by Kristi Vargas | Apr 30, 2018 | Official Blog
A Starter’s Guide to Making the Most of Your Time Time. It is a valuable resource that we often feel we are running out of. “If only I had more time!” How often do you find yourself saying or thinking that? While you want to get a good education in the U.S., you also...
by Kristi Vargas | Apr 23, 2018 | Official Blog
Credit Cards: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly What exactly is a credit card it? Contrary to popular belief, credit cards are not free money. You can’t just swipe it to buy that new couch for your apartment and then walk away none the poorer. Instead, think of credit...
by Kristi Vargas | Apr 16, 2018 | Official Blog
Interview with Xiang from China This week on the Bridges Blog we wanted to get to know you, our reader, a little bit more. So we’ve started by interviewing students involved with Bridges around the U.S. Here is our second interview post. Introduce yourself. What is...
by Kristi Vargas | Apr 9, 2018 | Official Blog
The American Healthcare System Traveling through the tangled forest of the American healthcare system can be very tricky, even for Americans. So for international students, it can be well, a foreign experience. But let’s face it: life happens and sometimes you just...
by Kristi Vargas | Apr 2, 2018 | Official Blog
How Do I Make Friends with People Different than Me? Part of the excitement of studying in a different country is the opportunity to meet people from all over the world. You will find that you share many things in common with them but also you will see how unique each...