Student Voices

Want to know what it’s truly like to be an international student at your dream school? Read about the current experiences of real international students studying in the USA right now. Learn from them what it’s like to be in U.S. classrooms, make friends, get a job, and more.

Your Voice: A Brazilian girl finds her second home in Reno

Your Voice: A Brazilian girl finds her second home in Reno

With a personality that spills out on paper making it burst with life, it's no wonder Veronica has thrived as an international student. Curiosity and the desire to learn English brought her to the U.S. all the way from Brazil. She studied English ...

Category: StudyUSA Blog
April 6th, 2022
It's all about timing

It's all about timing

Timing really is everything sometimes. It can make us and it can break us. As a potential international student you will have loads of documents to fill out and many steps to complete. It is crucial that you do these tasks in a timely manner s ...

Paying for your U.S. education

Paying for your U.S. education

No matter where you're from or who are, many things in life come down to a few basic things. And one of those things (unfortunately) is money. Many of you ask me about scholarships and funding for your U.S. education and it's always a hard questio...

Today we remember. Today we dream.

Today we remember. Today we dream.

Today, we take a pause. We take a pause to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his life, his legacy, and how he made today a better world. Dr. King was born into a segregated United States in ...

Learning through service

Learning through service

Groggy and with my hair haphazardly pulled up in a ponytail, I left my apartment and was met with chilly morning air. I am not a morning person. I trekked up the hill for a mile until I finally arrived at my destination. I checked in, passed a few se...

Category: StudyUSA Blog
April 5th, 2022
Study in the USA is at a fair near you

Study in the USA is at a fair near you

You've seen us on Facebook and on Twitter, but have you seen us at a fair?! Study in the USA attends and distributes magazines at fairs all over the world! Not too long ago Wesley, Study in the USA's Brazilian import and man of many talents, was in B...

Boarding your way to university

Boarding your way to university

If we were playing a word association game and I said, "boarding school," what would you say? I would probably exclaim, "Harry Potter!" Obviously, you will not find magic, wands and robes at boarding schools here in the United States. Bu ...

How to get IN to a U.S. college or university

How to get IN to a U.S. college or university

Many of you ask me on Facebook what the transfer requirements are for admittance into U.S. schools, and I am never able to give you a specific answer. I hate that I can not tell you exactly what they are and the reason is, is because the requirement....

Category: StudyUSA Blog
April 5th, 2022
Your professor wants to hear from you, really!

Your professor wants to hear from you, really!

Your first day of class, you will be presented with a syllabus. Flipping through the pages that outline the criteria and expectations of the professor, you will see a word that will become very familiar to you during your studies in the U.S.: pa ...

Can't you just say "hello"?

Can't you just say "hello"?

"What's up?" "How's it going?" "How are you?" I realized today, not only how much I use these phrases, but how much everyone in my everyday life does: the barista at the coffee shop, my co-workers, the random person on the street. These phrase ...

A nomad in search of art

A nomad in search of art

One could call Gordon Knox a nomad, but food is not what makes him move. His sustenance comes in the form of art and liberty. Knox is the newly appointed director of the University of Arizona art museum. A world traveler and seeker, ...

Category: StudyUSA Blog
April 5th, 2022
International coffee hour

International coffee hour

Social interactions are sometimes best centered around a drink. Secrets may be shared over a cup tea or a jovial conversation alternated between swigs of beer. But it is coffee that is the drink of choice for international social gatherings at univ ....

Studying Political Science at Hillsborough Community College

Studying Political Science at Hillsborough Community College

Camila Campos Lam from Peru is an international student majoring in Political Science at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida. “I decided to come to the United States because I would like to help and contribute to my community through stu...

Category: StudyUSA Blog
March 28th, 2022

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