Manage Your Academic Workload as an International Student

By Emily Burt. You land in a new country for a semester, a year, perhaps a full degree's worth of study. Not only are you suddenly immersed in a strange environment, an unfamiliar culture and a different time zone, but you're faced with a style of learning that may be completely unlike the one you're used to. It's a lot to take in. When I arrived at the University of California—Berkeley, my class hours doubled and I pitched head first into a sinkhole of homework. It was a huge jump, and during my first semester I often found myself totally overwhelmed. Read more...