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well, this is my first semester in Uni... and I think I really need to adjust myself fast if I do not want to spend extra months learning the same units. Communication is the main problem here... back in UCC it's all international students, so we have the same problems. But in uni, competing against the other students become more and increasingly difficult since their skills with the language is obviously above ours. However, to improve our English is the main reason why we come here at the first place, isn't it?