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.
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...
Caio Santana de Sousa from Brazil is a senior majoring in business administration at Santa Barbara City College. “Santa Barbara is one of the nicest cities in America, and probably the nicest in California,” says Caio. “The weather...
Kiara-Naseem Larkins from Germany is a freshman majoring in psychology and criminal justice at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) in Reno, Nevada. Kiara says about her school choice, “I was not only able to save a lot of money, I really l...
Stevens Institute of Technology is a premier, private research university situated in Hoboken, New Jersey, overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Founded in 1870 by America's First Family of Inventors — who patented steam ferries and the...
Megumi, who is from Japan, is studying Business at Moraine Valley Community College.
The thing I like about studying here in America is the way teachers are nice and how everything has been structured to make students succeed.
Anderson Lam, an international student from Malaysia and graduate of Foothill-De Anza College in the Bay Area, is transferring to the University of California, Berkeley, this coming fall as an electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) major....
The Castroverde family’s journey to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT), began with an escape from revolutionary Cuba during the 1960s and included stops in Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, and Spain throughout the years. Since 1975, when the...
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