Study and Learning
Classes, campus life, free English classes
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How US college classes work
The syllabus, participation, office hours, credits and GPA, deadlines and late work: what professors expect from you.
4 min
Academic integrity, AI tools and your visa
What US schools call cheating and plagiarism, how AI rules work, and why a violation can end F-1 or J-1 status.
4 min
F-1: staying full time and online class limits
How many credits count as full time, the one-online-class rule, reduced course load, and why you ask your DSO before dropping a class.
3 min
Campus help most students never use
Writing center, tutoring, counseling, career center, food pantry, health center, disability services and the international office.
3 min
Free English classes, community college and the GED
Where adults find free ESL classes, how community college works, getting a high school equivalency (GED), and limits for F-2 and visitors.
4 min
Student discounts worth using
How to prove you are a student, and the common discounts on software, phones, transit, museums, food and travel.
3 min
Students: living on campus or off campus
Dorms, graduate housing and off-campus rentals compared, what to check before paying, and the address rule for F-1 and J-1.
5 min
F-1 and J-1 students: Thanksgiving and winter break plans
Dorms and dining halls that close, where to stay, travel signatures, expired visas, working during break and not being alone.
4 min
Practicing English for free: conversation groups, apps, work English
Free English help near you: adult ESL, library resources, conversation groups, English for work, and how to keep going every day.
4 min