Juniata College

If you do not want to get out of Huntingdon, don´t miss Boxer´s, the reunion bar. It has excellent burgers and cheese-steaks. Tuesday nights are perfect to go out to the cinema (it is cheaper on tuesdays) and the to have chiken wings with a good cider in Boxer´s. Thursdays you will be able to sing bamboleiro at AJ´s karaoke... But it is also very interesting to travel and very easy and cheap thanks to JC clubs. You can go skiing, or visit Canada with the french club, or Boston and Harvard University with the Model UN Club and a large etcetera. Make sure you don´t leave any homework or papers to do during spring/fall/thanksgiving breaks. Juniata is completely empty these days. You can always go visit you roommate family! Last thing: discover the planetarium before leaving!!

I was lucky to have my major costs covered by the exchange student. As Huntingdon is out of the way and there is no public transport except for the train getting about was difficult. The train is expensive and takes a long time. Flying is big time expensive as State College is so small. If I was here for anylonger I might have looked at buying a car as gas is so cheap. Shop around for a phone card, many have cheap minute rates but high connection fees.

Most rooms were shared and not very large. There is some great off campus housing but it is exclusively reserved for home students. A shame as most internationals are used to being in private accomodation and it is limiting to go back to having to share. On the good side it means you have things like a TV, Fridge and microwave as all US students come with these.

I travelled over Xmas on the train with an East Coast Rail pass. Amtrack trains are often late but you meet some interesting people, see the best of the country and cover a huge distance. The best views were seen from the train from Montreal- NYC.