Sze Pui

My involvement in campus life helped me to
build confidence in my leadership skills and
gave me a sense of belonging to this college."

Niru

"SVC is the best place to start your future.
The smaller community is very helpful in
providing me with opportunities for success."

Khalaf Al-Sowaidi - U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates)

"SVC offered everything I wanted. The other
students are friendly and I'm learning so much."

Taeko Sugisawa - Japan

"It's a friendly place with helpful teachers
and I like the small classes, too."

Anders Holmberg - Sweden

"The people here at Skagit Valley College have
broadened my horizons academically
and personally."

Putri I.G.A. - Indonesia

"Skagit Valley College is the right place to start.
The faculty and staff are really concerned about
student achievement."

Nalupan Thavorngulachai - Thailand

"Studying at Skagit Valley College, which is similar to the first two years at a university, allowed me to save a lot of money, transfer my credits, and helped me develop my major in international business."

Sanshiro Moriyama - Japan

"One of the things I really enjoy here is the open gym activity. We can play basketball, volleyball, and badminton. Sports don't have any barriers for language, so we can enjoy these sports without caring about any language. It really helped me to make a lot of friends, no matter Japanese or foreigner. It will be a good opportunity or you. Especially for the one who is not good at speaking. I hope you enjoy this opportunity."

Arndt Detmers - Germany

"I am always looking for new challenges and experience. SVC gave me another level of enjoyment, I am tremendously fulfilled."

Aya Kosugi - Japan

"The benefit of living on campus is that our dorm is located very near the college. It is a big benefit for me. Our dorm gives us individual bedrooms, so it was an important point for me when choosing the college. Also, I can make many friends who are from different countries so I can speak English very well and hang out with them."

Korean Parent

"SVC has a good international student program that provides very kind and safe services such as all the arrangements from airport pickup to coordination of homestay or dormitory services. SVC offers a good language and tuition program at a reasonable cost, makes it easy for students to transfer to four-year universities, is in a safe and good area for living in the U.S."

Student in the advanced level

"If you enroll, you will find at the end of the quarter that you will understand more about American culture and communication; as well, you will be surprised with the improvement in your English."

Student from Japan who now studies at a University

"For the first few quarters, I was just struggling and faced many high walls which I needed to get over, such as improving my writing skills. However, those struggles brought me some tips to survive the battlefield which is called "college."