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There is a third kind of meaning to an MS-CS degree. For international students, it becomes significantly easier to get work authorization and permanent reside
by ultimoo 13y ago
There is a third kind of meaning to an MS-CS degree.
For international students, it becomes significantly easier to get work authorization and permanent residency in the US if they obtain a higher education degree (basically an MS or a PhD) from an American university.
This is one of the main reasons that students from India and China in my university who have a BS and already have very employable skills still go for an MS.
- rajanikanthr 13y agoI second that.. It's a way for students from overseas to get settled in the Land of Opportunities
- ecopoesis 13y agoAnd, if the dozens I've interviewed are representative, not learn to code well enough to solve FizzBuzz.
- taejo 13y agoInterviewees are never representative of the people working in the field: you're selecting for the people who don't have a job (that they're satisfied with). People with CS degrees who can't code are more likely to be out of work, or to be in low-paying jobs, and therefore more likely to be applying for jobs.
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- theatraine 13y agoEven if you don't have an American degree, it helps for immigration purposes. For example, I have a Canadian MS, allowing me to apply for a green card under the EB2 category. The EB2 category has an expected wait time of about a year as opposed to the EB3 category (if I only had an undergraduate degree), which would have a wait time of around 5 years.