The Problems Faced By International College Students

Back into the old time there was not many people get the chance to go to higher education, so there were not so many problems to be considered about higher education. In the modern time now there are developments of technology and science, so employers nowadays require a lot of skills from their employees. Parents understand that, so they usually support and encourage their children to get higher education for a better job in the future. Some of them even are willing to send their children away to a different country in order to get a better college education. Besides many major problems which have been addressed in newspaper, and news, there is one problem who is an international college student will have to experience once which is internships. …show more content…
There are not a lot of countries which people speak English as their native language, so most of the international students are asked to take English classes before they can actually enroll in undergraduate programs. It is just not English classes, but they have to study unnecessary classes to fulfill the requirement of the programs to be qualified. Students understand the concept of learning more English to prepare fully for undergraduate programs, but colleges spread it into many classes. For one semester or even more than the students have to study grammar class, listening class, writing class, and speaking class… All of the classes can be gathered in to one big class so they can save time and money for studying programs that actually help them get a real job in the future. Sometimes if students fail in the English programs, they won’t be accepted to enroll in the universities or colleges. Colleges have a system that takes a lot of time and even money from students. They see international students as a financial support for their school, because the tuition they pay for education is much more than American students. The differences can be seen clearly in state universities, and it also happens to the private colleges. The English programs might have double side of it. The colleges say it is good for students to have all the abilities equally to the American students, but at the same time it’s a way for colleges take money from students. The tuition they pay for one semester for just studying English can be as much as undergraduate students. It is not fair for international students. That is one reason why it takes longer for international students to finish college. That is usually the case for international students who studied high school in the United States. In case of students who have