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Updated: October 23, 20217 Tools to Stay Productive While Studying Online
Consistently staring at the screen can be demotivating for anyone. Studying online comes with certain challenges. These challenges appear in the form of lack of discipline, no motivation, procrastination, and much more. All of that leads to a decrease in productivity.
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Updated: October 23, 2021An Introduction to Online Education
Many have found themselves wishing they could study in the USA, but their circumstances wouldn’t let them leave their family and work. Or getting their Visa and living in a new country was just too daunting, even if funds weren’t an issue. The dream of achieving a higher education in the US by way of textbooks and a professor lecturing face-to-face begins to feel as far away as the country itself.
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Updated: October 23, 2021Transferring to a New University
One of the great strengths of American higher education is the ease with which students can transfer from one college or university to another.
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Updated: October 23, 2021How Different Are University Classes in the U.S.?
All I know about American high schools I learned from High School Musical and all those other Disney movies. In other words, I know close to nothing about what it’s like for students here before college, but I definitely know that high school life in Ecuador did not prepare me for this.
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Updated: October 23, 2021So You Want a Career in STEM?
The broad fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are some of the most popular in the world. In turn, colleges and universities throughout the United States offer a variety of STEM related programs.
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Updated: October 23, 2021Handling Grade Disputes: A Guide
If you’re anything like me, you keep a close eye on your grades throughout the semester. For every assignment you receive back with a grade, you meticulously go over each and every point you missed — asking yourself why.
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Updated: October 23, 20215 Road Trips for the Fall Semester
The Unites States is an incredibly large country and there is no better way to see it than taking a road trip. The fall semester is the perfect time to hit the road with the various three-day weekends and holidays, and the crisp cool weather.
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Updated: October 23, 20213 Tips for Finding Cheap Airfare as a Student
Living as an international student in the USA can provide you with many opportunities to travel.
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Updated: October 23, 2021Learning English While On Vacation in the Midwest of the USA!
Taking a vacation to the United States is an endless adventure! There is so much to see and do, but why not take advantage of your time in the USA to improve your English?
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Updated: October 23, 2021The International Student’s Guide to Getting Involved in Extracurricular Activities
If you are an international student going to school at a U.S. university, extracurricular activities are a great way to get involved in American culture, meet new friends and continue your hobbies throughout your tenure.
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Updated: October 23, 2021A Student's Perspective on Online Learning
Online learning has revolutionized the education system as we know it. It has brought students together from all over the world and has helped them achieve their educational dreams over the years.
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Updated: October 23, 2021How Cloud-Based Technologies Are Changing the Future of Education
The recent events related to the coronavirus pandemic have forced the world to go remote. For the education sector, it was one of the hardest transitions, as most of the countries found themselves not ready for this change.
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Updated: October 23, 2021Plagiarism and American Academia
Plagiarism is the process of stealing someone's work and representing it as your own. It's illegal, and it leads to penalties according to the policies of most American universities.
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Updated: October 23, 2021The 21st-Century Student: The Role of School
By empowering students to choose their own path, we are replacing that fear of the future with possibility.
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Updated: October 23, 2021How to Write the Best University Essays
Active is better than passive. This principle applies to almost anything dealing with thoughts, emotions, and concepts. And academic writing is no exception! The active voice has proven to be far more appealing to the reader than the passive voice.
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Updated: October 21, 2021Arren Romeril, from Ontario, Canada, is studying Business Administration at Maryville University in St. Louis, Missouri.
I decided to study in the USA because of the wide variety of business jobs and careers. I had the opportunity to play college hockey and I wanted to take advantage of the amazing academic system that there is here in the USA.
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Updated: October 21, 2021Tatiana from Russia: Studies English at ELS Language Centers, New York-Manhattan
English is an international language, and I think everybody needs to understand what a lot of people in the world speak. I want to improve my level of English, and then I can study another language. It’s interesting to understand people from another country, another culture, and to see a lot of new places and try to understand information.
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Updated: October 21, 2021Learning new languages through VR visits
On a Friday morning in November in Houston, Texas, a group of 12 Rice University undergraduates in Jayoung Song’s second-year Korean language class took out their smartphones, opened the YouTube app and fastened their phones to a virtual-reality headset.
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Updated: October 21, 202130 Minutes in the Melting Pot of the University of Kentucky
I walk past the University of Kentucky bookstore and on towards the social staircase of the student center. The student center has new things waiting for us UK students each day.
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Updated: October 21, 2021Colleges & Universities That Offer Scholarships to International Students - California: Part Three
Finding the money to attend college or university can be quite a struggle, especially for international students.
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