I came to St.John's University with my great dream in late August,2006.I am a transfer student ,and I was a junior student in China university.My major in China was Electronic Information Engineering ,but now I am major in Accounting.Most people are very strange that why I transfer to American to study and why I change my major.It is very difficult to explain to them,because there are many reasons.
When I came here,I was very confused and a little nervous,because everthing was new to me and Icould not understand everyone's word very well.I went to school to take the ESL Exam on the second day after I arrived in NewYork,and Iwent to get my Exam result the next day.The ESL officer told me I needed two ESL courses ,and then I went to St.John's College(I was accepted by the Economics major of this college ) to choose my courses. Unfortunately, when I talked with my adviser he said I had to study one semester English in IEP and sent me to the IEP office.I was very confused and I didn't what to do, so called a friend who studied here for 5 years. She talked with the adviser for very long time, but the result wasI had to study English for a semester and could not take any major courses. Because he thought my speaking ability was very poor ,and my friend said he just didn't like Asians,because he was not kind and patient with us . So I studied English in IEP last semester.
Many people say Economics is very boring and it is very difficut to find a good job,and I am also not interested in it,so I decided to transfer to TCB to study Accouting when I entered the University. I handed in my transfer application to the office of TCB in November and they told me that they would give me the result in January ,2007. Because I was not sure if the TCB will accept me ,I had to go to St.John's College to choose courses for my spring semester in the end of the last semester. But they told me that I had to coutinue studying English in spring semester.Even worse ,I had to mail my previous University transcript to World Education Service to evaluate my subjects that I studied in Chinese University if I want to transfor my credits.When I heard this,I was disappointed.I didn't know how to do ,so I went to Admission Office to ask suggestion from Ms lam who is also a chinese and is very kind . Every time I asked her help, she was very enthusiastic and helped me .This time she suggested me firstly wait the result from TCB,because this College doesn't need the transfer students to mail their former transcripts to WES.So I decided to wait for the result of TCB.
In the early January I went to TCB to ask the result and they they told me that they were too busy to review my application and I could call them in January 16 .When I called them on that day,they told me they hadn't have decision and they would tell me the next day .But when I went there the next day ,they didn't have decision and promised me that they would give me decision the next day .I was so disappointed and decided to give up.I was so surprise that they accepted me and told me I don't need to study English in IEP.They also chose courses ,and tranfered credits for me .And the adviser was very kind ,patient to help me.When I heard that I was accepted ,I was very happy.I went online to register and chose courses and paid for tuition at once .When I went to pay for the tuition ,suddenly I thought I have scholarship from school,so I went to finance aid office to ask about my scholarship.They checked it for me and said I could get my scholarship.It took so much time and so many difficulties to be a regular student of TCB.But I think it is very worthy and I understand that you can succeed after experiencing a lot of difficulties.
This semester I have 5 courses to study,includingESLS,ESLW,BUSINESSLAW,MACROECONOMICS,PHILOSOPHY.Though it is a little difficult and challenge for me ,I believe that I can do well through my hard work.
