Pre-departure checklist
- Apply for your F-1 student visa
- Book your airline tickets
- Get required immunizations
- Visit doctors and/or dentist for routine check-ups
- Fill necessary prescriptions and get your prescriptions translated into English
- Make copies of your passport and U.S. visa information page (keep in a separate place from your passport)
- Set up your UVM email account (details will arrive by mail mid-April)
- Make your packing list
- Purchase property insurance if you think you need it
- Call your credit card company and let them know that you will be using your credit card abroad.
- Call your bank to let them know you will be using your ATM card abroad.
- Get cash or traveler's checks for your first few days or weeks
- Research how you will get money from home once you are in the U.S.
- Leave a copy with family of important card numbers and the phone numbers to call in case of loss or theft.
- Consider Skype account or another voice-over IP account that will allow you to make cheap phone calls home.
- Write down important emergency phone numbers and email addresses and carry them with you.
- Review and pay your Summer Bridge bill online (details will arrive by email mid-May)
Admitted Student Information
Welcome to the University of Vermont. Before departing China for the Summer Bridge program and your studies at UVM, here are some things you should know:
Medical and dental care
You should plan to obtain required immunizations in China. Any immunizations you receive in the United States will be very expensive. Learn about immunizations, medical and dental care while at UVM and prescriptions. Read more.
Consider computing needs
UVM's Computer Depot carries personal computers from Apple and Dell at competitive educational prices. We are a not-for-profit University department devoted exclusively to the needs of students, faculty and staff. You'll find many advantages in purchasing your computer through UVM. Read more.
Mobile/laptop computer requirement for business students: Business school graduates are expected to be proficient in the use of information technology. To support this goal, all students enrolled in the School of Business Administration at the University of Vermont are required to own a portable computer. The school charges a non-refundable per semester fee to provide students with technical support and current versions of business software. Read more.
Packing for travel
Tips on packing, clothing choice, etc. Read more.
Travel
Arrival date: You should arrive on May 25, 2013. The University of Vermont will arrange for transportation from the airport to the university campus. Campus housing is NOT available, so please do not arrive before May 25, 2013.
Booking your travel: Please check with your Kaplan student services staff in China to see if they are assisting with your travel arrangements. You will fly into Burlington International Airport. The airport code is BTV and it is located only a few minutes by car from the campus. Several major airlines serve the Burlington airport through other major American hubs including JetBlue, Delta, USAir, Continental, Northwest and United.
Documentation, visa application, etc.
Tips on applying for your F-1 student visa, required documentation for applying as well as travel. Read more.
Last modified January 29 2013 10:45 AM