What Korean Students Thinks Of U.S. College Life ?
Last May, Chadwick International (CI) School in Songdo, South Korea sent its first graduating class of 68 students off to college, with 75 percent headed to schools in the U.S. Those included the University of California-Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, Kenyon College, Pepperdine University and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. In our video, CI News anchor Aileen Kim and reporter Jasmine Lee caught up with the new alums at a January 12 reunion in the middle of their freshman year. They asked alums what its like to attend college, deal with homework, make friends and find their way on an American campus. It was more challenging than I expected it to be, said Richard Lee, 20, who is a freshman at Johns Hopkins. more freedom to do your stuff.  Follow NewsGram on LinkedIn to know whats happening around the world. Other students mentioned the difficulty of making friends in a new environment, more diversity in race and ethnicity, and the (seemingly global) burden of homework. According to a May 2016 report by the Migration Policy Institute, China was the top origin country for international students in the United States during the 2014-2015 school year, representing 31 percent of international students, followed by India (14 percent), South Korea (7 percent), Saudi Arabia (6 percent), and Canada (3 percent). However, the education website Inside HigherEd reported in March that nearly 4-in-10 U.S. universities responding to a survey reported a decline in international student applications, primarily from the Middle East, China, and India, with administrators and students citing fears over President Trumps Jan. 27 travel ban targeting seven Muslim nations and a campaign to address potential fraud in H-1B visas. ALSO READ: Bizarre Things That Only Exist In North Korea  The Daily Cal student newspaper also reported in April that the University of California-Berkeley saw applications from international students dip by 1.2 percent, the first such decline in a decade. ED-USA-promo if youre an international student with questions about studying in the U.S., check out  Education Destination: the USA  a special program sponsored by Voice of Americas Student Union on Facebook. A panel of experts from leading U.S. colleges, including Johns Hopkins, Wellesley, Michigan State University, Stanford, Brigham Young, George Washington, and Houston Community College, shared their expertise at the George Washington University for a live-streamed discussion about admissions, culture shock, visas, financial aid and  food. Students from Harvard, Columbia, Northeastern, Boston universities, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology also shared their experiences via video. (VOA/JC)