<p>well, yeah… I have to say that I do envy American students because I live literally 5 minutes away from the border (Canadian), so I’ve grown up in the same culture and everything and have spent a ton of time down there, but when it comes to US universities and applications I feel like I’m being screwed over by them because they make everything sooo difficult for internationals. Plus the fact that my life’s dream is to work for NASA, which you have to be American to do, and American students have sooo many more opportunities in that field…why couldn’t I have been born a couple more miles south???</p>
<p>Maybe you were born a couple of miles from US, because you have got to do sth for your own country. Yes, you may have lesser oppurtunities than American citizens, but winners always find way for success. Just think positively…</p>
<p>Yeah, think positively! :D</p>
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<p>Well put, that’s exactly how I feel!</p>
<p>The financial status of the average American is way higher than that of a person from my country so paying for American colleges is much harder for us. That’s the reason I’d like to have lived in the states.</p>
<p>actually…you know these days…americans have such a bad reputation worldwide…in general…
not trying to offend anyone…but americans are generally seen as being not so bright to put it mildly abroad…</p>
<p>but ya sure i wish the top universities of the world were in india instead…it’d be so much easier…and close to home… and we could all bunk college and go watch hindi movies…im not sure you can do that in US</p>
<p>never
i love my country</p>
<p>not really. i think it makes me unique, among tons of Americans who apply. (even though the admissions doesn’t seem to think so much)</p>
<p>Well, it’s hard to say. If I grow up in the US, I can certainly get a SAT over 2200 (considering my performance at school), but this May I only got a 1930 on my first attempt. But homeland is still homeland though.</p>
<p>No and yes. I wouldnt trade my experiences for ANYTHING, but I would really wish my country provided a better educational system</p>
<p>The question is whether I ever wished to be born in America!!??? </p>
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<p>On the other true hand, i’m very dissapointed with the unfairness about the financial aid issue for internationals… It’s just too bad.
And yeah… I would have liked to have a place to study in my country, in the field I am interested…
Don’t misinterpret my comments because Im an international student, at an AMerican college, who LOVES America and its way of living, and knows,and will remember forever, that his Dream became true in America.</p>
<p>i don’t mind living in my own country. it’s great experience and all but i wish i was at least permanent resident…money problem stresses me out.</p>
<p>all singaporeans males prolly do. not only because of the unnecessary necessary conscription but also the girls gone wild factor :D</p>
<p>[qoute]An unlimited supply of cash may make the deal sweeter though…[/qoute]
money really talks…
the American citizenship is really useful for someone who likes big public Us.
I’m applying exclusively to LACs cause they are offering sufficent FAs thugh they don’t have nice Engineering programs, except a few and 3+2 program.</p>
<p>To be honest, i did wish so… but we cannot decide where we born… C’est la vie… i felt like if i was born in the US and go to school there, then i wouldn’t have much problems with my SATs, especially the Critical Reading… what’s more, app works might be easier… lol</p>
<p>Actually, I also did wish I was born in America, so that i wouldn’t have so many problems with English, and I would definitly do well in all other subjects as I usually did.
I’m also desperate to get Financial Aid to go to colleges, as my family simply cannot afford. The living standard varies so greatly in my home country and the States.
This is my third year studying in a English speaking country . I hope I will have the chance to study in the US ultimately.
However, I love my home country and the culture, language, food…</p>
<p>the best deal is you’re born here (auto US citizen baby!!) but get to grow up some where else. So you have the diversity factor checked, the rich experience in culture factor checked and financial aid/easy admission factor checked.</p>
<p>Even better: your parents are not US citizen, but somehow accidentally bear you here (maybe pregnant during a vacation trip, etc). So you live your whole teenage life having no clue that you’re American. When you applied to college you suddenly realized “hey I’m an American… awesome!! I can apply for financial aid and stuff”</p>
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<p>haha, if it makes you feel any better, I did bunk chemistry class here in Boston to watch the 20-20 match in which India won against Pakistan :p</p>
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<p>I dunno about that… I went to high school here in the US and from my experience, i’d say that the education system here pampers you a whole lot and makes you lazy… So I think that the chances of you being as hardworking and motivated in an American high school are lower than your current background. I, personally, am glad that I studied in the Indian education system for 10 years! American college education is great but the schooling sucks big time… </p>
<p>I’m happy with my current background… American citizenship would be nice but I’d rather not give up the perks I enjoyed having grown up in Asia. Going to high school in the US gave me the time to do other things such as playing the guitar, getting my pilots license,etc but I’m also glad that I was brought up in the middle east! Plus, looking forward, I would rather have to deal with US’s double taxation laws if I do back to the middle east after graduating! Paying world tax to the US would suck</p>
<p>You know, 300 years ago America had NO good schools. The elite went to Europe and it took a long, long time before anyone gave American universities any respect. The schools became good because Americans themselves – students and former students – subsidized them, raised money, established foundations, built research centers – with their own money. That money was invested and used to buy great talent which eventually gave the schools the prestige, and more money, they currently enjoy today. </p>
<p>The point I am making is that America DEVELOPED these great schools by herself and with the help of her own people. That trend continues to this day, with a highly sophisticated system of financing that begins with taxes and ends with huge donations by graduates and leaders of industry. I myself donate to my school more than 25 years after I left it. My husband also sends donations to the school where he got his PhD. These are small donations, but put together with small donations from tens of thousands of graduates – they add up. </p>
<p>This system can be replicated in your own countries. A few years ago, China sent a delegation to the US that spent MONTHS studying how to do just that. They went to Harvard, Columbia, Michigan, Texas and California (among others) studying these states’ public and private schools beginning with the lowly community colleges all the way to the schools studded with Nobel prize winning faculties and elite students from around the world. China’s goal is to be the future educational powerhouse the way the US is an educational powerhouse today. I have no doubt China will succeed. India too is on its way to establishing some of the finest technical schools in the world - also based on American schools, MIT in particular. </p>
<p>Instead of complaining how unfair it is that the US has all these great schools, maybe you can be the beginning of change in your own countries. Take what you’ve learned here and put it to good use at home. Dedicate yourselves in the same way the Chinese, Indians and the Americans of generations past have dedicated themselves. Great schools take great committment - and that committment could begin with you.</p>
<p>Well, indeed I have dreamt to be a US-citizen many times. It’s natural.
But still,I love my homeland.</p>