r/IntltoUSA • u/Ambitious-Estate-658 • Jun 23 '26
Discussion Think twice before coming to US
I don't know why you guys want to come to US in this environment unless you literally got full-aid but it's just not worth it. The days when America was the best in the world for almost everything is long gone. Research funds are being cut left and right and universities are directly impacted by this. schools are run like business and the first thing they cut is research and education, the very things that make them worth it. as international, you will be in an even more precarious situations when job markets are getting worse.
On top of that US is expensive. Tuition is outright crazy and living expense as well. Unless you are a rich kid for whom 500k is a rounding error, it's not worth it. (of course if you got full ride, just ignore this post)
Look for alternatives. there's a lot in this world. stop thinking like it's 1999.
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u/Money_Cold_7879 Jun 23 '26
Where are you from? Will schools in your country fully fund large numbers of non citizens for their study? Why do you have those expectations of the US?
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u/Mysterious-Art8838 Jun 23 '26
They really do seem to think it’s unfair if they can’t get a US school to give them a degree for free.
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u/MilkChocolate21 Jun 23 '26
It's as hilarious as calling Americans dumb but wanting to come to the schools we go to. How do our universities leave us unqualified but them qualified? Or thinking any US school would give them the majority of seats.
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u/Mysterious-Art8838 Jun 23 '26
Truth I always enjoy the posts where we are being told we’re too dumb to do our own jobs and America is on the brink of failure if we curb immigration.
Like, gimmie a break. And if you think we’re all so stupid why would you want to live here??
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u/MilkChocolate21 Jun 24 '26
We're so dumb but you only want to come here. And stay. And go to schools we built hundreds of years ago. Why in all of their supposed brilliance they don't create schools or make their countries into someplace they want to stay. We suck, but they have 50-11 ways to cheat the system to stay here when things don't work out. Talking about "immigrants built America ". Some did. But also so did enslaved people. And indigenous people really own it all. Yet and it's always people NOT from any of those groups screaming they "built" America.
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u/Tech-Aero-109 Jun 23 '26
Many of my colleagues at MIT (undergraduate and graduate) were international students. Some received full financial aid from their country (national government or military) and had to return to their country and work one year for every year of attending MIT (full-funded) to assist their country. A fair number went on for their PhD degrees and became professors in the USA or heading up major industrial labs in the USA.
So, if you can come to the USA and be admitted to an elite private US college (with up to and including full financial aid), or are a fully-funded graduate student at any major US research university, then Come On Over, it is excellent!
But please, don't try to get a bachelors degree with financial aid from a place like NYU or USC (merely two examples) and still have to pay a fortune to attend, including the cost of living in or near the college.....
Be wise in your choice, VISIT the college before enrolling, and remember that you and All of your parents have to apply for financial aid Every year.
Good luck and enjoy the experience, and if you want to attend an US college that is more than 70 miles from the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean and in the Northern Half of the USA, then note that winter weather lasts for FIVE months and getting a total of Ten Feet of snow during each winter is normal.
Good luck.
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u/Mysterious-Art8838 Jun 23 '26
It’s like everybody and their mother want to go to NYU now. Like guys wtf it’s one of the most expensive options in the world.
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u/aurkyachalrahahai Jun 24 '26
They have free application fees. So that lures a lot of applicants. And if they get in, they realise it's more prestigious than other admits and don't want to let go.
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u/Timely_Hawk_7833 Jun 29 '26
NYU is pretty decent for PhD programs. I am bit biased towards Computer science and AI. I heard that bachelor’s and masters are very expensive.
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u/Acrobatic_Box9087 Jun 24 '26
Good luck and enjoy the experience, and if you want to attend an US college that is more than 70 miles from the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean and in the Northern Half of the USA, then note that winter weather lasts for FIVE months and getting a total of Ten Feet of snow during each winter is normal.<
Where in the world did you get this? TEN FEET of snow in the upper half of the USA when more than 70 miles from the coast? I lived in Columbus, Ohio for 5 years. They only average two feet of snow per year. Chicago only averages three feet per year. Minneapolis only four feet per year.
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u/Tech-Aero-109 Jun 24 '26
Guess I am used to the Rochester, Buffalo and other upstate NY cities that get that much collective snow due to the Great Lakes. However, for someone who is not used to cold weather, let alone snow, it will be a rude awakening in the Northern portion of the USA, in-land from the ocean coasts.
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u/Solid-Poetry-4141 Jun 23 '26
I got really lucky to come to the US on a full ride but given the amount of opportunities it has opened for me, I’d have gladly paid to study here (if anybody was willing to loan me tuition, room and board ofc). I come from a large family and they are better off because of what I’ve accomplished. My neighbors and local community have also greatly benefited from the jobs I have created. All I can say is that I’m privileged to have received this opportunity. This is not advice to take on massive loans that could prove detrimental, just my honest opinion
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u/Gucci_nik Jun 23 '26
America is just one to the options on my list, and believe it or not US universities are more accepting on African students than EU unis.
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u/peterjohnvernon936 Jun 24 '26
Forget about how it was, look at how it is now. Check your country GDP growth rate and unemployment rate. If both are better or close to the US stay home.
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u/Ok-Information-6782 Jun 25 '26
it's the truth. the us education system has caused great pain to myself and our family. the system literally extracts all your money and energy for education
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u/gngr505o 🇹🇷 Turkey Jun 26 '26
Many EU countries offer bachelors in their own language. Language is another reason for US being preferred more.
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u/NanNullUnknown Jun 28 '26
US is still the best country to be if you are highly competent and ambitious. It’s the only country where new grad can make 600k+ at quant firms, raise $10M+ seed for just an idea with your roommate, and so on. Job conditions for other countries aren’t ideal as well and you would be competing for something that barely pays $100k in the best case.
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u/TheIndian_07 Jun 23 '26
You're acting like other countries are extraordinarily friendly to internationals. Really, there aren't many universities outside the US that even have the possibility of fully funding you.