Abstract
In today's society, more and more students choose to study abroad. This paper focuses on illustrating that why Chinese students cannot adapt new environment easily from two main aspects which are academic achievement and social experience. In academic achievement section, this paper explains students’ motivations, education background, culture, and language proficiency. Since many Chinese students come to American to obtain higher education, academic achievement is the essential part of this paper. In social experience, there are two aspects: different culture and English problems.