hs-student

Good evening americans!=) I am a senior high-school student considering engineering very seriously. I'll probably work in Norway, but I have family in Chicago and the thought of working there and getting to know my family better is something I'd really like. The problem is however getting a job.
Are there any areas where people from other countries have it easier to get jobs?
In Norway the oil is extremely important so alot of the engineering projects are things related to the petroleum industry, not only for the petroleum students. Will this knowledge be very valued in America?
The institute of marine technology in Norway is said to be the best in the western world, are marine-engineers in high demand in the states? I mostly want to go into mechanical engineering, does foreigners with this education have any problems finding a job in the States?(The mechanical-engineering programme at the norwegian university of science and technology aren't that well known as the marine-programme as far as I've heard.)

So how will my chances for getting a job be if I get a master of Mechanical engineering from the best technology university in Norway? This university is very respected in Norway, but I only think their research on marine-technology is of the best in the world. Only a bachelor is out of the question because at this university once you start you have to get a master.(But ofcourse you don't choose your speciality after the first years.)
And lastly my family in America are muslims, my mother comes from a muslim family but she isn't one either, will this cause a lot of problems if I one day want to go to the states?

So do you have any good advice for me?

atlhawks

Ever considered attending an American university?

hs-student

Well yeah but I don't think it is realistic. Here in Norway allmost every study are free, going to med school, law school, engineering school etc., completely free, doesn't matter if you're rich or poor, only the grades matter. But in America you need money to get to the best universities right?, if you don't have lots of what you call extra curriculur activities. I mean I would love to go to a technical university in America if I could(especially MIT), but I have very little money... But the norwegian technical university have good oppurtunities to take one year at another country, then I can maybe choose the states.

hs-student

I'll bump the thread once, before I let it die.

b@r!um

The US is the third largest producer of oil (after Saudi Arabia and Russia) so there is definitely some demand for engineers there, but the major oil fields are located in Alaska, California and Texas, about as far as you can get from Chicago. If you want to live with your family in Chicago a degree in good old mechanical engineering would serve you a lot better.