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- Boston University International Students: First-Year Support Resources Guide Boston University enrolls a large number of international students: according to IPEDS, about 9,900 of BU's roughly 37,700 students in fall 2025 were international (nonresident) students, including about 3,900 undergraduates. BU Today publishes a first-year guide for internation… Aug 20, 2025
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Penn’s College House System: A Guide for First-Year Students
Every undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania starts college in one of Penn's College Houses, the residential communities that combine housing with faculty mentors, advising staff and academic programs. This guide explains how the system works, how first-year housing is … Aug 19, 2025
- University of Miami’s PAIR Program: Paid Research Internships in the Master of Science in Architecture The University of Miami School of Architecture runs a Professional Advancement, Internship, and Research (PAIR) Program within its Master of Science in Architecture (MSA). PAIR places graduate students in paid positions at architecture firms and other organizations, where they s… Aug 19, 2025
- Temple University GIS Programs: PSM in GIS, Geospatial Data Science and Certificates Temple University's Department of Geography, Environment and Urban Studies (GEnUS) in Philadelphia has offered a Professional Science Master's (PSM) in Geographic Information Systems since 2015, and 2026 marks the program's tenth year. The department now runs a family of GIS pro… Aug 19, 2025
- Vandy in Hollywood: Vanderbilt’s Entertainment Internship Program Explained Vandy in Hollywood (ViH) is Vanderbilt University's summer internship program for undergraduates who want to work in film, television and entertainment. Run by the Vanderbilt Career Center together with an alumni group of the same name, it places about 30 students a year at stud… Aug 14, 2025
- Free and Cheap Things to Do in Cleveland for CWRU Students Students at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) study in University Circle, Cleveland's museum and arts district, and their student ID opens many of its doors for free. This guide, current as of November 2026, covers the free and low-cost things CWRU students can do in Clevel… Aug 14, 2025
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NSF REU Programs: How Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates Work
The National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program is one of the best-known ways for U.S. college students to spend a summer doing real research at another university, with a stipend and usually housing paid. This guide explains how REU works… Aug 12, 2025
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The Stop Campus Hazing Act: What the Federal Law Requires and What Students Should Know
The Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA), a federal law signed in December 2024, is the first national law that requires U.S. colleges to track and publicly report hazing. It applies to every college that takes part in federal student aid (Title IV) programs and works by amending the C… Aug 12, 2025
- What to Pack for UVA: A First-Year Packing and Move-In Guide Packing for a first year at the University of Virginia is mostly a question of space and rules: residence hall rooms come furnished, many appliances are banned, and refrigerators for first-year halls now have to be rented through the University's contractor. This guide combines … Aug 11, 2025
- Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI): How They Work and How to Practice Many medical, physician assistant (PA) and dental schools interview applicants with the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) instead of, or alongside, a traditional one-on-one conversation. Because the format feels unfamiliar, many colleges now run practice MMI days for their pre-healt… Aug 11, 2025
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