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| American Courtesies |
- This point is esp for guys. Do remember that holding hands together while walking or having your hands over other's shoulder has a different meaning in this country. Try to avoid such acts.
- Make sure you return a HI or a smile if you happen to see someone do the same to you(never mind whether you know the person or not)
- Cultivate the habit of addressing Professors by their last or first name with appropriate prefix(Dr. Prof,Mr etc) and stop saying "Sir" unless the person wants you to call him that way.
- There is nothing wrong in starting an email to a Professor with Mr/Ms. when you are not sure if the name is masculine or feminine.
- Cant follow their accent? ASK AGAIN. People here do not mind repeating. Also remember that you might have to talk slowly to people here as they are not used to our accent either!!!
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| Crossing Roads |
Remember, that in US the cars are coming with very high speed. If a car stops
or yields on the highway for the pedestrians, then it may lead to an accident.
So kindly, cross the roads only if the car is atleast 200 meters
away from you. Do not run and cross the road.
We have added this column, because it has been found that several new students are careless in crossing the
roads.
- Please make sure that you press the button for the walk signal and cross only after you see the "man" symbol flash.
- In places where you dont have signals, make sure you wait on the road end and cross only when it is safe to do so.
- If a vehicle stops for you to cross the road, wave your hand as a mark of
thanking them. You'll see this happen very often here.
Note: In US, all the vehicles are driven to your right unlike in India, so cross the roads cautiously.
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| Making Resumes |
Make your resume in .txt format, your resume should not be fancy and should end up in atmost one page. It should
have your name, address, phone numbers, qualification, project and its description in one line or two , and your work
experience you have. Remember, no one has time to read your lengthy resumes.
You can get the print-out of resume at youngs library at $0.10 per copy.
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| Using Telephones, Electricity and Water facilities |
The first thing you might do when you come to U.S.A. is call someone. So here is some information that might
help you.
On-Campus students can get their phone activated by filling an application at Wildcat Calling office. The Wildcat Calling office is
open between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and is located in Room 100 McVey Hall.
On-Campus phone service costs $31 per month.
Off-Campus students can get their phone connection (Verizon) activated by calling at 1800-483-4300 (Kentucky Utility).
Public Pay Phones
The important difference is you need to insert the money first then dial the number. To operate the phone you need 25 cents.
International Calls
You can use a calling card for international calls. There are calling cards available for major cities but for other cities you need to buy an
all India calling card.
You will get a calling card from various sites such as:
Domestic Calls
You can use a calling card for placing domestic calls too.
You will get a calling card from various sites such as:
Note: You will need a Credit / Debit card to buy a calling card online.
Electricity and Water
The off-campus students get their electricity connection by calling at 859-255-0394
and water connection at 859-269-2386.
Note:To get the connection, you need your Social Security Number. In case you don't have SSN, you need to tell
them that you are a new student. For on-campus students electricity and water is covered in the rent.
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| Food... I am Hungry! |
Ofcourse you must be hungry, when you arrive. The best thing you can try is PIZZA. You get both veg. and nonveg. pizzas. But to be on the safer side
order a veg. pizza. Order a small pizza if you are alone or a medium size is enough for two or three (well it depends upon your appetite
actually). To be sure about the veg. items, always ask for items with No Meat rather than Without Meat.
Here is a guide for Vegetarian Dishes:
- Mexican
Bean Buritto, Enchiliadas, Bean Taco, Cheese Taco, Bean Tostadas, Mexican pizza
- Italian or Greek
Eggplant(brinjal) sandwich, Sphagetti with tomato sauce, Lasagna(pronounced
Laza-nya), Italian Pizza, Italian pasta
with tomato sauce, Veg. Gyro(pronounced Yero)
- Denn's
Vegetable omlete(with eggs), Vegetable lunch/dinner(salad, potato smash, garlic
sauce)
- American restraunts (Sizzler)
Best bet is salad and French fries
- McDonald's
Mac cheese sandwich, Milk shakes, Ice-cream sundaes
- Pizza Hut
Veggie Lover's delight, Veggie pizza with a choice of toppings such as
Jalpenoes(pronounced as Hala-pin-yose and are green chillies), pineapple, tomato, onions etc.
- Burger King
Vege cheese whooper, Garden burger
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| On Campus Jobs |
You will be needing an on-campus job if you don't have any type of assistantship, as soon as you land here.
For an on-campus job you need to go to Scovell
Hall and fill out a form there. There will be listing of jobs at Scovell Hall that gets updated every Monday. Apart from that you need to search for different
libraries like William Youngs Library and Campus Food Services on your own for the job.
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| Social Security and Driving Licenses |
You will get your Social Security during your Orientation Week.
You will have to give a driving test to get a
Driving License. So even if you bring your International Driving Permit it
won't help you. It's better if you have your Indian Driving License
before coming here in order to get a license easily.
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| Bank Account |
You can open your account at University of Kentucky, Federal Credit Union
located at Students
Centre.
You may apply for 10 Cheque Books starting from $10. You can also apply for a Debit Card / Credit Card from
this bank. This bank offers members around the clock access to his/her account information using phone. Check
balances, transfer funds, make a loan payment, find out which checks have cleared, order new checks and fax account
history are just a few of the transactions possible by just using a telephone.
Dial 257-UKCU(8528) or if you are outside of the Lexington area call 1-800-234-UKCU and set up your access code. You
can also access your account online.
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| Shopping and Groceries |
For groceries, you may go to Krogers, if you live on-campus. If you live at Press Ave./Transcript Ave. (Off-Campus) you can go to
E W James & Sons.
For graduate students like us, Walmart is the best (and cheapest!), provided you have a car!
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| Doctors Appointment |
For any health problems or if you need to consult a doctor, call 323-APPT to fix an appointment with UK Health
Services. This service is free for students; it comes with health insurance.
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