I didn't read all the other comments here but being an MsC. student from Switzerland that graduated recently, I can try to give you some hints. Since you start

I didn't read all the other comments here but being an MsC. student from Switzerland that graduated recently, I can try to give you some hints. Since you started your studies 3 years ago, you most likely did not yet start your Masters degree. I would recommend you to apply at some other good university in Europe (maybe England or Switzerland) since getting a visa will be much easier. We had plenty of foreign students at the EPFL. My university also had pretty good connections with universities in the US (I did an exchange year at CMU for example). If you want to directly go for a startup, I have read that Berlin has quite an active scene in that respect. Switzerland has basically not much to offer in terms of interesting startups (although you can get very good support from universities and even the government, as far as I know). Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about studying in Switzerland.