Yes exactly, the OPT program is what I’m refering to, it allows you to get 1-3 years of working time after a BS or MS in stem.
First off, thank you so much for your response!
Although I havent really heard about the UT Austin college experience, I just know that it will be there almost regardless of which uni you choose. I’m looking at UT Austin more because of its status when it comes to the Computer Science program and also especially that it’s in Austin which is the city I’m the most interested in. I guess youre right, uni life kind of ending at grad school is what I expected, but I guess it’s still dependant on what you make out of it? I guess it’s harder to get the student experience and attend parties when you dont know anyone there and most grad students arent looking for friends, but it has to be doable? Here at my uni, I know plenty of masters students still hanging out at parties and enjoying student life, just like they did during undergrad. Then again I know that grad school is pretty difficult and student life is something you cant really think about even. But it would be good to still have the option to actually socialize with students that are open to meet new freinds and feel how the student life is in the US.
That’s why I’m reconsidering my choice, maybe I should take another path within the US instead, I don’t know if it’s possible to do a bachelors in like 1-2 years, because then that wouldve been a choice too. As after I finnish my masters here, I might have some courses that I could take credits for in a new bachelors degree in the US. Then again I dont know how similar a bachelor in bussiness/economy or entrepeneurship would be compared to Computer science.
To be honest, I was more looking forward to being a student in US, that’s the main part why I want to go there. To actually have the possibility to get the real student experience and possibly meet friends. Just going there to work feels kind of useless when you dont know anyone, as it’s probably even harder than grad school when it comes to finding friends or “friends for life”, as people are older and probably just wanna go to work to get job done and then go home. That’s how I feel I’ll actually experience the US for real as a foreigner, to be able to get to know other people at the same age of me that are also looking to meet new people and that hasn’t really “settled” yet.
But yeah, I think I will have to reconsider my options and see if I could go another path, maybe start a new bachelors in the US after my masters here or something. Because I gotta admit it, I really want to get that real uni experience, maybe there’s a possibility to do a bachelors in a shorter amount of time in another field or something since I’ve already done most of the main math and stem courses.
Thanks once again.