Life as an International Student
... On the other hand, international students going abroad for their further studies face much greater changes in their surroundings and greater shock. ... It’s only obvious that international students experience a lot of anxiety and depression in their process of adapting to their new surroundings. ... I had rented a room in a motel and my life was pretty much restricted between motel and college. ... This process puts international students in difficult situation because being new to the area the student has no renting history at all. The student ends up running from one building to another in search of an apartment where they wouldn’t ask for a renting history. ... Language barrier is one of the major issues in an international student’s life. English is a second language to most of the international student and not everyone can speak fluent English. According to Twinky, the student counselor in Academy Of Art College, being not able to speak proper English discourages international students from participating in class discussions and conversations with their friends. This in turn results in huge gap in communication and eventually the student feels left out or isolated which is usually accompanied by depression. ... When we talk about international students, the student could be from anywhere and as we all know not every country is well off like America. ... Every international student knows that they are expected to be financially adequate but that’s not always possible.