Aplicar a la Universidad en Estados Unidos es un proceso de varios pasos que a veces puede ser complicado. Y, si estás aplicando como estudiante internacional, el proceso requiere un par de pasos extra que pueden dar miedo de navegar. ¡Pero, no te preocupes! Sigue estos tips y te verás cómo el proceso es mucho más fácil de lo que crees.
Applying to college in the US is a multi-step, and sometimes confusing process. If you’re applying as an international student, the process has a few extra steps that can be scary to navigate. Don’t worry though! Just follow these tips and you’ll find that the process is a lot easier than you think.
For prospective college students, the process of applying to colleges can be very lengthy and time consuming. From narrowing down your applications, writing your college essay, touring colleges, and much more, your college application process can span over a period of a year or even more. Having applied to college more than three years ago, I still vividly remember how much time and effort went into my applications. I wanted everything to be perfect, and this was the only chance I had to make a good impression on these colleges. While admittedly I was pretty stressed out during the majority of the process, I still remember how freeing it was to finally hit the submit button on the Common Application.
There is a chill in the air, there are mounds of snow on the ground, and the campus pond is frozen over — it’s officially winter at the University of Massachusetts Amherst! Winter can be a stressful time of the year, because it means finals are right around the corner. You may spend a lot of time studying for exams, or working on a big class project. However, don’t forget to take a break and have some fun! There are many things to do during the winter time around Amherst.
Thanksgiving has always been a little bit of a myth to me. Having grown up in Bolivia, Thanksgiving was a thing I would see on TV, and not something real that people celebrated.
Choosing classes can be daunting, especially when doing it on your own for the first time. First semester, we picked classes at New Students Orientation, where peer and academic advisors basically chose my schedule for me.
If you walk past the Lederle Graduate Research Center and past Stockbridge Hall, you may stumble into the Agricultural Engineering Building. It’s one of those old brick buildings you’ll probably never set foot into unless you have a class there.
Our college journey is coming to an end pretty soon, can you believe it? At the risk of sounding like an old lady, I have to wonder where time went. These past four years have flown by, and it’s almost time we leave our safety net and begin the next part of our lives. But, am I truly me if I don’t go all sappy and retrospective about our time in college? (The answer is no, you know this, I know this, every person who’s ever known us knows this).
If I took a time machine back about 30 years I would recognize some very familiar faces walking the same streets of UMass that I walk today. Two of these being my own parents! Both of my parents were undergraduates at UMass Amherst in the early '90s, where they met and graduated with degrees in education and engineering.
For the 2019-20 school year, 10 undergraduate students have joined the Admissions Office to share their experiences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.