Learn about what it’s like to study at U.S. schools and universities directly from real international students who share their stories and experiences.
Jonathan Sison from the Philippines is majoring in public health at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Florida. He had friends who were going to HCC, so he decided to enroll too. His advice for other students is to “make as many conn...
Nghi Bui from Vietnam is currently studying for an associate’s degree in the Medical Laboratory Technician Program at Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC). She is excited to use her degree as a behind-the-scenes technician whose work helps doct...
Monica Patricia Arboleda Martínez from Colombia attends the English Language Center (ELC) at the University of Texas at Austin. She has a bachelor's degree in computer and systems engineering with a major in software engineering, and a spe...
Ma Pan Yone from Myanmar was born and raised in the Philippines and is a master’s student in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). She chose UNC because of the depth of the program and prefers Am...
Y Pham, born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, followed her brother Duc Pham to Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC). Although her path was not always smooth, Y ultimately graduated from an Ivy League university. She now works in San Francisco as a healthcar...
Duc Pham from Vietnam studied at Santa Rosa Junior College for two years before graduating from an Ivy League university. Duc credits the community college system with his success and notes the strength of a community college is that it “welcom...
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Maíra Furtado Faria, originally from Brazil, has a master’s degree in architecture from Kent State University. What Maíra loved the most about Kent State was getting to meet and study with people from all over the globe. Her bigge...
In just a month, a team of Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) graduate students grew $500,000 into $1.25 million and claimed a top prize in an international financial trading competition. Competing against 385 other teams from around the w...
Sohini, an international student from India at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania, missed food from home. So she started cooking it for herself, and then she started sharing it with her friends. “[The cooking group] is one of my ways of showing m...
Camilo Castelblanco Riveros, who is from Colombia, graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with his bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology with a minor in chemistry. He has accepted an offer to join Boys Town National Research H...
Shoki Nakata from Japan is an international student at Edmonds College. He is currently majoring in biology and hopes to transfer to a four-year university. He says, “I had started to search for colleges in the U.S. by focusing only on if they...
“At Moorpark College, we have a good International community,” says Tamim Mansoori from Afghanistan, who is studying computer science. “It was nice to be in a place where I was surrounded by other international students. I was able...
Shoki Nakata from Japan is an international student at Edmonds College. He is currently majoring in biology and hopes to transfer to a four-year university. He says, “Overall, I love life in Washington State and at Edmonds College. I can’...
Kiara-Naseem Larkins, an international student from Germany at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) says, “It honestly feels like TMCC students, faculty, and staff are a big family where everyone looks out for each other. If you have diffic...
Maria Hands Ruz from Venezuela says, “I decided to be an international student at Portland Community College (PCC) because I liked the option of spending two years at college before transferring to a university, and I am so glad I took that dec...
Nadim Boukhdhir from Tunisia is a Fulbright Scholar at Kent State University. He says, “I was accepted to pursue a Master of Architecture at Kent State University, where I wanted to learn about the relationship between architecture and educatio...
Five Russian students studying at the University of North Georgia (UNG) during this academic year are gaining valuable experiences inside the classroom and in the community. "They're here to learn as much as possible and share as much as pos...
An adult learner and transfer student originally from Taiwan, Ju-Yu came to the United States in 2019 to kick start her education, launch a career, and set an example for her kids. At Irvine Valley College (IVC), she found the opportunity to do just...
“Originally, I was going to switch to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to become a mathematics and computer science major, but I really wanted to stay in the College of Engineering,” says Kaylynn Arrington, a junior at the Univers...
Pratiksha Arun Kapse graduated from California State University, Chico with a degree in Computer Science. She currently works at IBM as a software engineer. She chose Chico State because “while researching the universities I heard good things a...
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