What are some of the challenges or problems faced by international students?
You asked, we answered. You asked What are some of the challenges or problems faced by international students? and we gathered short videos from institutions, students and our IDP counsellors giving their answers and opinions.
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There are certainly a number of challenges that an international student may face when Entering a New institution in a new country. I think one of the most significant challenges that many students face is finding a community and finding a network to build as you're entering your new institution. That's why it's really important to join clubs, join organizations to find like minded folks who you can enjoy spending time with outside of the classrooms that you can build lifelong friends and professional relationships.
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There are some problem and challenges faced by international students such as homesick, culture shock and language. One of the problems facing me here is a homesick and how to solve this problem is by distracting myself from working, doing my stuff from uni and cooking something such as food or snake from my home country. So I feel like I'm at home and then socialize with other friends. It makes me busy and forget about that.
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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.
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One of the challenge you might be. Facing is that you. Couldn'T miss home so much. But don't worry, you will meet so. Many friends across. The world. You can join societies and communities and get you fully engaged. And actually, behind. Me is a student. Service center. Which have all the answers you have. You can have support. From student. Wellbeing, academic support. Finance and. Visas and.
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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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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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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 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.