International student wanting to quit Masters

[ta86]

NY

Hello. I'm an international student just started college in the USA getting my Masters Degree. However i find it difficult as I do not feel i know wnough english and am not yet familiar with a country which is important for my field.

I want to quit my masters and take english courses before i am comfortable with going back and most likely will change my major.

My question is, will my student visa be extended even though this was the college that sent me I20 and appears on my students Visa?

Also what will happen to my GPA if i quit my masters?

Thanks you so much

I hope to get some help i'm lost

 

[Hot Topic]

NY

Hello. I'm an international student just started college in the USA getting my Masters Degree. However i find it difficult as I do not feel i know wnough english and am not yet familiar with a country which is important for my field.

I want to quit my masters and take english courses before i am comfortable with going back and most likely will change my major.

My question is, will my student visa be extended even though this was the college that sent me I20 and appears on my students Visa?

Also what will happen to my GPA if i quit my masters?

Thanks you so much

I hope to get some help i'm lost

Why didn't you take English courses before you started college?

You should talk to a college counsellor.

 

[HomeGuru]

Yes, tulk to a kolledge cownsoler.

 

[stealth2]

Yes, tulk to a kolledge cownsoler.

Really? That's rude and unnecessary. Dunno why, but I thought you were better than this idiocy.

 

[stealth2]

NY

Hello. I'm an international student just started college in the USA getting my Masters Degree. However i find it difficult as I do not feel i know wnough english and am not yet familiar with a country which is important for my field.

I want to quit my masters and take english courses before i am comfortable with going back and most likely will change my major.

My question is, will my student visa be extended even though this was the college that sent me I20 and appears on my students Visa?

Also what will happen to my GPA if i quit my masters?

Thanks you so much

I hope to get some help i'm lost

I agree that you should first go and speak with your academic counselor. S/he may be able to help you work through this.

 

[Humusluvr]

NY

Hello. I'm an international student just started college in the USA getting my Masters Degree. However i find it difficult as I do not feel i know wnough english and am not yet familiar with a country which is important for my field.

I want to quit my masters and take english courses before i am comfortable with going back and most likely will change my major.

My question is, will my student visa be extended even though this was the college that sent me I20 and appears on my students Visa?

Also what will happen to my GPA if i quit my masters?

Thanks you so much

I hope to get some help i'm lost

Are you planning to take the English courses at the same college?

Is there a resource department for international students, where you could talk to your college specialist about the ramifications of moving around?

And honestly, if you typed all of the above, you have a pretty good grasp on English. One of the best things you can do is immerse yourself in English, and speak English every day to people at the college, and keep on with your Master's, or another Master's if you change.

What field is this? I'm curious.

 

[LdiJ]

Are you planning to take the English courses at the same college?

Is there a resource department for international students, where you could talk to your college specialist about the ramifications of moving around?

And honestly, if you typed all of the above, you have a pretty good grasp on English. One of the best things you can do is immerse yourself in English, and speak English every day to people at the college, and keep on with your Master's, or another Master's if you change.

What field is this? I'm curious.

Someone who can read and write a foreign language well, may not be able to converse in that language as easily, or understand people speaking that language as easily.

I speak Spanish and Italian well, but I am not sure that I would be comfortable attending a college lecture in a technical subject in either language. I would be afraid that I would miss too much.

If this student can take a semester of classes at the same college that would help her with her english in lecture settings, that would likely be the best solution.

 

[Humusluvr]

Someone who can read and write a foreign language well, may not be able to converse in that language as easily, or understand people speaking that language as easily.

I speak Spanish and Italian well, but I am not sure that I would be comfortable attending a college lecture in a technical subject in either language. I would be afraid that I would miss too much.

If this student can take a semester of classes at the same college that would help her with her english in lecture settings, that would likely be the best solution.

I disagree. I've done the "lecture the language" thing, and I've done the immersion thing, and immersion is by far better than being talked at. We don't know how much time this student has, and she unlikely has unlimited funds. One of the road blocks to completing her Master's is time, one is money, and the final one is fluency. I have seen plenty of international students make amazing leaps by just being part of the dialogue.

She's already got a Bachelor's Degree. She is pursuing a Master's. That means she has the fundamentals of her degree in one language, which the cognates often translate easily. I speak Spanish as well as English, and I'm a Biology undergrad, and I would feel comfortable to walk into a Spanish classroom to learn Biology, because the words are so similar.

But, we're talking about her way of learning, and she's asking about a visa. The answer here, in Ed Law, is that you should seek the advice of the expert at your school, your adviser, or someone in immigration.