New Students
New Students
- Pre-Arrival Booklet
- SEVIS
-
International Students Handbook
- Adjusting to American culture
- Advisors
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- Good housekeeping
- Health care
- Housing, utilities, and furnishings
- Immigration information
- International student clubs and organizations
- Issues related to children
- Legal issues
- Mail and the U.S. Postal Service
- Money and banking
- Opportunities for spouses in the Troy area
- Security / public safety
- Services in the Troy area
- Shopping tips
- Social services
- Transportation
- U.S. telephone system
- Working on- and off-campus
- Visa application information
- Office of Graduate Education (OGE)
- Office of the First-Year Experience (FYE)
We hope that the information within this section will help make your transition to Rensselaer and the United States as smooth as possible.
All new students can start checking in with the ISSS Office on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 9:00am. Be sure to bring your passport, I-94 card, I-20/DS-2019. The check-in process should take about 1 hour. You will give given a schedule of oriention and a lot of information about the campus.>