I came to the United States as an international student in 2010 and graduated from Coe College in 2014 with a bachelor’s in Accounting and Business. With the help of people and resources around me, I understood the essence of the professional experience, networking, good academics and communication skills early on during college and landed a job at a leading professional services firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) LLP, consistently ranked as the top accounting company globally. More importantly, this understanding of the various dimensions of college life allowed me to gain a holistic experience and build a foundation for a long-term personal, social and professional success.
During college, I had many domestic and international students as mentors who assisted me along the way and answered questions on the various aspects of college life including:
§ Which campus organizations to participate?
§ How to invest as an international student?
§ What is an OPT, H-1b work-visa?
§ What is a credit score?
§ What skills can improve my chances to land an internship as an International student?
However, there were numerous times when I had to dig through countless forums, articles, and websites to get information on any one topic pertinent to foreign students.
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Most of us will agree that the lack of relevant information should be the last thing limiting any (international or domestic) student from reaching their full potential. Thus, my major objective for writing this book is to assure that international students are informed about the different facets of college-life ranging from finding an internship, acknowledging the importance of networking, communication and writing skills to the significance of credit scores and the overall personal financial