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Maybe at the undergraduate level. My grad school experience was exactly the opposite. I was the _only_ U.S. citizen in most of my classes and one of maybe thr
by commandlinefan 8y ago
Maybe at the undergraduate level. My grad school experience was exactly the opposite. I was the _only_ U.S. citizen in most of my classes and one of maybe three in the entire CS program.
- BeetleB 8y agoGrad school is indeed very different, because: 1. People are willing to pay a premium for a MS degree. In many of their home countries, a BS is of low value. 2. Funding is much easier to secure for a grad degree - both from US institutions and institutions in their home country. Probably the majority of foreigners are not paying out of pocket. The same "average" university that had so few foreigners in undergrad were completely dominated by them in their MS program. And I think there was only 1 US person in the PhD program (granted, it was a small department and they had very few PhD students to begin with).
- xxpor 8y agoan MS in CS has limited value in the US, unless you need it for visa purposes. As an example, in 2013 Amazon was only offering an additional $5k salary IIRC for new grads with an MS.