INTL 200 FInal

Jennifer Magro Algarotti D Number: _____________
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INTL 200 – Final research project
Prof. Margo Algarotti
Cultural Adjustments for International Students
Introduction
Four years ago when I first left my home and embarked on this journey to pursue a more progressive American education, I encountered the most arduous adversity of my life. For the first time in my life, I had to cope simultaneously with academic challenges, cultural shocks, language learning, and reorienting myself in a new social space. This preliminary study of cultural adjustments for international students in America has been a long-anticipated topic of interest for me since the very first day I arrived in America.
I can still remember so vividly that the immense stress and pressure brought by my inability to communicate with

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