The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of international students concerning their academic and social experience at Michigan State University and have a better understanding of the factors that play a role in international student' adjustment, goals and expectations here. Through in-depth interviews it examined how these students conceptualize the accommodating and challenging experiences they may have encountered mainly in their social and academic life. More importantly, it demonstrated how international students actively negotiate U. S practices as they deal with cultural differences to become quickly adapted to their new surroundings, by learning its customs and values, as well as becoming proficient in English. However, this study revealed that integrating and adjusting to life in the U.S is more than just learning and adopting "American way of life" but also creating friendship networks with their co-nationals as well people who are culturally similar to them.
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