Since the first day, I never had the excuse
that “I'm an international student, so it's
fine that I do worse”. I always had this
mindset that when I'm in this class, that
means that I have to be treated equally. When
the professors treat me equally, I have to
do well, as well as the other students are
doing, no matter if they're native speakers
or I'm not. That's not going to make any difference.
My short-term goal is to work for a couple
of years because I get three years of OPT
(Optional Practical Training). I want to use
that, get some work experience and eventually,
I want to go to grad school and pursue an
MBA or maybe a PhD in economics.
I finished two majors in a short period of
time, about three years. Being on top of everything,
having a lot of challenges as a foreign student
and also a language barrier were really, really
difficult, and made me different. I really
worked hard. I had many all-nighters. I stayed
in the library for hours. Studied hard and
I was focused the entire time. So, it paid
off.
I'm really thankful for the ISC (International
Study Center) and that one year was probably
the best year for me out of all these three
years.
