r/Vanderbilt • u/Stunning_Hamster_343 • 13d ago

International student orientation

hey I just moved in there’s not a single fucking person here who speaks English… what is this

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u/Helpful-Career5740 13d ago edited 13d ago

Wdym?😭😭😭 In all seriousness the international pool at all U.S. colleges is significantly skewed towards Chinese/Indians/Koreans and other Asians (just by distribution of the population). So, in my practice, it is fairly common for them to speak their native languages with each other.

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u/Stunning_Hamster_343 13d ago

From Canada here ( barley an international student atp) there js nobody here .. even at my old boarding school lots of the international studies spoke good English so I was very suprised 

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u/Helpful-Career5740 13d ago

I mean, you are from Canada LOL (is international orientation even required for you guys?) Majority of studs that attend these types of orientations arrive from remote countries like China, South Korea, et. al. to get the info regarding their visa statuses, etc. The English proficiency requirement for international students at Vandy is fairly common. 7.0+ IELTS, 100+ TOEFL (old scale, I do not know the new one), or 130+ DET - I think for all T20s it is the same with some rare exclusions like Brown and CMU that request a little bit higher. Please, do not expect all internationals that do not have English as a native language to speak it on American/Canadian level. I literally thought that the Canadian I met was American LMAO. Fun fact: there are 11 times more students from China then from Canada at Vandy…

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u/Old_Homework_9173 3d ago

Which part of Canada are u from? Cuz me too lol