International students in the U.S. have many opportunities to learn and gain professional experience, both inside and outside the classroom. There is a range of student visas available to international citizens [...]
What do you do when the education you received doesn’t provide enough hands-on experience in your field? This was the dilemma for Zlata. After completing grad school and earning a Master’s [...]
What is a CPT Program? Let’s start with understanding what a CPT program actually is. Curricular Practical Training, or CPT, is a type of work authorization program that takes place off-campus [...]
Optional Practical Training (OPT) is a way to learn and then gain experience, as well as advance your career. At Computer Systems Institute (CSI), OPT programs are specifically designed for international [...]
Life was turned upside down for Farrukh when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. As an international student, how could he maintain his student visa status while also seeking out a more affordable [...]
Is it possible for a single Google search to change your life? For one of the CSI students, it certainly has! CSI student was enjoying life as an international resident in [...]
Like many people, Danny Kim came to the U.S. as an international student with a dream of learning and starting a successful business career. Becoming an entrepreneur is no easy feat, [...]
“You can do anything you set your mind to,” said Luz Adriana Sierra Gutierrez. After graduating from college with a degree in business management from her home county of Colombia, Luz [...]
Have you ever felt like something in your life was missing, but you just didn’t know what it was until you found it? That’s the story of Computer Systems Institute’s student [...]
What do you do when you’re young, want to see the world, and gain new professional skills all at the same time? Look no further than Nam Nguyen as an example! [...]
Altyn Amandykova has a master’s degree from her home country. But after coming to the US she realized that she wanted something different. Now she is pursuing what she really enjoys. Nuclear physics and business are very different fields, but Altyn Amadykova has experience in both of them. In fact, she has that very specific science degree from her home country of Kazakhstan. Three years ago, she came to the US to pursue the same degree here, “I did a master’s degree in nuclear physics in my home country. I came to America so that I could work on a master’s degree here, but it was hard because it is all in English,” she says. “One day I realized it was something that I wasn’t sure that was what I wanted to do with my life.”
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