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Green River College offers an exciting and unique Gap Year program for students who are done with high school, but not ready to commit to a major or university.  Students can come to the USA and live the American college life for 3, 6 or 9 months at Green River College.  Why should you take a Gap Year at Green River College? Here are the top 5 reasons: Do something different . Green River College offers a very unique  Gap Year experience Take classes that you enjoy .  Green River offers  100s of classes to choose from Make new friends  – Green River College has 8,000 students including over 1,600 international students from 63 different countries. Realize your interests  before you start university – students can take classes in art, science, social science, aviation, engineering and more. Have fun!   Green River offers a vibrant  Student Life  and Intramural Sports program Can’t decide on where to take your Gap Year?...

Reading is not only an exercise to grasp knowledge and information but is also a dose of relaxation and relieves stress. Researches have proved that reading helps our brain to function in a better way and makes our memory powerful. A lot of people think that reading a book or a novel could be boring or end up in making them fall asleep. But actually, for a growing child especially a student, reading is a greater entertainer than Facebook, Instagram, and Netflix. We feed our bodies with food and drinks, but we tend to ignore our brain. Our brain works constantly and keeps all our reflexes in action. Our brain also needs to get recharged and replenished. We need to feed our brains with quality knowledge. Books and novels are a great storehouse of hidden information. Not only do they have a story or a plot but they also have some great new words and phrases that could help us in imbibe better writing skills. Feeding our brain with great reading stress relieves increases producti...

Now that I’m back from a Spring Break getaway to rest my body and mind, I’m quickly reminded that homework to me always feels like a never-ending task. From a student’s lens it’s a high pile of stress. The challenges of homework and assignments can lead to anxiety, stress and frustration. The feeling of stress is actually common to most students and the workload of all the courses increases the pressure. Creating a routine can help overcome this pressure. Studying and accumulating academic wealth is a tactful experience. It has to be dealt with time and consistency, we can’t afford to leave things to the last moment. Constantly working on assignments and consistently going through classes could be a real key to deal with homework. Stress piles up with delays. To break the stress, just break the task into pieces and practice exercising it on a daily basis.  Here could be quite a few ways to deal with the cumbersome homework issue: 1. Listen, Ask, Talk and Take Notes Study...

Founded in 1844, the University of Mississippi, better known as Ole Miss, is the largest university in the state of Mississippi. Located in the city of Oxford, Ole Miss is home to more than 18,000 students, 810 of which are international students. With many strong academic programs and dedicated professors committed to student success, theUniversity of Mississippi could be the starting point for your educational journey in the United States. Get to Know Oxford : Oxford, Mississippi, is a true college town, with rich history and small-town charm.  Touted as the “Cultural Mecca of the South”, creativity abounds in Oxford with music, art, food,  film festivals , shopping and many annual events for Ole Miss students to take part in. The town offers many resources, like this  local restaurant finder  and  event calendar,  so students can plan their free time around fun upcoming events.  Get Involved:  Ole Miss students will have no problem ...

In addition to studying and exploring new places, all exchange programs also give you the opportunity to make your culture known. I am from Paraguay, a country located in the heart of South America and every time I travel for a program abroad, I try to share interesting details about my country. Here are some tips on how you can best represent your country in an exchange program. • Know the history of your country:  We must all know in depth the history of our country, important dates, representative people, current situation and other things that represent the country in some way. Before your trip, take the time to learn a little more about your country. There will be people who will ask you many things about it and you will want to have the correct answers. • Share what you like most about your country:  There is always something we love in our country; this can be its landscapes, architecture, gastronomy, music, etc. In my case, I really love Paraguayan music, th...

One of the interesting experiences I can say that myself- as well as my other international friends have had- is having the conversations about where we’re from whenever people hear our accent. I constantly have to say where I’m from because I have an accent.  As you all know, I’m from Georgetown Guyana, the 592, the Land of Many Waters; however, a typical conversation usually goes like this: Them: “Hey! Where are you from? I noticed you have an accent, are you from Trinidad?” Me: “Hey! No, I’m from Guyana” Them: “Oh, Ghana? I didn’t know you’re from Africa.” Me: “Oh no, Guyana. G-U-Y-A-N-A, in South America and well you know the Caribbean.” Them: “Oh I didn’t know that, so you’re foreign.” Me: “I know, I know.” It’s at that point the conversation leads off into why I’m in the US and me being an international student. However, I find it’s always an interesting conversation to have when people mistake me for either African or Trinidadian. On some...

As the spring semester adjourns, students like me plan to formulate a schedule for the 10 -week long summer break. Some want to travel back to their country, some travel around to different parts of the country while others prioritize summer classes and utilize their vacation time studying and finishing up their coursework. The vacation time should be utilized to take a break and refresh yourself. It is indeed a well-earned break from course curriculum when international students get time to explore their options and research the availability of courses in that time and further. This transitional time between the academic semesters should be carefully catered to and put to use according to an individual’s interest. Here are some fruitful benefits associated with taking up classes in the summer: Great Opportunity to Boost Your Falling Grades- It could be possibly challenging for international students to deal with the abroad study pattern, and they may have fallen short of th...