Their names can be obtained from Modern Language Departments and from the Offices of Admissions and Records of ACA member colleges and universities or from the ACA executive office in Maryland. In addition, prospective ACA students are expected to attend student orientation meetings for ACA students at each North American campus. These sessions are designed to reduce the culture shock students experience and to make sure they understand the ins and outs of campus life and international living abroad. Separate booklets would be unnecessarily repetitious. Should students, parents, or friends need to telephone the international schools, the numbers given on page 2 are generally adequate for calling from the US or Canada.
Local operators can readily obtain the necessary routing codes.
Remember that Western Europe is six hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and nine hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time. From March through October, most, if not all, countries on the continent are on Daylight Saving Time. Argentina is one hour ahead of Eastern time and Kenya is seven hours ahead of Eastern time. If callers must communicate in English, they may experience a delay while the person answering the phone finds someone reasonably fluent in English. A further discussion of phoning the international schools is included in the following description of each campus.