What are some of the challenges or problems faced by international students?
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Some of the difficulty that you may face when you are the student here. Probably the pronunciations from the Australians because sometimes difficult to listen to the A and I like that. And also here is like multicultural when you got student from everywhere. So you need a little bit of time to adjust yourself or get used to it because it's like international here.
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What are some of the challenges or problems the international students face? Definitely just being away from home, having to adjust to a new environment, a new culture, being around new people. But what's really nice is you're not the only one. There are so many students that come from all over that you can connect with them, relate to. And there's so many resources on campus, including international student services, that can help you with anything.
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As an international student, one of the main problems that I've had was being away from family. However, because Bond is so welcoming for international students, it was very easy for me to create a social network that was strong enough to get me through my degree.
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Hi, my name is Josie, and I'm a current Master of Finance student here at Bonds. Being international can be very challenging sometimes, but Gladly, here, we can count on Academic Skills Center, which offers support to students from organizing to their assignments, to meds, to academic writing, or even oral presentations. This can be very helpful when we are trying to fill some gap that we may experience.
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Of course, as an international student, you face some problems, especially related to getting used to new life. Like you can have some problems with food adaptability, culture shock, or even getting used to the weather. And of course you feel homesick when you are in a new environment.
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Some of the challenges faced by international students are a language barrier, culture shock, homesickness, or financial issues.
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Being an international student, living far away from home does have a few challenges and one of them is homesickness. I had the homesickness by keeping a regular contact with my family and friends back home. I would tell them what I have done today, what are the new things they just explored? It can be new places or new dishes from different cuisine and new friends I just meet. Those are my few tips for handling homesickness.
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Some of the challenges our international students face today are the long visa wait times. You definitely want to check those wait times in advance to better prepare all of your documents. Make sure those are in order and also research visa interview tips for yourself so you can best represent yourself. If you need any assistance, contact your international student office at the University that you're applying to.