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	<description>Assisting International and Middle Eastern Students Attend College and University in the United States of America</description>
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		<title>Worst College Mascots</title>
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		<title>Kazakhstan to Arizona State University</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first experience with skateboarding
Hi! My name is Zhandos Orazalin. Today, I’m going to tell you about my first experience with skateboarding. I’m from Kazakhstan, which is a fascinating country located between Europe and Asia.  It&#8217;s a size of whole of the Western Europe, it has stable government and it’s becoming a very attractive place for investments.
[Watch Zhandos Orazalin talk about his experience at ASU &#38; learning to skateboard]

The President of our country has established a scholarship named “Bolashak” which allows the best students from Kazakhstan to study in any ...]]></description>
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		<title>What University Life Used to Look Like</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These great photos made their way to us this morning, and we thought our international readers would enjoy seeing them.  Looking through them I don&#8217;t see a big difference &#8211; people are having fun, groups of students are enjoying their college time together. Granted, everyone is dressed nicely and for some reason appear to be well over the age of 18, but looking through them I see student life as it is today.
College life may look different today, with Uggs, sweatpants, and phones glued to everyone&#8217;s ears, but at ...]]></description>
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		<title>Life Beyond the Classroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When most students prepare to go to college, they think about things like the major they will choose, the profession they will seek, and the kind of income they will one day earn to support themselves and their lifestyle.  To be sure, education plays a major role in students’ achieving all of these things.  Yet academics alone should not be a student’s only concern, according to some college admissions professionals.
“When you choose a college, you need to think about life beyond the classroom, as well as what you learn inside ...]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook: What is Your Online Image?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine recently started going to a large four-year university, after having attended our local community college. While at the community college, she refused to join Facebook. It only took three weeks to go by at the university and suddenly she was an active Facebook user, like so many others I know.
Social networking sites, specifically Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace are now a part of the culture at American Universities. Their names have become verbs. You can now “facebook” someone, as easily as you can call someone. Their impact ...]]></description>
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		<title>Not Being Home For the Holidays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent my first holiday, away from my parents and siblings, with my German exchange students family. It was lonely, despite being welcomed with open arms by his family. The traditions seemed odd, despite the hours of study and discussion I’d had over the years about German culture and tradition during the holiday season. It was depressing, despite all of the fun I had hanging out with my exchange brother, his family, and friends. Overall, it was a very odd holiday season.
Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannaka, Kwanza, New Years are all holidays ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.al-jamiat.com/college-lifestyle/home-holidays/</link>
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		<title>My Study Abroad Thanksgiving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve never had a bad Thanksgiving dinner. The food is always amazing whether you are preparing a meal at home or spending it with family and friends somewhere else. I look forward to mashed potatoes, cornbread and of course turkey each November.  Many families have traditions in the foods they serve at dinner. Maybe grandma always makes the best sweet potatoes or Aunt Jody will definitely be showing up with her casserole recipe. When I studied abroad last fall semester I wasn’t sure what to except for Thanksgiving. It was ...]]></description>
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		<title>Managing the Transition to University Life in the United States</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You received your admissions letter and hopefully a generous financial package.  I can imagine the immense excitement that you are experiencing. However, this excitement is shadowed by a feeling of concern and numerous unanswered questions spinning around your head.
 
Orientation 
As a first year student you are most probably going to be required to come earlier than the upperclassmen for orientation. This is may be one of the most entertaining times of your university life and you should take full advantage of it. The couple of days of orientation are ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.al-jamiat.com/college-lifestyle/managing-transition-university-life-united-states/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Thankful for&#8230; Carnival of College Admission!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here comes Thanksgiving &#8211; a time for us to take a break, spend time with family, and eat a LOT of delicious home cooking




Welcome to the November 25, 2009 edition of carnival of college admission.
Choosing the Right College

Sophie presents Community College, I couldn&#8217;t have been More Wrong &#124; Sophie&#8217;s Blog posted at Sophie&#8217;s Blog, saying, &#8220;Discover if you&#8217;ve made the same assumptions I did, I couldn&#8217;t have been more wrong.&#8221;

Linda Jones presents 100 Great Twitter Tips, Tools &#38; Tutorials for Serious Students posted at AccreditedOnlineColleges.org.

Home School College Counselor presents When ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.al-jamiat.com/admissions-and-applications/thankful-blog-carnival/</link>
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		<title>20 Student Loan Calculators and Scholarship Resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working hard to get into your college of choice is important, but you must also consider how you are going to pay for your education. If you&#8217;re still unsure about where the funds are going to come from, there are many different resources on the web, including student loan calculators and scholarship guides, that can help. Here 20 online resources that will assist you in determining how you can bankroll your higher education.
Student Loan Calculators
 
Student Loan Repayment Calculator &#8211; Map Your Future, an informational site for finding college, financial ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.al-jamiat.com/admissions-and-applications/20-student-loan-calculators-scholarship-resources/</link>
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