Everything I WISH I Knew BEFORE College: International Student Guide 101

This is everything I wish I knew before I came to the United States, or rather — A Guide to US Colleges as an International Student! I cover all the technical, slightly boring, adulting, tiring stuff that international kiddies have to constantly think about as they go to college in the US: everything from visa application, OPT/CPT, work authorization, how to pay taxes, what health insurance to get, how to get internships as an international student, etc!!

To sum it all up, I made a public Notion page containing a bunch of research I did on all of these topics, telling you step-by-step everything you need to do!

Feel free to use it as a check-list or a reference :)

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0:00 Overview of everything I will talk about
1:10 F1 visa application - process and important tips
3:30 my bad experience with I-20
5:30 Insurance - what to avoid!!
7:20 Social security number
8:36 SSN method 1
11:00 SSN method 2

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🌿 instagram: @itschloetan (plz help me get to 10K so i can link things in my stories ;-;)
🎍 tiktok: @itscholetan
🌱 photography account: @coverherface

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21 years old
Singapore-Indonesian, grew up in Shanghai
University of Chicago
Economics and Data Science major

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# 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬: 100,000
(holy crap guys how did we get here HOW)

[asynchloe]

Comment below more video ideas I should do🌿

[isabellakurniawan]

As a Singaporean studying in Canada, even though its not exactly the same, this would've been insanelyyyy helpful if i had this before i came! i'm sure this will help lots of people! :)

[withvung]

This is so helpful! Yes you are the big sis too all of us ever since I was in high school studying IB 😭

[DemetriPanici]

Congrats on 100k! I feel that being an international student would be so fun, rewarding, and hard at the same time

[seansswamp]

i was so nervous and scared after studying everything about this subject, because how much stuff i have to do, but after watching your video. omg I LOVE YOU SO MUCH❤ God bless you really wow

[cyverbunny]

ahh thank you so much for making this!! I really want to get into a college next year and I'm super anxious about starting the process. this helped so much, things seem a lot easier now. you're really giving that big sister energy. I'm so grateful I found this <3
also the entire written guide omg the effort! this will definitely be useful

[gauravpallod]

I would love it if you made another video going more in-depth help for international students in the US!

[miwaka]

Thank you so much u helped me a lot with ur video it was always my dream to study abroad in US and I was completly lost where to even start but u really saved me

[whynot]

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!
I feel like it's a sign for me to really start digging into studying abroad. It is my dream, however, it's really scary for me to start the process, when I don't have anyone to ask for the advice or help. Thank you so much, now that i understand it more, it seems less difficult. Don't get me wrong, it still is. But when there are less unknowns, i can tell myself that i'm capable of doing so. You're such an inspiration! I remember finding you channel, getting to know you better as i watched your videos, and i how would tell my friend that i really look up to you.
Can't thank you enough, Chloe<3

[thuanhoang]

I'm not even having any plans to go study abroad not to mention the US. But this is so informative and interesting that I just continued watching 'til the end.

[silmist]

CONGRATS ON 100K!! wooo!! also, i gotta say, even though i'm not an international student i still felt like this was really cool to learn from, and it's so nice and helpful to hear all these forms and their uses get laid out so clearly! esp with the little details about forms that need to be physical or be left as digital omfgg those kinda sound like a death trap waiting to happen LOL (and unrelated, but your wall decor is super cute <3)

[snoedo_tai]

Congrats on reaching 100K; here’s to the next 100K!! I knew international students had a lot to go through, but seriously, mad respect for y’all! I’m hoping to study abroad somewhere in Asia (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, or Taiwan) next year so I know I have a lot to get planned out—no doubt there will be some overlap with everything you talked about! :)

[luongtran]

This is so helpful Chloe! Love the part where you mentioned PSI insurance. I would be looking forward to your video about credit card and finance for international students!

[ilyasssbaiti]

Im new here i take my f1 visa and ill go to the US next month, im excited to start my journey as international with all the difficulties, thanks for the valuable infos on this video even though i didnt understand some of the steps xD

[gabriella]

i'm not an international student but this was still so fun to watch :>

[skandamahesh]

The background and audio is insane…nice job Chloe

[ccgurlll]

I'd love to know more about your planning system! staying motivated + managing time!

[gailygirlet]

Thank you for making this video! I'm glad I came across this. I'm just about to start my life as an international student here in New York and everything you said here was very helpful! You were able to cover topics I was also curious about. Thank you very much!!! ❤ Stay safe! 😊

[laztud]

congrats on 100k btw !! definitely deserved :)

[teumeexol]

this is sooo helpful tysm!! would defintely love a series on this