There’s a lot that goes into deciding which colleges to apply for, and your search will need to expand beyond figuring out which schools offer your preferred major. You’ll also need to consider the cost of attending different schools (including your potential return-on-investment), and how much financial aid you’ll ultimately receive. And how about extracurricular activities? Accreditation? Geographical location? These are all factors you’ll want to explore as you narrow down

I recently moderated a roundtable conversation between international students at Pace University and our local Assembly member, Yuh-Line Niou. It was a chance for the legislator to meet some of our students and to learn about the opportunities and challenges they’ve faced while studying here. Some of the topics were light—a Vietnamese student expressed amazement at the American habit of haphazardly pulling a business card from a pants pocket, compared to the much more studied