Topic: The Guides we prepared for you

So you are in Gainesville and you went to send some urgent mail in your own interest (personal) and you are honest enough to not use your department account. What's the cheapest/most reliable option?

 For US, use FEDEX from Shands Hospital
-take the walk to the West Wing Entry to the hospital, the o­ne by the  the crossing corresponding to Mowry Road
-when you are almost ready to get into the building, look at right, you'll see a ramp (and  a FEDEX truck in front of it)
-take the stairs to the ramp, get inside, ask about FEDEX.

You want to bring your package after 3 pm (and before 4 30 , to play safe) and pay at the cashier. The pay difference between that and putting your pack at a FEDEX box is quite significant: a next day priority would be 21.50 at the box but 6 .50 at the cashier!!!

If you are away for Christmas Holidays or if you moved and changed your address, USPS can FORWARD or HOLD your mail and switch it back when you return. This is a FREE service.

So, your parents sent you a videotape  and you've tried to watch it and you see o­nly flies flying o­n screen ( or the other way around).  Guess what, the video system in Europe is different from the o­ne in Europe. What can you do about it? Have your tape transfered from o­ne system to the other at COMPLETE Film & Video Services, Inc.3700 NW 91st St 300E Gainesville, FL 32606Phone: (352) 372-5681 They charge about $15 /tape and do a good job (ask Mariana for details).

You heard about it, you know that others have done it already. How hard can it be? Not as hard as you might expect....

If you are trying to get an idea about what you are suppose to do in order to study in USA (and not o­nly) this is a good place to start. All  informations found in this "How to" Guide are nothing else than other people's shared experience.

We intend to give you a comprehensive check list; we will try to  explain what are you suppose to do.
And here we go with the checklist:

This section intends to review some dental plans. The more information we will have the more we will post under this section.

Dental Plans  - Review by Ruxi Marinescu and Nicoleta Petre

1. Denticare's Deluxe Individual Dental Coverage
Deluxe Denti Care, Individual Dental Coverage for UF students
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-- Annual Premium Individual = $108.00 (+ $35 enrollment fee)
-- Automatic Monthly Bankdraft = Individual  $10.00 (+ $35 enrollment fee)-- DISADVANTAGE - Applications by mail need to be received by the 15th for a 1st of following month effective date, faxed applications must received by the 18th. So, if you apply o­n 20^th, you have to wait more than o­ne month in order to use it.

- invitatie - nu e un formular standard (trebuie specificat gradul de rudenie si motivul invitatiei, perioada de sedere, adresa in US)

- copie I-797 (pt H1B viza) sau copie I-20 (pt F1viza)

- scrisoare de la locul de munca ca lucrezi acolo, ce salariu ai si ce pozitie (oferta de angajare/letter from employer or scrisoare de la International Students)

- statement de la banca de pe ultimile 2 luni (extras cont)

- statul de plata lunar (paycheck)

Pentru persoane in virsta, sau care nu vorbesc engleza, sau pentru copii se poate apela la serviciul de insotire (Lufthansa, KLM etc). La Lufthansa acest serviciu costa 60$ o­ne way.

Read more for a sample Invitation