Becoming An International Student

Being international student studying in the USA, is a great mistake to think that America is the most perfect country and everyone in America is wealthy. Not only do most people who are not US think all Americans are rich, we also think that the government is rich in making very few mistakes. Unfortunately for the US, this is not true. Perceptions of people in truth are not always the same. Currently America is suffering a crisis of economic debt and are having trouble to rescue itself due to several different, such as the military, banks and educational system aspects.

How many of you guys study well in the American University？ Maybe some of you have problem in your academic study? To be a successful International student in the American University, International students should work hard and go to the student center of school and go to the writing center in order to find tutors for help. Also they can take lots of student’s activities in school. For most of International students, taking the activities in school, including language communication or club activities, will give then chances to communicate with local people and will give them chance to develop their English skills.

Thus, many international students face obstacles in their path as they pursue higher education outside home countries. They face problems, such as different food, difference in living circumstances, financial issues, difference in studying schedules, learning styles, and difficulties related to language, culture, and personal barriers. If Indian colleges are going to include international students on their campuses, these issues should be addressed and

I graduated with a B.S in Social Work class 2016. I have been a Resident Advisor since my junior year at Salve at Watts Sherman House which is a building for sophomore students. Being an RA at Salve Regina has been an enriching experience for me in many different ways. It was a great opportunity for me to come out of my shell. It helped me develop my communication and social skills with others especially as someone like me who came from a different environment where there could have been many cultural and langue barriers. There is no doubt that being an international student and an RA was challenging experience at the beginning but later that position helped me to be a leader on campus and in the

MSU recruitment date shows international students are 7% of the population and 20% of a class on the graduate level and undergraduate students are 5% of the population. To attract and retain international papulation n campus university is using different tactic and strategies.

Hsio-Ping Wu, Esther Gaza, and Norma Guzman’s article entitled “International Student’s Challenge and Adjustment to College” has the implied intention of informing universities in the United States (US) the problems faced by the international students in higher education. The authors have done a fine job providing comprehensive, but overwhelming information of the challenges international students face. The article is explanatory which makes it drawn-out and ho-hum, still the universities and colleges can greatly benefit from the information as it is supported by the authors’ own experiences, researches, surveys and lot of details in the woods of citations. This is anticipated as the authors are ESL Professors at the Texas A&M University.

The study conducted by Savage (2007) describes when international students arrive in the United States, students are challenged by the many issues: language, academics and they have to adjust to many things like living, making communication, cultures, weather, transportation because they vary from one region to another region (Savage, 2007)

As the world becomes increasingly globalized and interconnected, there is an imperative need for every student in this generation to be exposed and to be prepared for this rapidly changing world. Globalization sets the platform for a competitive environment, which challenges a country to increase their level of efficiency, promote innovation, and improve its overall standard of living. One of the ways that value-added learning could be incorporated in students’ learning is through the dissemination of a rich multicultural classroom, whereby local students are interacting, exchanging knowledge, and building quality relationships with international students. However, this requires foreign students to travel or migrate to another country differing from their own for the purpose of furthering their education and/or other personal reasons such as seeking a better quality of life, searching to advance their career/life opportunities, or just simply looking for a change in their environment. Although cross-cultural interaction is highly valuable, relocating to a new country and being isolated from relatives and friends can be a source of stress, anxiety, and confusion to international students, which can induce a real challenge to them for studying in another country such as the United States. This extensive qualitative research will identify sources of stress generally experienced by international college students living in the United States and their coping and adjustment

When I first came to class, I was curious, nervous and excited as this was the only class for which I gave thought for “should I go for it in this semester or in next semester”. As being an international student coming directly from India with an undergraduate degree and no work experience made me nervous in starting of the class. But as the class progressed through weeks, I was becoming more confident and the zeal to learn new things kept me going. I was science student back in India with major in Biotechnology, but came here for Master’s in Management as I was always inclined towards business. So before coming to this class I used to go through different questions in my mind such as: how great companies work differently, and how to

In a research article written by Richard Hartshorne and Jennifer Baucom (2007), entitled, “Issues Affecting Cross-Cultural Adaptation of International Graduate Students Richard,” published at the Multicultural Learning and Teaching Journal, the issues or challenges that international graduate students related to cross-cultural adaption were investigated. The main idea of the study was that international students need to cope and adjust themselves to a new culture in order to make their learning experiences more meaningful, and in order to achieve this some barriers must be overcome. The main purpose of the study, therefore, was to recognize the diverse barriers that face the international students and then propose ways of overcoming these barriers efficiently. In a much broader sense, the objectives of the study are two-fold: to identify and understand the barriers for inter-cultural adaptation and then provide recommendations on how to lessen or overcome such barriers with the different stakeholders in mind. The revealed that such barriers are a result in differences in the international students’ home culture and the new or host culture, the differences in learning environments, and personal uniqueness or the “self.” Nevertheless, there are also similarities among these four factors. The authors noted that the similarities can be improved and the barriers can be minimized if some initiatives are to be taken. The authors were able to give five initiatives: give them time to

In a research article written by Richard Hartshorne and Jennifer Baucom (2007), entitled, “Issues Affecting Cross-Cultural Adaptation of International Graduate Students Richard,” published at the Multicultural Learning and Teaching Journal, the issues or challenges that international graduate students related to cross-cultural adaption were investigated. The main idea of the study was that international students need to cope and adjust themselves to a new culture in order to make their learning experiences more meaningful, and in order to achieve this some barriers must be overcome. The main purpose of the study, therefore, was to identify the diverse barriers encountered by international students and then propose ways of overcoming these barriers efficiently. In a much broader sense, the objectives of the study are two fold: to identify and understand the barriers for inter cultural adaptation and then provide recommendations on how to lessen or overcome such barriers with the different stakeholders in mind. The revealed that such barriers are a result in differences in the international students’ home culture and the new or host culture, the differences in learning environments, and personal uniqueness or the “self.” Nevertheless, there are also similarities among these four factors. The authors noted that the similarities can be improved and the barriers can be minimized if some initiatives are to be taken. The authors were able to give five initiatives: provide

Nowadays, an increasing number of international students come to the State to pursue higher degrees. International students contribute significantly to the diversity of the campus, as well as helping to increase schools’ funding. However, lots of international students have to experience a tough period in the State, due to culture difference and the language barrier. People might notice that most of the international students are shy and don’t talk too much in the class. But people might not be aware of the kinds of insights thoughts international students possess, along with the lack of confidence with which they struggle.

United State is becoming the destination of choice for international students. Every university, college and institution of higher studies has a lot of international students from all around the world. It is widely acknowledged that United State receives millions of students every year from all over the world. In 2013 to 2014, according to the date released recently by the institute of international education in cooperation with the State Department, international student studying in the United State was recorded at 886,052 which is almost twice the amount listed two decades ago. International students in the United State calculate for up to 4.2%. Just in Kansas, international student record for about 6% of all college and university. The number of international student at State Universities is go up as a high as nearly about 12 %; which is double the percent in the Kansas. According to the same data WSU at this years get the highest number of international student in the school history, which is about 1,900 students from 105 countries.

International students face a variety of adjustments while studying in the United States. Researchers have provided an understanding of the kinds of adjustments international students have while adapting to university life, and one of the most discussed adjustments international student faces is with social adjustment (Andrade, 2014). Social adjustment is an effort made by an individual to cope with standards, values and needs of a society to be accepted. It can be defined as a psychological process. In this matter, social adjustment can either be a positive or negative experience for international students. The article “Academic achievements and social adjustments among international students’ stated “that students who have frequent contact with fellow students from their home country are happier with their experience in America than those students who have little contact with peers from their home country (Calaguas, 2011). This preference could be due to lack of institutional support. To help this matter, universities must increase international students’ awareness by socializing and getting them involved with other peers from different beliefs and identity. However, choosing who to socialize with is one social adjustment, international students must make.

In McLachlan and Justice’s research article “A Grounded Theory of International Student Well-Being”, they interview 20 voluntary international students at a private university in the United States. The authors identify that international students face a lot of obstacles coming to the United States while studying university there. The obstacles that international students need to overcome include cultural differences, social isolation, language barrier due to their english language proficiency… McLachlan and Justice discover that international student does not know about the use of university services to help them to overcome these challenges, it is due the culture differences, from the places that international students are from, university