INTERVIEWS | internationalemp

INTERVIEWS:

We sat down as a team to develop interview questions we were going to ask international students particapating in this project. We went back and forth on questions to ask. We finally came up with what we thought was a good list of questions. To keep the interviews consistent, in order to easily compare the interviews, the interviews followed the same questions. The following are the questions we asked the students:

1. Name

2. Age

3. Home Country

4. Native Language

5. Other languages known

6. Major

7. Living Arrangements

8. Is this your first time in America?

9. How long have you been in America?

10. What made you choose to come to Purdue?

11. What was your home life like?

12. What was the hardest part of leaving home?

13. What has been the biggest shock to you in this transition to college in America?

14. How do you think the experience of going to college is affected by attending university in a new country?

15. Give us your definition of empathy?

16. What is you view of empathy?

17. What programs helped you with the transition to college and America?

18. What would you like to share about your background?

19. What do you wish Americans understood about your perception of things?

20. When you were making your decision to come to America, where did you see yourself after graduation?

21. How often will you get to go home?

22. Has meeting people with a similar culture and background helped with the transaction? Has it helped with being away from home?

23. Is it easier to make friends with people of your own culture than it is to make friends with Americans?

24. Do you think you will stay in America after graduation?

25. What were you views of America and Americans before you came here? How has it changed?

From these questions, we hope to get a better understanding of the international students, and how they feel about being at Purdue. We hope that by reading the responses, students will better understand those who are from other countries.

Our Interviews:

Aditya Gutpa Aditya Gutpa is a freshman at Purdue University. He is an international student from India. We asked him to participate in our project. Read more to find out what he had to say.	Akshit Mishra Akshit is a Purdue student who is majoring in engineering. He is originally from India. Akshit was asked to participate in this project and he had a few things to say about being an international student.	Muhammad Mohsin Muhammad is a freshman who is currently in first-year engineering classes at Purdue. Muhammad wanted to come to Purdue because of the great name the school has internationally. We asked him more about his decision to come here and how he feels about being an international student here at Purdue.
Javier Ollin Lopez-Galavitz Javier is a freshman international student from Mexico. We asked him more about his feelings about being an international students and how it affects his experience of college. Read more to find out what he had to say.	Caliph Daniel Caliph Daniel is an international student from Trinidad and Tobago. When he was asked about being an international student, he had some surprising answers. Read more to find out what he had to say.	Diego Andre Soler-Lopez Diego is a freshman at Purdue University who is originally from Puerto Rico. We asked him questions about his experience of being an international student. Find out what he had to say.
Maxwell Murray Max is a junior here at Purdue. He is originally from Canada. Although many might not consider this to be international, he is from a different country and had a few things to say about the change between back home and here at Purdue. Find out what he had to say by reading more.	Yin-Ying Lin Yi-Ying Lin is from Taiwan, where she wishes to return after finishing her degrees. She is a first year accounting major who has plans on pursuing an MBA. Recently, Yi-Ying sat down with us and discussed here experiences here in America and at Purdue University.	Ghiwa Lamah Ghiwa Lamah is a first year Engineering Student here at Purdue. She is from a republic in the Middle East and has chosen to come to college at Purdue University. Though this is not her first time in the country, this is her first prolonged stay. We sat down with her to hear of her experiences since arriving at Purdue.
Thibault Corens Thibault Corens is a freshman this year at Purdue University. He traveled here to attend school all the way from Belgium. See what he had to say about his expereince here at Purdue as an international student.

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International Empathy

INTERVIEWS:

Our Interviews:

Aditya Gutpa

Aditya Gutpa is a freshman at Purdue University. He is an international student from India. We asked him to participate in our project. Read more to find out what he had to say.

Akshit Mishra

Akshit is a Purdue student who is majoring in engineering. He is originally from India. Akshit was asked to participate in this project and he had a few things to say about being an international student.

Muhammad Mohsin

Muhammad is a freshman who is currently in first-year engineering classes at Purdue. Muhammad wanted to come to Purdue because of the great name the school has internationally. We asked him more about his decision to come here and how he feels about being an international student here at Purdue.

Javier Ollin Lopez-Galavitz

Javier is a freshman international student from Mexico. We asked him more about his feelings about being an international students and how it affects his experience of college. Read more to find out what he had to say.

Caliph Daniel

Caliph Daniel is an international student from Trinidad and Tobago. When he was asked about being an international student, he had some surprising answers. Read more to find out what he had to say.

Diego Andre Soler-Lopez

Diego is a freshman at Purdue University who is originally from Puerto Rico. We asked him questions about his experience of being an international student. Find out what he had to say.

Maxwell Murray

Max is a junior here at Purdue. He is originally from Canada. Although many might not consider this to be international, he is from a different country and had a few things to say about the change between back home and here at Purdue. Find out what he had to say by reading more.

Yin-Ying Lin

Yi-Ying Lin is from Taiwan, where she wishes to return after finishing her degrees. She is a first year accounting major who has plans on pursuing an MBA. Recently, Yi-Ying sat down with us and discussed here experiences here in America and at Purdue University.

Ghiwa Lamah

Thibault Corens

Thibault Corens is a freshman this year at Purdue University. He traveled here to attend school all the way from Belgium. See what he had to say about his expereince here at Purdue as an international student.