<p>I am an undergrad at UCLA.
UCLA does have an official international students’ organization called the Dashew Center with its own building called the Tom Bradley Hall.
They organize a lot of events throughout the year, trying to get students to bond. They also organize free English conversation-intensive courses for students that feel the need for it. They have a lot of counselors that help you with any issues you might have. They even organize intramural teams throughout the year.
Overall, the organization is very structured and helpful.
At UCLA, you’ll find that there are too many people of different cultures and there will probably gonna be some student-run groups with which you can identify. Some are really small like the Bridges International tailored for international students, while some are really large but not exactly tailored for international students, like Taiwanese American Union. Bottom line, there is something for everyone. Being an international student is not a crutch at all and does not impose any type of cultural barrier.</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>I’m an international student, and I suppose this might make me an outlier, but I don’t like it when people I’ve just met are overly interested in my home country. It smacks of tokenism and leads to very boring conversations. I like it when people seem uninterested – that is more welcoming I think, to treat you as a person and not as a representative of a particular country.</p>
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<p>Interesting perspective. What do you mean by “overly interested”? Perhaps these are folks whose interest doesn’t seem genuine?</p>
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<p>Isn’t there some middle ground … where you are treated as more than just a representative of your homeland but where you can allow others to learn about your culture?</p>
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<p>what about nyu? how welcoming is it?</p>
<p>People were really nice in my university, but not so welcoming. I don’t know if that makes sense and it’s hard to explain. Nice in the sense that they all smiled, said hi. Not welcoming in the sense, that they wouldn’t ask you questions about your culture, home country, etc.</p>
<p>I really don’t care about such cos I don’t like too many questions. I’m happy that most people are nice, that’s good enough for me. It’s not like I’ll be here forever haha.</p>
<p>LOL, ■■■■■■■■ at its weakest. I dey die for laughter</p>
<p>Why is this ■■■■■■■■?</p>
<p>@ Sefago
LMAO @ u. . . omg. U don’t even know the meaning of the word. I thought your illiteracy stopped at Nairaland, I was clearly wrong lol</p>
<p>Los Angeles is tough place to be when you’re an alien. In my experience, they did not take the time to get to know me. They “think” I am verbally challeged in speaking English, but I am not. </p>
<p>It is quite fun, though, when I counted the students that came up to me to introduce themselves. At the end of the day, I made two acquaintances: one Korean girl and one Hindi.</p>
<p>Have any of you had any success finding REU’s that don’t require US citizenship?</p>
<p>very few and difficult to find- does your school have an undergraduate research program? That would be your best bet. I dont know of an REU that accepts international students at the top of my head but I remember seeing some years ago. If you are in the Biomedical field it will be impossible because most REU are funded by the NIH but Math, Engineering you might be lucky. I am sure there are some- google for a list of REUs and search for their requirements.</p>
<p>am patason from KENYA my SAT scores were 600 maths,580 writing,480 critical reading.Anyone with some good college choices that offer good financial aid /scholarships to international students?</p>
<p>@patason-have you considered franklin and marshal college?and particularly lynn university?you may want to look at these two for a start.</p>
<p>AM from KENYA anyone who has info on good schools which can accept
480-cr,600-math,580 -writing in the SAT.</p>