<p>If you are a current international student in the U.S., I would appreciate your help with a future blog. Please answer this question:</p>
<p>Do you feel that American students at your college are generally interested in getting to know international students and learning about their homelands ... or does that vary a lot from student to student? Do some students seem particularly UNinterested in knowing international students?</p>
<p>When you answer the question, please also let me know what your nationality is and the name of the college or university you currently attend (if you're comfortable revealing it).</p>
<p>oh god!! this thread is dying… i thought i could get a lot of infos from here…
i’d been to rollins college, FL and i stayed there for like a week… in the dorms and with the freshmen… so @sally… if experience could help let me know…</p>
<p>I’m a freshman at UM - Ann Arbor and it is definitely a great place for international students. The international student body at Michigan is relatively large so that really helps. There’s always tons of activities going on organized by the International Center or student organizations.</p>
<p>I haven’t met a single person who has been uninterested in talking to me about my country/culture. Everyone’s really open minded and willing to learn more.</p>
<p>Thanks, polydentate. I’m going to write to you privately to ask if you’d be willing to be a “guest expert” on my international students blog, [Admissions</a> Without Borders](<a href=“Gold IRA Companies Assets - USA Education Guides”>Gold IRA Companies Assets - USA Education Guides). It’s on another Hobsons Web site, USA Education Guides. (Hobsons is the College Confidential parent company.)</p>
<p>I’m a transfer sophomore at Stephens College in Missouri. I love it here so much! I applied to other women’s college like Mount Holyoke (waitlisted) and Bryn Mawr (rejected), but I feel so blessed that Stephens accepted me because I love the community here.</p>
<p>Everyone is so friendly here and they all want to come visit my family in Ireland! I have made some really wonderful friends here and I feel like they’re my family now. When it comes to Thanksgiving/Winter/Spring breaks, I’m never short of offers for places to stay. </p>
<p>I think the reason why I have thrived at this school is because the people here care about how I feel and about what I’m getting out of my education. I feel like everyone here is looking out for me and that’s what I love about Stephens! I look forward to the day we get more international students, so I can look out for them the way Stephens has looked out for me.</p>
<p>I’m a full-time international from Japan (a bit rare, because many Japanese study abroad for a bit only) At my school it varies a lot. And it’s not only the American students that need to make the effort, but the internationals as well. But overall I say it’s very friendly, at least when you get to know people better they will naturally become more interested in you and your background. If you try to approach someone you don’t know, regardless of race or origin, talking about your [maybe unusual/underrepresented] homeland may be a good way to start a conversation but not to keep it going-not because the other isn’t interested in it, but because you’ve just met and it would be weird to be detailing the culture or your life in your homeland in that kind of situation.</p>
<p>redsexton and haru07–If you’d be willing to answer some questions about your experiences in the US for my blog (see above), I’d be very grateful. You can send me a Private Message to let me know. (I wouldn’t post anything on the blog that you haven’t okayed first.)</p>
<p>I am a full time international student at Whitman College, WA from Nepal. Whitman is a small college and we have a close knit community. There are about 40 international students here (the campus population is 1450). The community is very welcoming of international students and I personally had no problems getting along with people here. Whitman has a wide range of facilities specially for the international students and that also makes our transition easier. Moreover, we have 14 diversity clubs which work with issues regarding diversity on campus. Although there are not many international students here, (mainly because of the location), I feel that most people would love this place.</p>
<p>HI, I AM A FOREIGN STUDENT FROM A FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRY IN AFRICA.I AM 22 Y.O FEMALE STUDENT AND I AM MAJORING IN NURSING.I’VE BEEN LIVING IN THE US FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS,ATTENDED MANY SCHOOLS HERE IN THE US.
STARTING WITH MY FIRST SCHOOL (HIGH SCHOOL) IN NORTH CAROLINA, I DON’T THINK THE PEOPLE WERE FRIENDLY OR WELCOMING AT ALL TOWARDS ME OR MY CULTURE.I WAS THE ONLY STUDENT THERE FROM AN AFRICAN COUNTRY TO START WITH, IT WAS VERY HARD THEN TO LEARN ENGLISH, AND I DIDN’T MUCH SUPPORT FROM MY SCHOOL COUNSELORS.I NOTICED THAT OTHER STUDENTS WHO WERE FROM ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES WERE GIVEN MORE ATTENTION AND CONSIDERATION,EVEN TOUGH THEY DIDN’T HAVE AS MUCH DIFFICULTY AS I DID.
HOWEVER,AFTER I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, I TRANSFERED TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE I FELT MORE APPRECIATED FOR MY CULTURE AND AS A HUMAN BEING…PLACES LIKE PENNSYLVANIA(PHILADELPHIA) WHERE IT’S SO EASY TO FIND MANY NATIONALITIES AND CULTURES DEFINITELY MAKE YOU FEEL MORE “AT HOME”, COMFORTABLE, AS IF YOU WEREN’T BY YOURSELF.THERE WAERE PEOPLE I COULD IDENTIFY WITH, AND THE SCHOOL WAS VERY CHEAP TO ATTEND(YOU KNOW THAT TUITION IS ALWAYS MORE EXPENSIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS)
AS OF NOW, I AM IN A 4 YEAR UNIVERSITY IN JERSEY WHERE IT’S VERY EXPENSIVE AND HARD AS WELL…IT’S NURSING SCHOOL AND WORK, TAHT’S PRETTY MUCH WHAT MY LIFE IS RIGHT NOW…(I CAN’T AFFORD TO HAVE A GOOD TIME OR PARTY BECAUSE I JUST DON’T HAVE THE RESOURSES FOR IT)…THAT’S THE LIFE OF AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT IN THE US!..At the end, I guess it’ll all be worth it though,since I can go back and help my people one day…</p>
<p>Hi, i am a f.t international nursing student at rutgers.i’ve already answered your question on the board, but i’d be willing to provide more information about my journey her in the u.s, and especially about my college experience…i also have a blog if you’re interested.</p>