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STUDY: It's Surprisingly Tough For Foreign College Students ToMake American FriendsMeredith Galante  |  Jun. 14, 2012, 12:40 PM  |   2,748  |   29

College is a time for making new friends, but international students are struggling to buildmeaningful friendships with the typical American student.

A new study released today in the Journal of International andIntercultural Communication revealed that nearly 40 percent of foreignexchange students who have come to the United States for collegereport having no American friends.

The idea of coming to America to build real connections with studentshere and gaining a new perspective just isn't happening, according toInside Higher Ed.

The area where international students attended college did affect theiranswers in the survey.

With little surprise, foreign students in the south felt the most satisfiedwith their American friendships, where students studying in andaround New York City felt the least.

Having a language barrier also affected the number of Americanfriends an international student had.

Foreign students from English­speaking countries reported having atleast three close American friends on average, while students fromAsian countries often reported having no American friends.

Students who took the survey acknowledged that shyness could bepart of the problem, but also called out the typical American collegestudent for "superficiality or lack of interest in other cultures" as thereason for the lack of friendships, Inside Higher Ed reported.

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