Quang "Legacy" Nguyen, Hanoi, Vietnam. 
"I underestimated the workload in college because a lot of people say that freshman year should be easy and that you don't have to work as hard."

Philippe Chauveau, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

"I guess my biggest fear was making friends. It's difficult to make friends in a different culture." 

Ngoc Le, Hanoi, Vietnam

"I'm from a capital city, where there is always something going on. It's hard coming to Ohio for school, because there isn't as much going on."

Ibrahim Urooj Saeed Santana, Karachi, Pakistan

"I rarely think about the 'hard' parts. Just knowing how far away home is, I guess. Knowing that home is half a world away and I couldn't go home at the drop of the hat. But hey, thank God for airplanes!"