<p>Hardly, at the schools you mentioned. My kids are/were at one. Nothing is perfect all the time. Anyone can run into some obnoxious sort. But iirc, the 3 schools I saw were all in the northeast. You can see if they have deans or staff in charge of easing intls through whatever their concerns are or whatever comes up. We also have a situation in a number of private and public high schools where there is a “minority of one.” Maybe you hold distracting phone calls or skype away from your dorm room. (My kid does this anyway.) Can you tell us what besides the NE? There are some more provincial areas. And maybe what region of the world you’re from?</p>