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Education worries in Vietnam

By Zach Safford, Lecturer

Considering campus life is perhaps the greatest adaptation needed in the mindset of future Vietnamese college students, two weeks ago, I represented my university, WilliamsCollege, at a college fair run by Vietabroader, a website dedicated to assisting Vietnamese students studying abroad

While I was encouraged by the energy and enthusiasm of the hundreds of students attending, I found myself increasingly disappointed with the questions they were asking. “What does my SAT have to be to get in?” “What are the strongest majors?” “What about TOEFL?” more »

Graduated from Williams College, works as a lecturer for The Performing Arts Academy of Ho Chi Minh City
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