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plus, they don't accept 3 years bachelor and bologna process and stuff like that.
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In my own personal experience,
most American graduate programs accept European 3-year Bachelor's degree, but yes, there are a few that don't. I wouldn't worry about it though. If you find a program that wouldn't accept your European degree, cross it off your list and move on.
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So far I was not concerned whether the university of my future choice would have American or European education system, but I got worried after my professor told me that, American universities rarely accept applicants with European bachelor degree and it becomes much easier to get accepted at American grad school if you have graduated any American university in Europe.
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I can only share my personal experience, which may not be representative of graduate programs in other disciplines. But having talked to professors in my discipline who make graduate admission decisions, it seems that their bias against foreign degrees comes mostly from an uncertainty about the program: if they are not familiar with your undergraduate program, they might not know how rigorous your courses were taught or what your grades mean or whether they can trust your letters of recommendation.
In my discipline, that's equally a concern for less-well-known American colleges as for universities overseas. (I.e. coming from an unknown American college would be no better than coming from an unknown European one.) However, it's not a bias that you cannot overcome. Many American graduate programs enroll more than 50% international students!
Don't let your professor "guilt" you into staying at your current university if you don't think it's a good choice for you!
