Well, when people ask me about the States, i usually answer them, that i did not experience the whole US, but rather a very small little part of it. The US is so huge, and so different that its very difficult for me to reflect on the whole country.
I liked to study in Pennsylvania very very much. I went to a very small liberal arts college with 1200 female students only. It was ideal student environment. The whole staff of college worked their asses off to make the life of students as comfortable as possible. I never had more than 30 people in my class, which made communication with professors very easy. Professors were always happy to talk and to help their students. Some of them turned into very good friends of mine.
I liked to have so many opportunities to travel around. Since Philadelphia is located between Washington DC and New York, i often had chance to visit these two cities. New York was my favorite place to shop, D.C. - favorite place to spend a relaxing time. I loved visitng trillion of museums in D.C.
However, there were other parts of life which were not as easy and as fun. For example, i had to work a lot to survive the expensive life of Main Line. I had to support myself financially, and that's why had 4 jobs and studied full time. Of course, i was tired. And so were many other international students. It was a bit harder for us, since we could not rely on parents' help as much as other US students did. But, hey, we survived!
I did not enjoy the political environment in the country. I opposed the war, and had hard time understanding why the government and its supporters wanted to go with war against Iraq. Most students in my College had concerns similar to mine. But this was not enough. The war still goes on.
Sorry, for talking/writing so much. You guys should tell about yourselves too. So that this forum does not look like a monologue of crazy jimmy_bear.