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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Well and once they move far away from home into an entirely different culture and sometimes language, being around people who remind you of home and who you can understand is probably a comfort. People who can cook/appreciate 'your' food probably help too.
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There's that, but at my college, there was a large contingent of international students who had no intention of becoming involved with Americans and American culture at all. The college was (and I believe still is) need-aware when it comes to international students, meaning that the majority of international students were EXTREMELY wealthy. They knew they were coming back to their home countries to take over the family business, and they stuck primarily with other extremely wealthy students from Greece/Singapore/UAE/Luxembourg/fill-in-the-blank. They would occasionally socialize with other students, but their lives were completely different from the "typical" college student--and that was their choice.
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