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Pets in College: Pet-Friendly Dorms, Emotional Support Animals and Rules for International Students
Most U.S. college residence halls still say "no pets," but a growing number of schools set aside pet-friendly floors, and every college must make room for service animals and, in student housing, for approved emotional support animals. This guide explains the three categories, h… Apr 24, 2025
- Public Speaking in U.S. Universities: A Guide for Students and Non-Native Speakers Class presentations, seminar discussions, group projects, research talks and job interviews all require speaking in front of others, and at U.S. universities they often count toward your grade. For many students, especially international students speaking in a second language, t… Apr 24, 2025
- Temple University’s MFA in Musical Theater Collaboration: How It Works and How to Apply Temple University in Philadelphia offers a graduate degree built around a single goal: having students write and stage brand-new musicals. Temple describes its MFA in Musical Theater Collaboration, run by the School of Theater, Film and Media Arts (TFMA), as "the only graduate-l… Apr 24, 2025
- Health Care Management and Policy Major: A Guide Based on Georgetown’s Program Health care management and policy is an undergraduate major for students who are interested in health care but not in becoming clinicians. It combines economics, policy, management and data to prepare students for careers in hospitals, consulting, insurers, government and the ph… Apr 24, 2025
- International Relations vs. Political Science: How the Majors Differ and How to Choose Political science and international relations (IR) are easy to confuse. Both majors study governments, power and institutions, many of the faculty overlap, and at some universities IR is a track inside the political science department. The difference lies mostly in scope and in … Apr 24, 2025
- Student Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University: Pitch Competitions, Resources and Rules for International Students Syracuse University has built one of the more active student entrepreneurship programs in the United States. Students in any major can get coaching, workspace and seed money through a series of campus pitch competitions, and the university reports that student-launched startups … Apr 21, 2025
- Studying Economics in the U.S.: B.A. vs. B.S., STEM Designation and Undergraduate Research Economics degrees in the United States have changed noticeably in recent years: more universities offer a quantitative B.S. track, many have moved their economics degrees into a STEM-eligible classification, and undergraduates have more ways to do research. This guide explains t… Apr 21, 2025
- UC San Diego’s Eight Undergraduate Colleges: How the College System Works UC San Diego is one of a handful of large American research universities that organize undergraduates into residential colleges. Every undergraduate belongs to one of eight colleges, each with its own general education (GE) curriculum, advising office, residence halls and tradit… Apr 18, 2025
- Transferring to a U.S. University: Challenges, Support and the F-1 Transfer Process Transfer students arrive with college experience but without the friendships, campus knowledge and advising history that their classmates built in their first year. Many also lose credits along the way. This guide explains, as of November 2026, the main challenges transfer stude… Apr 16, 2025
- Syracuse University Internship Funding Awards: Who Qualifies and How to Apply Unpaid or low-paid summer internships, especially in expensive cities, can be hard to afford. Many universities run internship funding programs to close that gap. At Syracuse University, Career Services offers two main awards for undergraduates: the Internship Funding Award for … Apr 15, 2025
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