudariya Batbold
Le Moyne College '10
Anudariya Batbold is from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia who has had an incredible opportunity to get an education in America through USAP. She believes that "the only life that is worth living is one that is lived for others." Her dream is to develop Mongolian medical system and help people who are suffering from illness. So she is a biology student at Le Moyne College aspiring to pursue medical studies in oncology. This being one of the fastest growing fields of study in medicine presently, she is confident that she can do her best for society by participating at the forefront of the development of medicine.
She has been involved in different clubs and organizations at Le Moyne College, besides keeping her academic in a high level and holding a work study position at the Biology Department. Anudariya is a Residence Advisor, a co-president of the International Club, a sophomore representative of the Student Senate, and a director of costume design of Major Arcana production at the Performing Art Center. She has been a leader of chemistry and biology study groups, helping students who have difficulty with understanding chemistry and biology as well.
Considering her academic accomplishment, extra curricular activity, and the contribution to the diversity of Le Moyne College, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities published an article about her on its annual journal, Education for a Globalized World. After she finishes her medical studies after her college, she wants to assist the development of the medical system in Mongolia.
Amar Baatartsogt
Duke University '10
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships."
Amar likes to say. It is a famous quote by Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players of all-time. Amar strongly believes that team-oriented spirit and cooperation are the essential parts for success. Amar Baatartsogt was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. He admits that the fact he spent his first couple of years of his life in Germany helped him realize the deep values of his own culture and tradition and become a true patriot. That’s why as soon as he is done with his studies in the United States, he plans to go back home and start contributing to his country's development.
He is currently enrolled at Duke University majoring in Electrical and Computer engineering. Amar is also planning to get a minor in economics. Amar had successfully led and finished a team project to design and build low-cost electronic scale. His team also won the integrated design challenge, a microcontroller based robot competition. Ever since he was a small child, he loved adventure and new challenges and that’s the reason why he recently accepted to work on water quality sensing research project that is led by the electrical and computer engineering department at Duke University. He believes that it will help him learn far beyond what classes can offer.
For the love of soccer, he worked as an intramural soccer referee and he plays for the intramural soccer team "Team Extreme". Amar is greatly interested in drawing and graphic design and he is also passionate about poetry and literature. He has his own small collection of poems. After graduating from school, he is planning to start his own business. Amar is confident that one day it will become a multinational, billions of dollars worthy business. When people ask him what he would be if he hadn't chosen engineering, he always responds, "I would have chosen to be a cook". His dream is to go to one of the top culinary schools in the world one day.
Chuluuntsetseg Chuluunbaatar
Mount Holyoke College '10
Being the one who was so frustrated by the fact that she could not make it to study at the American University in Bulgaria even after receiving some financial aid from the school, she was starting to hesitate to search for full financial support. However, she became a prospective USAP student and ended up enrolling at Mount Holyoke College in fall 2006. USAP has been a life-changing opportunity to her as she tries to make her goals come true. She hopes to specialize in the relationship between America and China for her major and is going minor in Chinese.
She would like to open her private international college which is fully qualified and universally recognized. By doing so, she hopes to offer a standardized higher education at a much affordable cost in Mongolia and in so doing contributing to the education of the young generation as a whole in the long run.
Mandukhai Ganbaatar
College of St.Scholastica '10
Mandukhai, is a member in the first USAP class selected in Mongolia. She grew up in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and went to a Mongolian-Turkish boarding school in Darkhan, Mongolia.
She is currently majoring in Biology at The College of St. Scholastica in hopes of becoming a doctor one day. She admires the doctors in Mongolia who practice medicine in inadequately equipped hospitals and still manage to save hundreds of lives. Armed with a medical degree, she believes she can serve the neediest in Mongolia.
Mandukhai currently works as a Chemistry and Math tutor at her college. She is also a Certified Nursing Assistant at The Benedictine Health Center which she sees as a valuable experience for her future career in field of medicine. She likes to share her valuable time with her community by volunteering at local hospitals and schools such as St. Mary’s Duluth Clinic, Denfeld High School and Woodland Middle School.
Mandukhai loves languages. She speaks Mongolian, Turkish, English and Russian.
Mungunsuvd Terbish
Ithaca College '11
Mungunsuvd is from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, of which she is incredibly proud. She has had the sudden and fortunate chance of participating in USAP, which opened doors to American higher education for her. She is hoping to graduate with a degree in Math - Economics in 2011. Besides academics, she holds the position treasurer of both the IC Math club and the IC International Club. Other parts of her busy student life are her current jobs in the Office Alumni Relations and in the Fitness Center.
Mungunsuvd believes that all she has achieved in her life is because of her family, friends and both her Mongolian and Ithacan communities. She finds contributing to the community very important as well. After graduating as an economist, she aims to work in her field of study offering her knowledge and skills in order to benefit her beloved country and its people.
Enkhbayasgalan Gantsog
Lehigh University '11
Enkhbayasgalan, one of the brightest students of the USAP Mongolia, is from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Raised in a family of engineers, Enkhbayasgalan is highly interested in engineering and pursuing a major in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Business at Lehigh University. He is in Lehigh University’s four year leadership program that helps students to gain theoretical background and practical skills of leadership. He is also a volunteer tutor in S.T.A.R Academies, which is an intervention program for economically and academically disadvantaged middle and high school students.
During the high school years, he actively participated in volunteering activities, such as distributing meat to the poor, cleaning the environment and planting trees. He also initiated a volunteering program that serves the local poor and elderly, in cooperation with the province post office. Enkhbayasgalan was the best student at his high school and won silver and bronze medals from Mongolian National Physics and Informatics competitions. He is willing to be one of the future leaders who will contribute a great deal to the development of Mongolia.
Tsenguun Badamsed
Cornell University '12
Tsenguun Badamsed was born and raised in Mongolia. He had the great chance to be one of the third generation candidates of USAP Mongolia, which tremendously helped him fulfill his dream of getting a higher education in the United States. He always says he could never have achieved his goal without USAP.
He went to a public school until he entered a Mongolian-Japanese joint high school, called Shine Mongol, where he studied math and science and realized he wanted to pursue an engineering career. He is currently enrolled at Cornell University and plans to major in either Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. Even though it is his first time out of Mongolia, he is adjusting to life in Ithaca quite well. As he took Japanese in high school, he is continuing his language studies in preparation of a possible internship in Japan. He is also enjoying his writing class because he is finally learning how to write well crafted essays. Currently, he is in several clubs such as JUSA (Japan – United States Association) and CEP (Cornell Elderly Partnership) in which club members visit a local nursing center in order to organize activities for the residents. In addition, volunteers provide an interested ear to hear the residents' life stories in the hope of reducing their social isolation.
Tsenguun attributes his well being as being directly related to his family, friends, teachers, and the cumulative experience gained by attending various schools. He always looks forward to contributing to the legacy of the USAP by sharing his experience and helping new applicants. After graduating from Cornell University, he plans to help develop Mongolia as much as he can in his own field.