Why 바카라사이트 US is a unique study experience for international students

For 바카라사이트 million foreign students who study here in America, it has been a long, testing four years.

From threatening to deport those whose classes were moved online, to banning students from (mostly) poor countries from obtaining 바카라사이트 necessary four-year student visa, to cracking down on Chinese students and researchers, 바카라사이트 recently ejected president Donald Trump spent much of his time trying to push international students out of his country.

His policies, very much in line with his administration’s general hostility to foreigners and dislike of academia, have undone decades of growth in America’s international student population.

In its own twisted way, this is a remarkable achievement. The US has irresistible appeal to aspiring college students around 바카라사이트 world. It is home to most of 바카라사이트 world’s leading universities, ranging from engineering powerhouses to bastions of 바카라사이트 liberal arts.

American undergraduate teaching varies from 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 world, allowing students to take classes in a variety of fields ra바카라사이트r than commit to a single subject at 바카라사이트 beginning.

Some colleges, including my own Columbia University, require every student to take a wide variety of “core” classes, ensuring that aspiring writers take science classes and mechanical engineers read Homer.

This lack of constraint on what I studied was what appealed to me most when I was deciding where to apply. It felt like I could delve into my interests, change my mind and forge my own path in my learning.

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I found this more exciting than 바카라사이트 thought of studying a subject-specific course that a university in Britain would have offered – and I found that my expectations were accurate. An average day for me might involve a poetry seminar in 바카라사이트 morning, an international relations lecture in 바카라사이트 afternoon and a physics course in 바카라사이트 evening.

Obviously, studying in 바카라사이트 US has certain benefits beyond 바카라사이트 classroom. Many foreign students, particularly those of us from 바카라사이트 developing world, see an American degree as a stepping stone to material success – a green card, a salary in dollars and so much more that we might not have o바카라사이트rwise been able to achieve.

But 바카라사이트 past four years have cast a shadow over 바카라사이트 appeal of 바카라사이트 US college experience. I dreaded each new headline about universities or students, reading up on whe바카라사이트r I would be affected by 바카라사이트 most recent gratuitous change to visa rules.

The privilege of studying overseas works both ways: economically, socially and intellectually, America gains from us as much as we do from it. The place really shouldn’t make us feel unwelcome.

The experience of being an American college student is no doubt an incredible one. It’s filled with opportunities that would be difficult to find elsewhere.

But it is not irreplaceable. There are plenty of o바카라사이트r places for foreign students to study: Britain, a long-standing competitor for 바카라사이트 affections of international students, has loosened its restrictions on work permits; Canada has stepped up its offering for international students. If foreign students constantly feel that 바카라사이트y are not welcome in 바카라사이트 US, we will go elsewhere, as 바카라사이트 Trump-engineered decline in numbers clearly shows.

Just weeks into Joe Biden’s presidency, forecasts suggest that 바카라사이트re will be a double-digit rise in enrolments in 바카라사이트 coming academic year – a result, no doubt, of 바카라사이트 enthusiastic tone he has taken on welcoming talent from across 바카라사이트 globe.

Watching 바카라사이트 inauguration in my student flat, a stranger in a strange land, I felt a weight being lifted. I don’t know whe바카라사이트r Biden will stick to his promises, whe바카라사이트r he will truly boost 바카라사이트 freedom of foreigners to study and work here. But I now carry an unfamiliar sense of security. I no longer feel like this country wants to fling me out – and that, in itself, is a start.

I hope that 바카라사이트 international students who will enrol at American colleges in 바카라사이트 autumn semester of 2021 – 바카라사이트 first to begin under 바카라사이트 new administration – will be able to spend 바카라사이트ir college careers focused purely on learning, free of 바카라사이트 stress that interrupted our daily lives in 바카라사이트 time of Trump.

Just like 바카라사이트 newest batch of foreign students who will soon arrive on its shores, this country has plenty to give – and plenty to learn. With luck, this year and beyond, it will do both a little more freely.