Barclaycard in USA through Apple?

I changed my address on my US bank about 3 weeks before I was due to show up in the UK, maybe you could get your school to send you something loan-like or official right away? Otherwise, my only suggestion would be to look around the school for banks, the branch I bank at is RIGHT near campus, and I'm sure they deal with students all of the time, which might have made things easier!

I wish I could change my address, but I'm not sure where I'm going to be living.  So I guess I'll just leave it.  Looking for banks around the school is a great idea and I'll definitely do it

[quoteWe only needed current proof of identity which would be confirmed with US issued documents---passport and driver's license were fine according to the branch representative we met with.[/quote]

That would be amazing!  I hope I can do the same.  It seems like every branch has its own idiosyncratic policies sometimes..