I believe I’m a very lucky person. As soon as I finished my 11th grade in my home country, Vietnam, my parent have given me an opportunity to study abroad in America and that was probably one of the best thing happened in my life. I was started as an exchange student and chosen to study in Florida, the state of sunshine, due to a generous American host family adopted me as their host-son. The moment I started my study journey in America, I immediately fascinated by how the education system works in US. Everything is very informative and based on practical things instead of just by words written on books. I got to do tons of fun experiments in chemistry lab and several engaging debates in history. All the teachers from my high school were super friendly and they were really excited when I asked them a question and always tried their best to make me understand despite the language barrier. Thanks to them, I started to really enjoy studying in the U.S and made some good friends during my time in high school at Florida. I received 4.0 GPA during my junior year in Imagine High School at North Port and managed to get A(s) on all of my AP classes. I was student of the month twice in high school and honored to receive volunteer of the month in Shelter for Homeless People in North Port, Florida. I also managed to keep in touch with many teachers in my high school when I left and they still send me notes on how others international student remind them of me. However, since my high school only provided K to 11 system when I was there, I have to transfer into another school in order to continue my study and that is when I moved to Washington State. Moving was scary at first because it was the first time I lived without any nurture from famil... ... middle of paper ... ...aught me so many important things that I need in order to live and study in America. At the moment, I’m taking a break from school and doing OPT (Optional Practical Training) to have more experience with the real world. I got to meet so many people from the jobs that I’m doing and I’m glad that I made this decision. Nonetheless, university is still a really important matter that I need to focus on and University of Washington (U.W) has been one of my favorite school since I moved to the US. At first, it was just because how beauty the campus is, then I met a lot of terrific people from U.W and they told me so many good things about school such as how good the professor are, how well-equipped the library is etc.. That is why I immediately apply to the university because I really want to become a part of the university that shaped all these wonderful people I’ve met.
The main component I look for in college is their commitment to further my studies. I feel this college will provide an ingenious culture within the science field, therefore rendering myself with the building blocks necessary to later pursue the medical field. Not only does UNCW devote itself towards their student’s undergraduate years, but also by providing Professional pathways such as Pre-Medicine, students such as myself can go into Professional schools better prepared. In addition to my interest in the academics the school has to offer, I also marvel at the amount of extracurricular activities available to the student body. One student organization in particular is the Greek Life. When my mother attended this school, she was an avid member
During my career as a student, I have moved schools a total of six times. It is a challenge to adapt to a new school and catch up with their curriculum. I personally have experienced this when I moved to Orchard Hills. I was behind in Mathematics, Language Arts, and Social Studies, and being in the honors program only made it that much harder to catch up. In
...going to elementary school, along with my father studying and receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science. At the age of 8, my family moved to Dallas, Texas because my father got a job there. My little brother started kindergarten, and we lived there for 2 years, and moved again to Montreal, Canada, when I was going into 5th grade. I had to take one French class because it was the second language of Quebec, a state in Canada where Montreal was located in. But it was fascinating to learn a new language other than my mother language and English. I spent 2 years in Montreal, and then finally in 7th grade, I moved to Denver, Colorado. I had to move from different places and schools, which partially was a disruption to my education and partially not because I learned the different cultures that exists in just two different countries, located in the same continent.
close friends, and a stable job. Life was very easy and interesting for me. But living here,
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College life is a journey taken by many high school graduate in effort to explore a higher form of education, and most importantly build a new life outside the boundaries of their families to sustain a long path of toward successful career and to some, building a new family of their own. In the United State we are blessed with an education system that is never available worldwide. Laws are placed to allow every students regardless of ethnicity, gender or class a chance to pursue education in among the most prestigious universities in the world such as Ivy League school as well as many large public universities with many programs. This vast number of education institutions available of every type of students create this big diversity leading the U.S. to be the frontrunner of education in the world.
In my point of view, America is the world’s greatest country which gives the best opportunity to people to build their future. Many people come to America from all over the world because there is a better opportunity than in their own country. Many wealthy people from other countries spend so much money to send their child to the US for a better education. Therefore, America has been given a great chance to help international students to get their education.
The backgrounds of the students- not only by home country, but by lifestyle, vary so much. And to think that this variety, often times extending to polar opposites, can produce friendship is an extremely special thing. This variety also comes in gratitude- you look at a student like John, who has worked and sacrificed years on end learning to speak one of the hardest languages and make ends meet just to get the freedom to live in America and attend school, and is thankful every day for the smallest things, and you have students like me, who were lucky enough to be born into the freedom and schooling, and are still thankful- but maybe sometimes take those types things for
I was born in a small town of India.I come from a family backgroung where no one ever went to college .My father was'nt that well educated so he always wanted to bestow us with the best education he can , because he suffered alot and servive all hardships.
Have you ever had to move somewhere completely different at a young age? Perhaps somewhere you didn’t even know existed? As a
After looking at hundreds of schools, thinking about multiple factors of schools, I finally picked the University of Washington-Seattle as my first choice for transferring. The TEP (Transfer and Education Plan) helped me through the process of exploration. By doing the interests test on WOIS, meeting with an academic advisor, attending transfer fair, and making the concept maps, I found out that I was sure to major in business, therefore the Foster School of Business would be where I would go. Business major requires a wide range of knowledge. Economics is a class that I have to take and I think might be difficult. Online tutoring will be a good help for me. Although the UW is a school with high reputation, especially the Foster school is very hard to get in, I still want to
It is no secret that in recent years, the United States education system has been drastically compared to other leading countries such as China, Russia, and Europe. According to the USA Study Abroad program through the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of State, studying abroad gives you the skills and knowledge you need to succeed in the 21st century. (“Why Study Abroad?”, USA Study Abroad, 2016)
The United States is known to be the land of opportunities, and as a person coming from a different country, we all come for a better life and the opportunities that this country has to offer. I came to America thinking to myself I 'm here for a better life and education is the key to a better life. My first year in the United States was rough because it was as if I was starting from zero. But the hardest part was school,
My education began in fifth grade, my parents moved from one location to another. It wasn’t easy for me, because school was the first place I ever got to interact with other kids. Before school started, I was pretty much kept indoors and not allowed to have contact with other people, except for my family members.
and that 's when I moved to another school. Moving was more like a new beginning for me