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Good engineering college in Nepal or average college in US
Starrynight94
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Just like many Nepalese students this year, I was an applicant with quite good stats and would qualify SAT and grade wise to prestigious American Colleges but maybe because of the competition or some loophole in my application or plain bad luck I got rejected or waitlisted to all the colleges I applied. So now, my life hangs in a balance. The thing is that my SAT and GPA will help me get into some okayish colleges with generous merit aids like UNO or St peters. But I'm not sure If I should be going there. The main question I am curious about is "Is it better to go abroad and study in such okayish colleges like UNO/St Peters or stay here in Nepal and go to Pulchowk or KU?" I'm talking about the whole aspect including the quality of education and the opportunities after graduation as well. Any type of help is appreciated.
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Replies to: Good engineering college in Nepal or average college in US
You should have a good solid reason to turn down that kind of offer!
1. Although Pulchowk is the best college in Nepal and most probably best in south-east asia, universities in US doesn’t know about Pulchowk. If your intention is to do research in future and ultimately get PhD, getting good grades and good GRE score aren’t the only two things that are going to get you to good grad school. The most important part of the graduate school application in your research experience during undergraduate years, and your publications about your research. Good universities around the world look into this, and it is the ultimate factor for you to get to schools like MIT, Stanford etc. At Pulchowk you might be getting a high class education, but your research opportunity is zero. So you decide.
2. If your intention is to just get to US, finish school and then get a job. I would recommend studying in Pulchowk, get your Master’s done here (basically you will study free in US for your Master’s degree in mediocre schools like UNO by getting GRA, GTA etc.) and then get a job. Bachelor’s degree is a bit hard in the sense you are required to work and study at the same time. If you do manage to get a scholarship for Bachelor’s degree, don’t waste the chance.
In short, if your plan is to just get a decent job and settle in US, or even return to Nepal after graduating, I recommend you to finish Bachelor’s degree in Nepal. If your plan is to get to good grad schools and do PhD ultimately, I say you come to US.
Jai Nepal
There are quite a few foreign universities offering courses in nepal. not sure how good they are.