<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I am 19 year old community college student of Hong Kong. I’m deciding on going to University of Wisconsin-Superior or the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Both majoring in sociology. I need your advice. It has been my aspiration to go to college in the States; however, money matter has always constituted an obstacle.</p>
<p>UW-Superior charges higher tuition; however they give me a scholarship worth of $7500, making it easier for me to afford. (My family isn’t wealthy; my dad drives a taxi) On the other hand, CUHK charges low local tuition.</p>
<p>UW-Superior isn’t well known world-wide, not to mention its zero fame in Hong Kong but it offers a quality liberal arts education. Chinese University is a prestigious college in Hong Kong and is well-received by the public. It “may” be easier for me to find a job in Hong Kong if I go to CUHK. But the point is whether I want to stay in Hong Kong after college.</p>
<p>If not for money, I prefer US life to Hong Kong life. That’s it.</p>
<p>So my concern is: is it worth to go to UW-Superior? how hard is it for a foreigner to settle in the States? I plan to go to graduate school, does attending UW-Superior affect my chance of getting into a good grad school.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would attend CUHK for undergrad and then apply to grad school in the States.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t know much about UW-Superior except for their enrollment stats, but a quick glance at their course catalog made me not want to go there (at least not as a math major). </p>
<p>Under the current immigration laws, you will probably have trouble settling in the States with an undergrad degree from UW-Superior (because the number of working visas is strictly limited and you have to find an employer to sponsor you; and well, I guess employers would rather sponsor graduates of more respected universities). If you were to go to grad school in the States, however, getting a working visa becomes significantly easier because currently there is an unlimited number of working visas available to foreigners who have earned their graduate degree in the States. But immigration laws tend to change every year, so don’t make your decision based on the current situation.</p>
<p>@b@r!um - There is not an unlimited number of visas available to foreigners who have earned their masters in the US. There was an attempt to make this law last year but this attempt failed. Currently those earning their masters degree, from the US or elsewhere still have quotas. However practically this effects only India and China as the quotas for EB2 (the green card category one would fall in if one takes a job that requires a masters degree) for countries other than these two doesnt get filled up.</p>
<p>If you are from India/China, then you will have to wait for a long time because there is too much immigration from these two countries and the quotas get filled up real fast.(There is a per-country limit on the number of green cards per year). BTW, Dunno whether Hong Kong is separate from China under the US Government green card quotas. I think it is separate though.</p>
<p>You are right. Sorry for the mistake.</p>
<p>i’m from mainland china
and my dream place is hong kong
but i know more and more hk students are trying to study abroad nowadays</p>
<p>you can stay in hk for undregrad,since hk is a great place after all
how lucky you are to be born in hk
you know many mainland china students are competing only to have a chance to study in hk!!</p>