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Page 6 Battalion Classifieds The Battalion Monday, February 27,1989 International students try to gain acceptance, fit in Understanding others makes adjustment easier ♦ HELP WANTED $25,200 PAYS FOR A LOT OF COLLEGE. In the Army, we’ll train you in a valuable skill, and help you earn up to $25,200 to pay for almost any college or an approved vocational/technical training program of your choice. If money for advanced education is on your mind, the Montgomery GI Bill Plus the Army College Fund could be a big help in making your plans. Talk it over with your local Army Recruiter. College Station Recruiting Station Post Oak Mall, 1500 Harvey Road College Station, Texas 77840-3751 (409) 764-0418 ARMY. BE ALL YOU CAN BE. COUNSELORS - Boys camp in Berkshire Mts., West Mass. 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Entry-level and mid-level positions in areas such as: •ACCOUNTING •FRONT OFFICE •LAUNDRY •KITCHEN •HOUSEKEEPING •RE1 AIL MERCHANDISING •COOKING •SECURITY •MAINTENANCE •RESERVATIONS •FOODSERVICE •FIRE SAFETY Housing available No facilities for families or pets Minimum age of 18 Preference given to applicants available mid-May through late September REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE ON CAMPUS February 27 1:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. Room 352 of MSC Stop by Anytime FOR MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS CONTACT Your Placement Library or TW Recreational Services, Inc. c/o Employment Office Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 (307)344-7901, ex. 5323 or (406)848-7481 An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/H/V 102102/27 By Richard Tijerina STAFF WRITER International students may find it difficult to fit in at Texas A&M, but learning to sympathize with other’s feelings can make that initial adjust ment easier. Mael Wassarweh, a mechanical engineering graduate student from Jordan, said gaining acceptance is the most difficult part of being an in ternational student because they are different from everyone else. “You’re always different,” Was sarweh said. “Everybody is looking at you a little bit differently. You don’t always fit the normal — what everyone is used to. I’ve been here for a while, so I got over that adjust ment a long time ago.” To make adjustment to life here easier, Wassarweh said the most im portant thing for an international student to understand is how other people think and feel. “(Understanding) is the whole idea,” he said. “You have to under stand how the other people feel and just compromise between what you feel and what they feel. If you get somebody who’s never dealt with an international before, then you’re going to have problems dealing with them.” Wassarweh said exposure to dif ferent cultures makes it easier for people to adjust to international stu dents. Tina Wadkins, the adviser to the International Student Services, said international students often have trouble making friends with Ameri cans. She said the ISS sponsors pro grams to help the students get ac quainted with each other. “I think it’s difficult to become a really close friend to an American,” By Juliette Rizzo STAFF WRITER Students can apply 'now for sum mer conference positions and resi dence hall staff positions. Positions for conference coordi nator and conference assistant for the summer’s New Student Orienta tion Conferences and the Continu ing Education Conferences are va cant. Students applying for new stu dent conference positions will check new students and their families into the residence halls for their two-day visit. A coordinator and an assistant will be chosen to help coordinate pro gramming and housing for the continuing education conferences, which include various cheerleading workshops and a fireman’s conven tion. Coordinators are generally Wadkins said. “I think they feel a little outside or isolated. We have all kinds of programs going on (to help them). They get to know each other very well, no matter what countries they’re from.” Wadkins said the largest number of international students major in engineering. They hear of the Uni versity from several sources, includ ing reports on how colleges rate and word of mouth. “Someone goes back home and says they got a really good education here, and that they like being an Ag gie and all those good things,” she "STI Ithink it’s difficult to become a really close friend to an American.” — Tina Wadkins, International Student Services adviser said. “I think a lot of it is word of mouth. I don’t know for sure, but most of the ones who come in say they heard about A&M from an other student.” Wadkins said A&M has a reputa- ion around the world as a research school that can provide a good edu cation. She said one student thought A&M was the only university in the United States. “I met one student from Malaysia and he said A&M was the only school he’d heard about in the U.S.,” she said. “That’s where he applied and that’s where he came. He was so shocked to find out there were uni versities all over the place.” Wadkins said most of the interna tional students at A&M come from the Pacific Rim countries — Korea, Taiwan and China. graduate students and assistants are generally undergraduates, Lesley Stoup, special events housing coor dinator, said. An orientation meeting for those interested in any of the positions will be from 6-7 tonight in 501 Rudder. Applications are available in any of the four area housing offices and will be available at the meeting. Positions also are open for sum mer school resident directors and resident advisers. New applicants who do not have a residence hall staff position may apply. Graduate students with resident adviser experience and student lead ership experience are preferred for the position of resident director. Resident advisers are required to have at least one semester of resi dence hall living experience. Applications for these positions are available in any of the area of fices. “They’re all coming herebecaii* of engineering and because that's the part of (he world that’s mahiiij money,” she said. “The SouthAmer- icans used to be our largest group, but right now their economy is real bad. I can tell what the economyo[ the world is by who’s coming in." “1 think they become real Aggies They’re in on the traditions, ami there are Aggie clubs all overtlt world that celebrate Muster,” Wadkins said it is a requiremem for international students to beahlt to speak English before enrolling a; A&M. She said they mustpasstht Test of English as a Foreign Lan. guage (TOEFL) before gainingaj. mittance to the University. “We have a TOEFL that theytalt in their home countries,” AVadki® said. “They have to make a certaiij score on that to come here. Tb have to pass that, and when tk come here we give them another Em glish test. If they don’t pass that»t make them lake some EngM courses (while they’re enrolled)." Wassarweh said he chose AUtll because the school offered a gooj education and was not as expensin as other schools. “It’s a good place to getaneduim lion,” he said. “It’s excellent ova here. My father came here a b time ago, and I’d also read aboutu At the time when I came over here ii was a good deal. It wasagoodei cation and not very expensive com pared to other schools up north." Wadkins said even though tin University is beginning to adopti policy of wanting more internatioiii students, the ISS has no recruitmeii program. She said recruitingnii| begin in the future. “We don’t recruit at all,” Wadlm said. “All the presidents I’ve wrh under have had the idea thaw don’t recruit — it was strictlflf word of mouth, but now it’s chang ing. The policy hasn’t been at nounced that it has changed,bunk f eelings have changed toward wart ing more internationals. We're tit ing to make this a real graduateaai research university.” Ahmet Kuymucu, a graduates® dent in engineering from Turk said he chose to transfer fromik University oTTexasto A&M becai of the superior engineering pis gram here. "1 was at the University of Ten studying English,” he said. 11 sponsor wanted me to find a gw school in engineering, and 1 knti that A&M is a very good schools engineering.” Khalid Anser Haque, a gradual! student in aerospace engineer® said he didn’t apply to A&M until! had arrived in the United States!* cause of a processing charge onii ternational applications. “I had heard of A&M before,l» I didn’t apply because they wen charging $50 on each application, Haque said. "I couldn’t paythaii! India because we have some proii lems with dollar conversions. Ididiii apply until 1 got to the Unilfl States.” Summer positions open for student conferences Business college requirements include common set of courses By Holly Beeson REPORTER The acceptance requirements of the College of Busi ness Administration are just as stringent as those of the College of Engineering — each requires completion of a set of core courses with a 2.5 minimum grade-point ra tio in these courses and overall. Dr. R. Malcolm Richards, associate dean of business administration, said the intent of the business require ments is to give all students the opportunity to be eval uated on a common set of courses; “If we didn’t have the core courses, a significant number of students would be taking what we refer to as soft courses, to build up their GPRs,” he said. Pre-business requirements have changed in recent years with high enrollment prompting some of the changes. Prior to 1983, no differentiation between lower- and upper-division business courses existed. A student ini tially was admitted into the College of Business through a degree-granting program. In 1983, a set of eight core courses and a 2.25 mini mum GPR were required for acceptance into the col lege. More stringent requirements were imposed in 1985, partly because of high enrollment. The minimum GPR was raised to a 2.5 to be eligible to enroll in upper-divi sion courses. When the College of Business imposed these require ments, students were prompted to be better students, Richards said. “I think a large number of students were capable of doing better work,” he said. “And when this added pressure was put on, I think they measured up.” The College of Business has limited resources in terms of its ability to accommodate students, Richards said. “We think it would be a disservice to the students to admit more than we can serve,” he said. “That would dilute the quality of the educational experience for all students. “Our hope and intent is that those who do get into the upper division will receive a better education.” Dr. Sam Gillespie, assistant undergraduate dean, said A&M will have more than 300 students leave the busi ness college and more than 200 transfer into the college this semester. General studies and engineering are major suppliers of students transferring in. At the same time, theCot lege of Business is a major supplier of students tog» eral studies and liberal arts for those who transferoui Of the 345 students who left the business collegelis fall, 37 percent went to liberal arts, 33 percent to gen eral studies and 14 percent to agriculture. Of the 139 students who transferred into the College of Business, 36 percent came from engineering,Sop cent from general studies, 17 percent from liberalans and 7 percent from agriculture. Gillespie doesn’t think anyone has to transferouioi the business program because they can’t live up to ll* requirements. “There isn’t a single weed-out course at thisinstin lion,” he said. “I’m led to believe most students canhan “T I here isn’t a single weed-out course at this institution. I’m led to believe most students can handle any degree program here. It’s a matter of how hard they want to work.” — Dr. Sam Gillespie assistant undergraduate dean die any degree program here. It’s a matter of how Ip they want to work.” A large number of students switch to liberal arts,p ticularly economics. Gillespie said the liberal artsm gram accommodates a wide variety of interests. Dr. Paul Parrish, associate dean of liberal arts, reasons students switch from business to liberal arts> 11 ' elude job-related goals, preference of one discipl ,;i over another and academic performance. “There’s a pretty good balance between the num^ of students switching because they can’t maintain a GPR, and those who discover they have other intertsli he said. Other changes'in the business college includeaccfjl ing transferred credit from other schools. FTfective this fall, if a student is admitted underil* 1989-90 catalog, the College of Business will acri credit hours, not GPR, for upper division candidates The Bai H< By Jerry assistai One str tinned as the Texas Conferem Saturday. 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