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 …

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So…you have decided that you would like to study in the USA.   Congratulations on making this decision!  Now it is time for the real work.   Deciding what you want to study, where you want to study and figuring out how you are going to pay for it should be your top three priorities right now.
Here are a few questions to ask yourself BEFORE you start your search:
What do I want to study?
Do I want a college or a university?
What do you intend to study?
What is an Associate’s Degree?
Starting the search …

Starting the search for the “right” university for you!
Let’s look at the reasons for choosing universities that you would like to apply to.  Each person has their own reasons for picking universities to apply to and eventually the more difficult decision of which one to attend, but the first reason below should be the same for everyone:
1. They offer the academic program (for Bachelors programs, this would be your “major”) that you are looking for.  This is #1 on this list, because if they do not offer your selected area …

What is an Associate’s Degree?
Most, but not all international undergraduate students want to end up with a bachelor’s degree.  This can be accomplished by going directly to a college or university that offers bachelor’s degrees, or you could attend a community/junior college first and then “transfer” to a university.  There are a couple of reasons why a student might choose to attend community/junior college:
1. It can be much more economical to attend a 2-year school first, as the costs are usually lower.
2. It is generally easier to get admitted to …