Everything you need to know about housing

Everything you need to know about housing

One question we get asked a lot by athletes and their parents, is how housing works at colleges in the US? One thing that almost all colleges and universities have in common, is that for your freshman year, schools will make it mandatory for you to live in campus. And that is a great thing! First of all, it makes your first few weeks of college much easier as you don’t have to worry about how to get to class in the morning and you do not need to allow for extra time when you are trying to make it to school or to practice. Besides that, it also means that you most likely will not need a car as you can comfortable walk everywhere. On top of that, your…
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The cost of college in the United States put into perspective

The cost of college in the United States put into perspective

Studying in the United States is obviously not cheap. We have talked about the total cost of tuition as well as other college related expenses in previous blog post. Just as a reminder, university costs in the US vary quite a bit, with your cheaper schools starting at $13000-$15000 (everything included) for junior colleges, all the way up to $80000-$90000 per year for your top academic schools. Now, it is very important to use some common sense here to better understand these huge differences in prices. Just like everything is more expensive in certain parts of the country or in cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, this applies to the costs of universities in those cities as well. On the other end of the spectrum, rural…
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