“I just started my junior year as a math major, and so far I absolutely love it here in the USA. When I first arrived as a freshman I was very nervous because I didn\u2018t know anyone and I’d never been to the US before, so everything was totally new and the culture shock was real. Nevertheless, I started off great, making a lot of new friends from all over the world thanks to our very international student body here. I actually even learned Spanish, because everyone speaks Spanish.<\/em><\/p>\n From a tennis perspective, this experience is amazing! The practices are more intense than the ones I was used to back home, and the (pretty) chill class schedule allowed me to make a lot of progress on the court and in the weights room. What I love the most about tennis here at CU is playing doubles, which I never really played before coming to college. Off the court, I believe I\u2018ve grown personally over these two years. I became really involved on campus as a tutor. I am also president of the International Student Organization, which allows me to form new relationships every day.<\/em> Overall, I believe I\u2018ve grown personally over these two years. I became really involved on campus as a tutor. I am also president of the International Student Organization, which allows me to form new relationships every day. I have collected so many beautiful memories, and I would highly recommend playing a sport for a college if you have the opportunity to do so!”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week Alexandra tells us all about her experience playing tennis at Cumberland University: “I just started my junior year as a math major, and so far I absolutely love it here in the USA. When I first arrived as a freshman I was very nervous because I didn\u2018t know anyone and I’d never been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":238264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-madescholarships-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nOverall, I have collected so many beautiful memories, and I would highly recommend playing a sport for a college if you have the opportunity to do so!<\/em><\/p>\n