The guide
The eight questions, in order.
An online guide of about eight hours, at your own pace, answering in order the eight questions of studying in the United States, from what to study to the first ninety days. The first module is free.
Module 1 · free · start today
01Traveler profile
Before you start, we place you.
Not everyone arrives at Rodas in the same place. The traveler profile is completed before stage I, after the welcome video and the route map: a questionnaire that identifies where you are today and which parts of the road to prioritize.
- 21 questions
- 5 axes
- 6 traveler archetypes
- 3 suggested stages
No profile is better than another, and the guide is covered in full, from stage I to VIII. The profile never reorders the road: it points to where you should pay more attention.
What kind of student are you?
An example. Your own profile comes with module 1.
The profile comes with module 1.
02How it works
01 · You get placed
The traveler profile activates.
02 · You make the road
The route opens into eight stages.
03 · You build
Tools and outputs accumulate.
04 · You close
Everything settles into your logbook.
You can do the first stage now.
03The eight stages
- traveler profile · 21 questionsprogram map by levelprocess glossary
- format
- video · interactive reading · infographic · activity · resources · closing
- what you resolve
- You understand the complete map of the process and start ordering what and where to study.
- what you leave with
- Traveler profile + a first list of institutions and programs to research.
- tools
Traveler profile
21 questions · 5 axes + motivation · 6 archetypes
- Program map by level
- Process glossary
- Module checklist
verified sources · official and curated · verified · aug 2026
time · ~55 min
RODAS-0108-2026
IThe map
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Discovery and search
- format
- video · interactive reading · infographic · activity · resources · closing
- what you resolve
- You understand the complete map of the process and start ordering what and where to study.
- what you leave with
- Traveler profile + a first list of institutions and programs to research.
- tools
Traveler profile
21 questions · 5 axes + motivation · 6 archetypes
- Program map by level
- Process glossary
- Module checklist
verified sources · official and curated · verified · aug 2026
time · ~55 min
RODAS-0108-2026
04Inside
This is what it looks like inside.
The first module, the free one, in the order you live it.

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05What you produce along the way
What you build stays with you.
Along the road, your exercises and feedback build a personal logbook. When you close the last stage, you receive the road in order and your next steps.
Start building it today.
06Verified information
Information that changes. A guide that changes too.
Rodas curates, verifies and orders official sources so you never have to rebuild the process from scratch every time a rule changes.
official sources · curated · verified · updated when the rules change
05+ · verified · aug 2026
- EducationUSAverified · aug 2026
- Study in the Statesverified · aug 2026
- College Navigatorverified · aug 2026
- College Scorecardverified · aug 2026
- Occupational Outlook Handbookverified · aug 2026
Start here
The first module is free.
You register, you go in, you start.
Start nowfreeFrequent questions
Good to know.
06 / 13 · questions
01Is this an agency?
No. An agency applies in your place and charges you for it. Rodas orders the whole process and stays alongside while you apply yourself, with the community behind you. By the end of the road you know how the system works, and that serves you for the next step too.
02Do you get me the visa or the admission?
No, and nobody can promise you that. Admission is decided by the university and the visa by a consular officer. What we do is make sure you reach both moments knowing exactly what they will ask for, with your documents in order and no calendar surprises.
03Does it help if I do not know what I want to study yet?
It is the best moment to start. The first module is Explore: what kinds of programs exist in the United States, what they are called and which one matches what you already studied. Before starting you take the Traveler profile, five to ten minutes, and it tells you which three modules to begin with. If your degree is already decided, you skip the corresponding modules.
04What does it include?
The eight modules of the guide (Explore, Choose, Fund, Recognise, Certify, Apply, Process and Travel), the Traveler profile and the Scholarship profile with feedback by email, the downloadable tools for each stage (process glossary, program map by level, cost sheet per program, CV and essay templates) and access to the community.
05Is it for master's and doctorates or only undergrad?
All three. The process shares almost everything between undergraduate and graduate study: degree recognition, the English exam, essays, funding, the visa and arrival. What changes are the requirements and the deadlines, and those are broken down by level inside each module.
06From which country can I take it?
From any country in Latin America. Everything that depends on your country is treated separately: the consular post that serves you, which office issues your documents, how a degree is legalised. Where it matters there is country-specific material. The destination is one: the United States.