"First as intern, so applied for an internship here and then for a scholarship at American English Institute and I got them both. So when I came here, I wasn’t, um, very accustomed with the American system of, you know, schooling and all that. And it was very… everything was very new for me so, um, going first to American English Institute that was, I believe, the right step. It was not because of the language because I was handling English an written English pretty well, was more about learning how the system works over here because at least the system, the educational system in Romania like schooling and how, you know, how you elect classes is very different compared with my country. Because in Romania, the classes are given to you here you have the liberty to choose them. Well, I didn't know that when I came here first. And the style of writing is very different.

So, my first advice would be to take it easy, don’t take a huge load if you are not accustomed with what the teachers want because that might go into a failure. You know, just take it one step of the time, learn how everything works and then little by little, you know, just learning the first steps go and see if you can succeed in it or not."