What is EAP Tips?
This is an unofficial wiki meant to collect all kind of information that can be useful for non-US students that are planning to have (or are having) an Education Abroad Program (EAP) exchange at University of California.
It's about the reciprocity part of the exchange, that is students from all over the world going to the UC campuses, but can be useful also for other International students at UC.
Create your personalized guide for your stay in the US!
To enjoy your stay in the US, even if you're going to stay on campus and know a lot of new friends, you definitely need a travel guide.
There is a smart, new, website that allows you to create your own personalized guide for the place you're going to visit! Its name is Offbeat Guides.What do we mean for personalized?
When you create your guide, you have to tell Offbeat about where exactly you're going, where you are going to stay, in which dates you're visiting those places. This way, the guide will be
- extremely up to date
- with your name on the cover
- centered around your living place, including detailed maps of your neighbourhood together with larger maps of the area
- full of events happening during your stay
Moreover, you can add and remove sections: you probably don't need information about hotels, so you can make your guide thinner. On the other hand, you may want to add useful information about something specific, enter your contacts, maybe a message, if the guide is a gift!
Just try it out! You can create a guide just to see how it could be, browse a preview, and order it, if you like!
Sections
Traveling - Flights, trains, public transportation, buses, renting or buying a car, …
Housing - On campus and off campus housing options, …
Studying and Living on campus - UC wide tips, grading system, buying books, …
- UC Berkeley
- UC Davis
- UC Irvine
- UC Los Angeles
- UC Riverside
- UC San Diego
- UC Santa Barbara
- UC Santa Cruz
Living in the US - Bank, telephone, health insurance, nightlife, shopping, …
Places - Interesting places to visit, trip plans and ideas, …
Links - Useful official and unofficial links
3 ways to browse EAP Tips!
There are 3 ways you can access this website content:
- you can click on one of the sections here above
- you can surf the website by clicking on the tags in the tags cloud in the left panel
- you can search through the website with this search box
Who can contribute to this wiki?
The creator of this wiki is a past EAP student at UCSD (University of California, San Diego). Everybody can contribute, and EAP students in all campuses of UC are particularly welcome!
You can modify the content of any page simply clicking on "edit" at the bottom of each page. No registration is needed. Thanks!
Non-student users
This website is mainly intended to be a useful collection of tips and practical info for EAP Reciprocity Students going to study in one of the UC Campuses. Give a look to this links if you fit in one of the following categories:
