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by fatman13gg 3677 days ago
> U.S. universities offer an easier way to get ahead, with a quality education and better job prospects.

The better job prospects part might not be true. Those came back to China for jobs will get their current position with or without a U.S. degree.
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studentrob 3676 days ago
.... with the US degree they have a chance to get a job in the US with a higher salary
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fatman13gg 3676 days ago
I said "those came back to China". Most undergrad went back to China eventually. Just compare the number of Chinese students given in the article and the number of H1-B visa issued every year. Do the math.
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studentrob 3676 days ago
Oh I see.. you're saying, the article claims students have a better chance of getting a job in the US, but in reality, the chance is not so great since H1-B visas are limited.

Are you happy that you studied in the US? Or do you think it was not worth it? Just curious.

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fatman13gg 3676 days ago
For me personally, I don't think it is worth it. But if I hadn't studied abroad, it wouldn't have killed my interest to do so.
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studentrob 3675 days ago
I understand 100%. I feel that way about a lot of things I try in life =)

How are you doing now?

By the way, I just watched a documentary about this kind of thing happening in China [1]. One American version of that story is a documentary named College, Inc [2]

[1] https://youtu.be/BP61LwODTnY

[2] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/collegeinc/

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fatman13gg 3675 days ago
Good Sharing. I come from a tier 1 city in China. The struggle people in [1] have seems very distant to me. I think they are good people, but they are just too naive to think they could get decent office jobs with such low grades. (At 5:37, it mentioned the girl only got 388 points for National Entrance Exam. It was terrible.) They might be better suited for a blue collar job or a service sector job (waiter/waitress etc). Those jobs might just pay much better.

And yes, I probably have better resources than those unfortunate. But guess who had paid the price? My great grandparents. They came to tier 1 city in 1900s, lived a hard life and did low skilled work like ironing cloth so that my grandparents could settle in city. The kid at 45:47 whining about how things were unfair to him was just making me sick.

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