19 colleges, where two years of study are enough to earn $ 75 thousand per year

To make a living, you don't have to spend four years on a course at an expensive university that will lead to a bachelor's degree. Choosing the right college, you can cut your study time in half and still get an impressive salary. PayScale's report says this ...

What does a typical American university campus look like?

The author of the site Over the Hill studies in Philadelphia, at Temple University, as an analyst, or in the fashionable big-data. In his next blog, he decided to talk about the university itself and give a short tour of the campus. Temple University in Philadelphia is one of the youngest. However,…

Personal experience: how a Belarusian in 16 years received a full scholarship to study in the US

At the age of 16, Masha Zabara went to study in the USA. One. She also received a full scholarship. Itself. Masha told TUT.BY what came of this, how participation in competitions helps students earn money and how music education in the USA differs from Belarusian one. “If you ask, and people are ready to invest, this is called business, not arrogance” ...

How I arrived in the US for a tour and legally stayed forever

Coming to the States as a tourist and staying: such stories are all too common in America. Some people are lucky and manage to change their status, while for others the story ends very sadly, with loss of status and a life of constant fear. I flew to the USA on a tourist...

How to get a student visa M-1

The M-1 student visa is not as common as the J and F, but it has its advantages. It is suitable for those who plan to study on short-term programs, and gives the right to take their family with them, as well as work for 15 hours...

Russian student at the University of Chicago - about studying, life in the USA and the difference in mentalities

A freshman at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Ilya Andreev from St. Petersburg, told Meduza about the admission process to an American institution of higher education, the difference between Russians and Americans, the Chicago winter and career plans. Decision to leave I graduated from the 30th Physics and Mathematics Lyceum in St. Petersburg. Until the last moment in front of me ...

How to transfer a child to an American school

In May 2017, I came to the United States for the first time and won a green card. Now I am creating notes from a wild man who grew up in the center of Europe. When choosing permanent housing in the United States, we tracked the well-being of an area based on the rating of the schools to which it is affiliated. On the website, for example, you enter the address and...

How to quit a good job and get a scholarship to study in the US

Since childhood, I was fond of everything related to computers, but the Unified State Exam in mathematics discouraged me from studying a technical specialty, and I went to political science at MGIMO, after which I began a successful career in public relations. At some point, I realized that I wanted to develop in another area, and in 2014 I decided to enter the United States to study Data Science. ...

School traditions in America: meetings, holidays and thanks

For many immigrants, whose children are going to study in American schools for the first time, it is quite difficult to adapt to the new education system - and not even because they teach differently here. The customs and culture in schools here are strikingly different from those in the CIS countries. ...

Three options for how to enroll in an American university  

American higher education is considered one of the best in the world. Top universities in the United States occupy the top places in all kinds of rankings, and every year thousands of students try to find their place at Harvard, Stanford or Columbia University. The price for an elite diploma can be sky-high, ...

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