International Students Say That CSI is the Best Program!
Isabela Santos wanted to get an education in the US. She enrolled in school but it was not what she expected. Then she came to CSI and her whole perspective changed.
Isabela Santos wanted to get an education in the US. She enrolled in school but it was not what she expected. Then she came to CSI and her whole perspective changed.
Covid changed the direction of Patchararada Daechavimolnut’s career. Before she became a student at Computer Systems Institute, Patchararda was a flight attendant. During the pandemic, her work was extremely limited because so many flights were cancelled. This was a turning point for Patchararada’s career. She was interested in business so she applied to CSI at the Charlestown, Massachusetts campus. “My first program at CSI was in marketing because I was thinking about going back to Thailand to work in business.”
CSI is not the first school in the US that Smarlson Solis, who prefers to go by the nickname “Stat,” has attended. Coming from the Philippines, he said that the F1 visa process was difficult with them, “I came from a different school and had a horrible experience there. The processing of my F1 visa was hard,” he says.
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The hybrid program at Computer Systems Institute was the perfect fit for Omar Shebahat. He arrived in the US as an F1 student in March and enrolled in CSI’s Business Career Program - Organizational Administration Concentration program. This hybrid program holds classes twice a week. During the quarter, students are required to do in-person classes, called immersions, at one of the six CSI campuses. The program blends the flexibility of asynchronous online coursework, live virtual sessions, and on-campus residencies. Omar explains a bit how it works, “So we do Zoom meetings and immersion weekends for 3 days,” says Omar.
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