<p>i know almost a dozen personally who’ve gone to UK but hardly anyone whose gone to US !
what might be the reason ?
don’t tell me its because of the better universities.
almost all of them are in just above-average ones.
and fees-they’re almost the same or more than the ones in US or Canada !</p>
<p>I am really puzzled.what might be the reason ?</p>
<p>I don’t know for sure, but in the UK (and India?) don’t you specialize in high school, whereas in the US you don’t specialize until college. US colleges are much more “liberal-artsy” and give you more breadth in many areas whereas I’m pretty sure UK universities give you more depth in a single subject (don’t quote me though I didn’t apply to any UK universities. I just looked on the Oxford? or maybe Cambridge? lol I don’t even remember… website and this is what it seemed like). I hope this answer helps a bit until better answers come along?</p>
<p>Well Im not sure if more indians go to the UK than the US. There is a sizeable number going to the US as well so maybe yours is a statistical anomaly engendered by small sample size. If I were to speculate, actually the UK is slightly cheaper compared the the private schools in the US. The UK is also a lot closer and is more culturally accessible to Indians than the US. Their education is also a lot more structured. Indians might also be enamored by the fact that their bachelor’s is only 3 years and Masters is 4 as opposed to 4 for a Bachelor’s in the US.</p>
<p>You are bang on. I would like to add, in my opinion, with a US degree the acceptability and job opportunities are much more. Also the UK numbers are up because the Australia student visa has gone down by almost 77% and a large chunk of that pool is looking at UK. The numbers going to US every year have stayed the same approximately 30000+ over the last few years.</p>
<p>Also the following link is an interesting read</p>
<p>1) 3 yrs vs. 4
2) Some logic about UK being closer, parents feel better
3) (Big one) Easy to get in , US process is tough most Indians are uninformed or pure lazy. We get ourselves in trouble and then UK is the only option left
4) Cost a lil bit</p>
<p>I would think it probably has something to do with the fact that India was a British Colony. During the era of colonization, there were probably many Indians who went to the UK to study and live which was made easier because of the status of India as a colony. As time went on, more and more Indians probably left for the UK with hopes of getting a better life and education and whatnot which was made easier by the fact that they knew people in India (think going to place where you know more people than going to a place where you’d be pretty much isolated for a while).</p>
<p>I, however, cannot say for sure since i am not from india but I am talkking from the perspective of a Nigerian which was in pretty much the same position as India in terms of colonization. The fact of the matter, however, remains that there is also a sizeable amount of people in the U.S like mysticgohan said</p>
<p>Besides what mysticgohan said, the UK system is much closer to the Indian system in terms of how they educate (since the British were the ones who even set up our present system all those years ago :P). So, I suppose lots of Indians would find comfort in familiarity…</p>