My travel date to US is on December 18th to NewYork,

My travel date to US is on December 18th to NewYork, and my classes start on Jan 13th in Illinois University. can i travel to New york and stay there for a week and then start to Illinois after christsmas? Mine is F1 Visa.

Should be fine …few years back …My brother who studied MS from USC (California) came first time to US and stayed with me in NYC for 10 days and then took a flight to LA for college …