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Where does this claim about being educated mostly on the US taxpayer's money come from? A lot of my classmates in graduate school have said they are in graduate
by Larrikin 9y ago
Where does this claim about being educated mostly on the US taxpayer's money come from? A lot of my classmates in graduate school have said they are in graduate school since it will give them more chances at the lottery allowing them to work in the US. Others have said they just wanted the best education they could get.
But all of them are always complaining about how theres basically zero financial assistance for them and they are lucky that their parents can pay for them, since even getting a part time job or internship is a massive hassle that most companies won't even bother with due to their student visa situation.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoFor PhD students in computer science, they will almost all get funding from the federal government (indirectly through grants). Masters students, maybe not. You are incorrect about the internships, which don't require visas for F1 holders as they get a year of OPT. Now, they might save up their one year of OPT for post graduation, which is useful for the wait in getting an H1, though I guess there are also useful extensions that can even get around that (IANAL, so I don't know what the exact story is ATM).
- tnecniv 9y agoFor MS and BS students, IIRC, a lot of countries will subsidize the education of their citizens in the US to some degree.