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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
Do only found out, after she was accepted, that the school she had applied to was the one in Ohio.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
Some international students and those who work with international students say these kinds of mistakes are common.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
For example, one international student remembered being confused by the difference between Washington, D.C., and the northwestern state of Washington.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
Do recently got attention from news websites such as Insider and the Daily Mail after telling her story on the social media site TikTok (@dankgiao).
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
Do often uses TikTok to discuss her experiences as an international student. One of the videos shows her explaining how she learned to pronounce difficult English words.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
In another, she discussed the costumes she wore during the Halloween holiday in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
About 2 million people watched it. “I didn’t realize it was in Ohio until I got the acceptance letter,” she said.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
“I basically went through the whole application process without knowing it’s in Ohio.” Many commenters offered sympathy that she was going to apple orchards instead of beaches thi…
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
But in a follow-up post, she said she was happy with her experience in Ohio.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
Do said she went to Miami for a number of reasons, including a good financial aid offer, “the vibe of the school” and the business program.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
She said Miami looks like the colleges shown on TV and in movies like Animal House Dan Sinetar works with international students at Miami University.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
He and his colleagues help students like Do feel comfortable once they arrive on campus. Sinetar said many international students make the decision to come to Miami without visiti…
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
So, he helps to “set the expectations” of what it is like to live in southwestern Ohio before they arrive.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
He said some international students worry about how they can find food they are familiar with, so the office tells them about food stores with products from around the world. But…
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
Before students arrive in the U.S.,
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
Sinetar said, Miami works to help them learn about what they should expect. The school has peer orientation leaders who help new international students get comfortable.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
Do, in fact, is one of them. Sinetar said it is difficult to move across the world for school.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
“For many international students, it is their first time living away from home,” he said. Sinetar said that he and others at Miami often hear students discuss the Ohio and Florida…
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
One reason for this, he thinks, is that the international students often work with education agencies that help them apply to colleges. “Sometimes,” he said, “students are a littl…
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
He attended college in Los Angeles and now works for a computer software company in New Jersey.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
“The agency probably thought she knew she was applying to the university in Ohio and didn’t think to tell her that,” Chen said.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
He said he did not use an agency and as a result, he was more prepared for his time in Los Angeles. However, he still had some surprises.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
“From one neighborhood to the next, it can be very different,” he said. Chen noted that Myanmar is a poor country, and he did not expect to see so many people in the U.S.
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
Chen said it would be smart for international students to think about choosing an American university close to where family or friends live in case the culture shock is too
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This Miami University Is Not in Florida
strong. “Because having someone able to help you is really invaluable, especially when you came alone to a foreign environment,” he said.
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