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Sweden · Norway passports · started 2010–2014
I had expected more international students when I came, but I only later learned that that’s not the case at the undergraduate level. So at first I was frustrated especially with how people misjudged me (including people thinking I’m American just because of my accent haha). But over time I made a good mix of both British and international friends. I also became the international rep at my college to make our voices and concerns more heard. After overcoming the initial challenges, I really enjoyed myself. It was a very social experience, and I felt so free being able to get involved with anything that I found interesting.
United States passport · started 2020–2024
I am a TCK from the US so on the social front it wasn’t that crazy since I come across American and can blend in that front. I think going to school in the US you genuinely have to contend with weird American social things though (genuinely took me so long to lock in on State knowledge and understanding how much of an icebreaker talking about what county you are from is). Great school for doing international relations though, as is Washington DC broadly. Most people here all well traveled and want to be in an international place, tons of food from everywhere around the world.
United Kingdom passport · started 2025–2029
The student body is highly international and inclusive, with most people I met having lived in more than one country or having dual nationality. I read a few negative comments regarding social life before I started, but in reality even though you’re living in a big city rather than on a campus, as long as you put in the effort (i.e. go out, socialise, join societies, talk to your course mates) it is very easy to make plenty of friends in a short amount of time. There are quite a lot of home students but you’ll still fit in seamlessly as a foreign national.
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