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- Vanderbilt Off-Campus Living Guide: Authorization, Apartments, Dining and Transit Vanderbilt University is a residential campus: undergraduates live in university housing unless they are authorized, or required, to live off campus (Vanderbilt Student Handbook, Off-Campus Housing). For students who do get authorization, living in Nashville means signing a leas… Aug 29, 2025
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Alumni and Peer Mentoring Programs at U.S. Colleges: How They Work and How Students Can Use Them
Most U.S. colleges now run formal mentoring programs that pair students with alumni or with older students. They are usually free, open to international students, and run through an online platform that handles matching and messaging. For a student without family connections in … Aug 29, 2025
- Online Ticket Scams: How College Students Can Avoid Them Football weekends, rivalry games, concerts and graduation-season events all create the same problem on U.S. campuses: more people want tickets than there are seats, and scammers fill the gap with tickets that do not exist. Students are frequent targets because they buy from clas… Aug 28, 2025
- Hospital Volunteering for High School Students: A Guide for Future Healthcare Professionals Hospital volunteering is one of the few ways a high school student can see healthcare from the inside before college. Teen volunteer programs at U.S. hospitals place students at information desks, in patient transport and in clinical departments, usually over the summer. This gu… Aug 28, 2025
- Common Scams Targeting College and International Students and How to Avoid Them College students, and international students in particular, are frequent targets for scammers. They are new to a city, often looking for tickets, housing or part-time work, active in large online class groups, and, for international students, unfamiliar with how U.S. police, imm… Aug 27, 2025
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Exploring Veterinary Medicine as an Undergraduate: Experience, Prerequisites and Applying to Vet School
Becoming a veterinarian in the United States takes a bachelor's degree, a four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and a license, and the competition for DVM seats starts long before the application. Admissions committees look for strong science grades and, just as importan… Aug 26, 2025
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Syracuse University’s Falk College of Sport: What the New College Offers
Syracuse University's David B. Falk College of Sport began operating on July 1, 2025. Syracuse calls it the nation's "first standalone college of sport on a Research 1 campus." This guide explains how the college was created, what it teaches and what international applicants sho… Aug 25, 2025
- Cornell Law School LL.M. Guide for International Lawyers: Program, Admissions, Costs and Bar Eligibility Cornell University's law school in Ithaca, New York, offers a one-year General LL.M. (Master of Laws) for lawyers trained outside the United States, plus a separate LL.M. in Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the Cornell Tech campus in New York City. This guide covers who … Aug 21, 2025
- On-Campus Jobs at Virginia Tech: How to Find One and the Rules for International Students Paid jobs on campus are one of the easiest ways for college students to earn money, build a résumé and get to know their university. Virginia Tech promotes them every fall: in August 2025, the university encouraged students to look for paid on-campus positions and internships ah… Aug 21, 2025
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What to Bring to a College Dorm (and What to Leave Home): A Packing Guide
Most U.S. colleges send new residents a list of what to bring to the residence halls and what is not allowed. The lists are similar from school to school, so one detailed official list is a good starting point. This guide uses Boston University's housing list as the example, exp… Aug 21, 2025
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