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How to Get an International Scholarship Webinar Resources

January 30th, 2014 by International Student Loan

We’d like to thank everyone for attending our webinar on How to Get an International Scholarship! Even if you missed it, the important thing to know is that there are scholarships and other types of financial aid available for international students – you just have to know where to find them. Once you find a…

Want to Learn How To Get an International Scholarship – Join Us Next Thursday!

January 24th, 2014 by Jennifer Frankel

That’s right, we are hosting a get together next Thursday where we will teach you how to get an international scholarship. We’ll highlight the best places to look, tips on your overall application, and how you can stand out from the crowd. Join us for our online meeting, hosted on GoToMeeting, where you can ask…

U.S. Cosigner for International Student Loans

January 18th, 2014 by Jennifer Frankel
U.S. Cosigner for International Student Loans

All private international student loans in the US used to require a US cosigner. It is now, however, possible to get a no cosigner international student loan. You may be asking yourself, why? I’m from another country and don’t know anyone in the United States. These student loans are what we refer to as non-collateral…

Financial Aid for Study Abroad Students

January 10th, 2014 by Jennifer Frankel

Depending on where your studies take you, you may find that the opportunity to study abroad can be quite expensive. If you are an undergraduate study abroad student, you have access to federal grants and loans as well as scholarship opportunities. Once you’ve maximized these options, you can apply for private study abroad loans to…

Study Abroad Participation Revealed

January 4th, 2014 by Jennifer Frankel

Although the findings of the recently released Open Doors report indicate that a record number of US students studied abroad in the 2012-2013 academic year, they also reveal several interesting trends about that cohort. Not only do fewer than ten percent – 9.4% to be exact – of all US students study abroad during their…

International Student Loan Consolidation

December 28th, 2013 by International Student Loan

Tuition in the US is growing at an exponential rate, and for international students, the cost can be much higher than an in-state student. International students who are lucky enough to have a US cosigner can apply for select private student loans to help fund their education. Typically, you can take out additional loans if…

2013 study abroad trends

December 20th, 2013 by Jennifer Frankel

Though the recently released Open Doors report has a great deal to say about U.S.-bound international student enrollment, it is important to emphasize emphasize that U.S. was not solely a recipient of such exchanges. In fact, in 2012-2013 had more students than ever – fully 283,332 – U.S. students studied abroad. This represents a 3.4%…

Want an International Scholarship? Here’s How!

December 11th, 2013 by Jennifer Frankel

It takes a lot to study in the US. In fact, for many international students even after they spend years studying in school, long hours preparing for entrance exams after school, and carefully preparing applications between semesters, they discover another, more difficult task: paying for it all. Because the cost of tuition at many US…

Indians Flock to U.S. MBAs

December 4th, 2013 by Jennifer Frankel
Indians Flock to U.S. MBAs

It should come as no surprise that the value of an MBA in the U.S. continues to rise. According to TopMBA.com’s annual “Jobs and Salary Trends Report,” there was a 14% increase in MBA job opportunities in 2013. What is perhaps more surprising, however, is the idea that not all MBAs are created equal. In…

Graduate School Enrollment Rises, Perplexes

November 27th, 2013 by Jennifer Frankel
Graduate School Enrollment Rises, Perplexes

Although international student enrollment at graduate schools in the United States increased by its widest margin in seven years, new data from the Council of Graduate Schools indicates that the the dynamics of the market have changed considerably since that 2006 peak. According to the CGS’s International Graduate Admissions Survey, for example, 71,418 international student…

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