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    Start Right: Success Habits for International Students
    Start Right: Success Habits for International Students
    Start Right: Success Habits for International Students
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    Start Right: Success Habits for International Students

    By Boris Remes

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    Do You Want To Unlock The Secrets To Studying, Working, Living, and Succeeding in Canada?

    This could be the only guide you will need to Start Right your journey in Canada as an international student with proven success habits, frameworks, tools, strategies and tips. T

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRemes Inc.
    Release dateApr 9, 2020
    ISBN9781777090005
    Start Right: Success Habits for International Students

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      Book preview

      Start Right - Boris Remes

      Copyright © 2020. Boris Remes.

      Published by iStartRight Books, a division of Remes Inc.

      StartRightBook.com

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      Print ISBN: 978-1-7770900-1-2

      Digital ISBN: 978-1-7770900-0-5

      Copy editing by Peggy Herring

      Cover photograph by Gordon Hawkins

      Layout by www.formatting4U.com

      Remes Inc.

      6D - 7398 Yonge St, Unit # 627

      Thornhill, ON L4J 8J2

      Canada

      Disclaimer: The author makes no guarantees concerning the level of success you may experience following the advice and strategies in this book, and you accept that results will differ for each individual. The examples provided show exceptional results, which may not apply to the average reader, and are not intended to imply that you will achieve the same or similar outcomes.

      

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      Dedication

      To the current, future, and past international students for inspiring me to write this book.

      Even if just one idea here helps you, I will be utterly grateful and fulfilled.

      Table of Contents

      About The Author

      Introduction

      What Will This Book Do for You?

      Chapter 1: Why Studying Abroad is Important

      The Paradigm Shift

      Personal Growth

      How Else Will You Be Able to Benefit?

      Make Sure You Are Prepared (It’s Not for Everyone)

      Exercise: Try It Out

      Chapter 2: Why Study in Canada?

      Quality of Life

      Multiculturalism and Diversity

      Nature

      A World-Class Education System

      Your Career

      Proximity to the U.S.

      Exercise: Research Where You Want to Go

      Chapter 3: Success Habits to Start Right

      Become Disciplined

      Develop Language Skills

      Set Goals

      But, Boris, I Don’t Know What I Want!

      Exercise: Start Setting Goals Now

      Chapter 4: How and Where to Get Answers to Your Questions

      Do Your Research

      Reach Out to People to Get More Information

      Exercise: Start a List of Potential Contacts

      Chapter 5: How to Choose a School/Program

      Listen to Your Heart and Your Intuition

      How to Read Rankings

      Location, Location, Location!

      Assess Fit

      Don’t Take Anything at Face Value

      Take Your Time to Ensure You Make the Right Decision

      Exercise: Time to Start Your School Decision Matrix

      Chapter 6: How to Fund Your Studies

      Savings

      Scholarships

      Employment During Studies

      Loan Programs

      Exercise: Create a Budget

      Chapter 7: Applying to Your School

      How to Apply

      What You Need to Apply

      How Your Application is Evaluated

      Choose the Best Offer

      Apply for a Visa

      Exercise: Prepare Your Documentation

      Chapter 8: Arriving in Canada

      Pack

      Double Check Your Documentation

      Exercise: Find and Face Your Fear

      Chapter 9: The First  Days

      What Habits Do You Need to Succeed in the First Days?

      Put First Things First

      Deal with Culture Shock

      Avoid the Cultural Bubble

      Learn the Cultural Norms

      Learn English Fast

      Make Canadian Friends

      Exercise: Break the Ice with Conversation Starters

      Get a Buddy

      Manage Relationships Back Home

      Manage Stress

      What to Do If You Get Sick

      Exercise: Get Fit

      Be Proactive

      Begin with the End in Mind

      Get to Know the Teachers/Professors

      Get a Mentor

      Model Behaviour

      Don’t Take Bad Advice

      Get Good Grades

      Exercise: What’s Cool About You?

      Chapter 10: The First Year in Canada

      What Habits Do You Need to Succeed in the First Year?

      Be Solution Oriented

      Exercise: Stay Happy

      Improve Your Leadership Skills

      Say Yes, Figure Out the Rest, and Don’t Take No for an Answer

      Exercise: Do Anywhere Gratitude

      Manage Your Finances

      Build Your Personal Brand

      Exercise: Personal Brand for Career Success

      Chapter 11: Transitioning to the Job Market

      Keep Building Your Network

      Get a Part-Time Job

      Get a Summer Internship

      Interview for a Job

      Negotiate Your Salary

      File Taxes

      Get Micro-Credentials

      What’s the Difference Between a Job, a Career, and a Life Mission?

      Exercise: Personal Reflection and Introspection Essay

      Chapter 12: Transitioning to Permanent Residency

      Who is Eligible?

      Exercise: Study for Citizenship

      Chapter 13: Success Habits for a Lifetime

      Exercise: Stay in Balance

      Exercise: Gain Clarity

      Conclusion

      A Note to Parents

      About the Author

      

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      Boris Remes is an award-winning education marketer, entrepreneur, speaker, and author. Boris left Almaty, Kazakhstan as an international student at the age of sixteen. He lived and worked in Vancouver and Toronto in Canada, studied on exchange in Paris, France, and has visited more than sixty countries in the past six years.

      Boris started his career in marketing, recruitment, admissions, and program development for Bodwell High School, an international boarding school in North Vancouver, Canada. In his role, Boris supported more than 1,000 international students and their families. In 2015, Boris received the Excellence in International Education Marketing Award from the British Columbia Council for International Education.

      He then moved across the country to lead specialized graduate management and executive programs at the Schulich School of Business, York University in Toronto. In this role, Boris worked with more than 400 international professionals in their pursuit of master’s degrees and executive programs.

      As a Manager of Higher Education Consulting at Deloitte, Boris delivered strategy and technology consulting projects for universities, colleges, and public sector clients, both in Canada and internationally.

      Boris holds a Bachelor of Commerce with honours from the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Business Administration with distinction from the Schulich School of Business, York University.

      He enjoys competing in triathlons, geeking out about travel miles and points, taking his family on adventure trips, and attending spiritual and meditation retreats.

      Boris enjoys reading business and personal growth books. To see his reading list, go to StartRightBook.com/resources.

      His motto is, To whom much is given, much will be expected.

      Introduction

      Have you been thinking about studying in Canada as an international student?

      Are you stressed out about it?

      Are you worried about making friends, living away from your family, and managing finances?

      Or, are you further ahead in your studies, and now wanting to find the best way to land a dream job after graduation?

      Well, I faced exactly the same questions myself when I was an international student. Over 15 years ago, I bought a one-way ticket, left my family in Kazakhstan, and came to Canada, a country where I did not know a single person. I had to figure out everything myself through trial and error. I often wished there had been a guidebook to help me start right—a book written by someone who had already blazed this trail.

      Today, I know something about the answers to those questions. Because over the years, I have helped thousands of students enrolled in everything from summer courses to high school to bachelor and graduate level programs to plan, apply, arrive, and successfully settle in Canada. I have also helped many of those students prepare for and enter the job market. And it’s not just students. Many of their parents were also able to benefit from my education, experience, and training.

      My first client was my brother David. My parents sent him to join me in Canada just before I graduated from university. I coached him in the lessons I’d learned in the preceding years, and he followed in my footsteps. My parents fairly compensated me for my services, and, to everyone’s surprise, I turned that experience into a full-time career in international education.

      In this book, I want to share secrets to success which will help you to apply for and get into education programs in Canada, navigate cultural, academic, and professional settings, and, most importantly, grow intellectually, physically, emotionally, spiritually, and professionally.

      My system and advice are proven to work, and I want many more prospective and current students to START RIGHT and continue their journeys in Canada. I dreamed of having a better life abroad, and I worked hard and smart to get where I am right now. I went from being a foreigner to being a proud Canadian citizen, and I want you to also achieve whatever dreams you have. It will take time and effort, but, with the help of this book, I believe you can do it.

      Let me tell you about an educational challenge I faced. When I was growing up, my parents put a lot of pressure on me to read. I was impatient, and I found the books they gave me impractical. I appreciate Russian literature, but it was difficult to relate to characters living in Tsarist Russia or the collapsing Soviet Union. I would do everything possible to get out of reading 60 minutes per day—which was the length of time then prescribed under the Soviet curriculum. I also later discovered that my reading and writing skills were inferior to my classmates’, which affected my confidence. I would be embarrassed to read in front of them. Sometimes they would laugh and, once, my elementary school teacher secretly removed me from the classroom because the government school inspector was scheduled to appear.

      To make things worse, I was diagnosed with minor dyslexia, which certainly did not help matters. However, instead of letting fear hold me back, I learned to face it. I developed public speaking skills with the help of a teacher who guided me toward public speaking opportunities. This led to further opportunities. I won a prize in a Kazakh poetry competition, even though I do not speak Kazakh.

      I still tend to be a slow reader and a poor writer. I’m not the kind of person you’d expect would write a book. But I decided to challenge myself. As I have before, I took my fears about reading and writing, faced them, and found that eventually I was able to toss them

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