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Information for New Students and Visiting Scholars

Welcome new students and visiting scholars to Iowa State University. We helps Thai Student by providing pre-arrival assistance, ride from the airport, information on housing, visas, work and financial opportunities, as well as advising on personal and cross-cultural matters.

VISA issues

If you plan to come early, please note that new students cannot enter US, earlier than 30 days (not one month) of date specified on their I-20.

If you plan to go back to Thailand after studying here for a while, you need your I-20 signed by an International Educational Service officer.

Local classifieds for books, apartments, jobs, ...

• Cheggpost
• Strangetalk (required login)
• Craigslist
• Webboard from other organizations (Taiwan, Korean, India, Chinese, Thai, etc.)
• or try other online such as Half.com,

Law Issues

• Student Legal Service - Free for currently ISU students

Links in Ames

• Places to eat in Ames, data from Chefmoz
• Everything about Ames and Iowa State University at rofflehaus.com
• Online Directory in Ames from DMOZ

To find journals or learn

• Google Scholar -- Searching journals and technical paper.
• Wikipedia -- Searching from Encyclopedia
• HowStuffWorks -- Learn how things work

Several useful threads

• Tips to choose an apartment in Ames
  
• Free DVD/VHS Rental in Ames
  • You can rent books, music CDs, VHS, and DVDs (up to 5 DVDs for one week) for free from the Ames Public Library. Rent and return can be done at either the library or bookmobile going around Ames from Monday to Friday.
• Get a free web site under the iastate.edu address
• More threads