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Are you referring to people who are originally from Singapore or India, or to people from third countries who settle in Singapore or India rather than settling
by shiven 16y ago
Are you referring to people who are originally from Singapore or India, or to people from third countries who settle in Singapore or India rather than settling in the United States?
The people I know personally, who moved, are mostly from India, including one very close relative.
How does the number of those persons compare to the number of persons who stay in the United States after completing higher education?
Not a very large number, yet. But I have seen the upswing over the last 10 years that I have been in the US. I am not aware of any official statistics off the top of my head, but I would be very surprised if no one is tracking this quantitatively.
Why did you think originally that it was a good idea to study in the United States rather than in your country of citizenship?
When I first came to the US a decade ago, it was for a MS program in a field (bioinformatics) that was almost non-existent at the time in my home country (India). I worked with a drug-discovery start-up for a year after graduation but soon realized that career prospects in biotech/pharma research are way better with the letters PhD after your name and some serious publications on your resume. I hope to wrap-up and graduate this year.