There are so many foreign students who have been expelled. How can I not become one with an offer?

Some time ago, news circulated in the study abroad circle that the dropout rate of Chinese students studying in the United States was as high as 25%, triggering heated discussions.

As the number of Chinese students studying abroad grows, more and more problems are exposed in the study abroad circle. Due to the lack of language skills, the inability to keep up with the course progress, and the inability to overcome cultural differences and other problems, the study abroad party is studying abroad. A lot of troubles were encountered in the process. What should international students do?

The Wall Street Journal once published an article stating that between 2012 and 2014, about 8,000 Chinese students were expelled from American schools, most of them from the top 100 universities.

The Ivy League schools in the United States also released a set of data. Among the Chinese students who entered 14 prestigious universities such as Harvard University, Yale University, and Cornell University, the dropout rate was 25%.

Although the dropout rate of 25 is controversial, I have indeed witnessed many instances of students studying in the United States dropping out.

Among them:

Some were dropped out of Ivy League schools due to low GPAs;

Some returned to China after suffering from depression due to cultural shock, loneliness and melancholy ;

Some professors have issued open letters online due to academic integrity;

Some have inadvertently violated school rules and disciplines, but failed to deal with them in a timely manner after being warned, and were eventually deported...

These students beat countless peers in their application to study abroad, and embarked on the road to study in the United States with high spirits.

However, it is sad that they are forced to leave school before getting their diplomas because they do not know some important laws, rules and information.

The best way to avoid tragedy is to learn from the truth and avoid the minefields.

The naked truth is not scary. What is scary is that you don’t know that it is the truth and choose to ignore these minefields and live in your own dream of studying abroad.

High school student A was admitted to an Ivy League school in the United States and received a 3/4 scholarship.

But A received a notice of withdrawal from school in his sophomore year because of low academic performance.

Why did the former top student become a bad student?

After our analysis, there are three factors that affect his academic performance: Improper choice of major. His parents are teachers at the university's engineering college, and the student also chose to study engineering. But students are not good at engineering; attendance rates are too low. He skipped school to do club activities and volunteer work. His attendance rate was too low, resulting in poor grades in some subjects (attendance rate accounts for a certain percentage of final grades in the United States). He even failed Latin dance classes; during the school's focus on inspecting him, he did not Realizing the urgency and severity of the problem, the last opportunity to improve GPA through course selection and academic adjustments was lost.

Can’t you ask the teacher to be accommodating?

The professor said this:

Teacher: That classmate who missed 30 classes this semester and still sent me an email to discuss his grades, I’m ready!

A Chinese student wore a hooded shirt to school. His American classmates pointed at him and joked,

"You really look like a Muslim."

The student replied,

"Haha, I am a Muslim, I can kill you."

The teacher heard it and reported it to the principal at that time. A few days later, the student received the decision from the school and the student was expelled.

How could a joke have such serious consequences? Because his words triggered two major restrictions, or taboos, on "freedom of speech" in American law - personal threatening speech, and racial or ethnic discriminatory speech.

Even if you know that he is just joking, it is obvious from his words that he has prejudice against a religious nation. This classmate is in a school that has high requirements for students' moral character. It is not so unbelievable that he was punished so severely for violating double taboos.

Among the students I have come into contact with:

Some threatened professors because they cared about their grades, and the professor called the police, and the students were directly taken to the police station;

There are also I had a conflict with a security guard in a supermarket and exchanged nasty words. The security guard called the police. I was taken to the police station and locked up with stowaways and drug addicts. I was scared to death...

In the United States, you can't think about it. Just say it.

In the United States, the law is close to everyone.

Some time ago in Houston, there were more than 30 Chinese students who jointly opened a WeChat private kitchen and sold desserts through a WeChat group. As a result, they were reported for "illegal business operations" and were about to face deportation.

In addition to its wide scope of influence, legal penalties are also severe.

Take school violence as an example. Unlike domestic indifference to school violence, the severity of punishment for vicious school violence in the United States will not be reduced based on the student status of the person involved.

In a 2016 bullying case involving American high school students in California, three Chinese students kidnapped an 18-year-old Chinese female classmate and dragged her to a park to torture her for five hours.

The youngest perpetrator is 14 years old and the oldest is 21 years old.

In the end, the U.S. court sentenced the three suspects to 13 years, 6 years, and 10 years each for kidnapping, serious bodily injury, assault, and assault causing serious bodily injury. After serving their sentences, they will be Deported back to China.

In terms of academic integrity, mental health, professional course selection, and cultural differences, there are some cognitive blind spots that are not realized or handled poorly, which can also lead to the consequences of dropping out of school.

In addition, some less serious but very practical problems will also trouble the incoming freshmen, such as:

-How can I avoid having a heavy accent, low grades, and too many homework assignments? Professor?

-When you go to the United States, is it better to mix in Chinese circles or American circles?

-Is the battle for course selection really like the Spring Festival travel rush? Booking tickets?

-I want to find an internship before graduation and stay in the United States to work after graduation. When is the best time to start preparing? …

These problems all plague international students. How to avoid minefields? How to solve various challenges on the road to studying abroad? How to graduate successfully? Every international student should think carefully about these questions.

Hope to adopt it, thank you