Readers at Washington post have changed attitudes towards H-1B

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They also need to fix what is happening at our top universities.

My kid is at one of the top 12 engineering schools.

Easily 30-35% of the students in the program are foreign students, many from hostile adversarial countries.

We know of several incredibly talented kids from our local high school with the same stats as my kid, or better stars, who also applied to that school and were rejected.

Before anyone says well the foreign students are smarter and more hard working than the American kids, my kid coming out of northern Virginia public schools is holding their own with these foreign students, with a more difficult program than many of those kids due to a double major, and my kid was not the smartest or most prepared of the top students at their public high school. I am sure there are hundreds or perhaps close to a thousand kids in just the DC area public and private schools who are just as smart, prepared, hard working and capable of those foreign students, who should have been accepted into the top engineering programs in this country.

I am very supportive of putting a hard cap, maybe 10%, on the percentage of foreign students allowed into any security critical degree program such as sciences and engineering, at any university that receives a dime of federal aide, grants, pell grants or federal loans

We have American kids prepared, brilliant and innovative enough to fill our engineering schools.

This needs to be fixed, not just the work visas.

I majored in chemistry at Michigan in the 2000s and my program was easily majority foreign. It makes science unappealing because the foreign students stick together like glue making friendships and socializing impossible for American-born kids.. American women have no one to date when all the American men in their classes are enamored with quiet-as-mice Chinese girls. The elective classes I took were the only places to meet people. It's obvious why American kids opt for business majors...more fun.

[Anonymous]

How is this a 180?

Biden enacted a bi-partisan plan overhauling h1b in Jan 2025.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They also need to fix what is happening at our top universities.

My kid is at one of the top 12 engineering schools.

Easily 30-35% of the students in the program are foreign students, many from hostile adversarial countries.

We know of several incredibly talented kids from our local high school with the same stats as my kid, or better stars, who also applied to that school and were rejected.

Before anyone says well the foreign students are smarter and more hard working than the American kids, my kid coming out of northern Virginia public schools is holding their own with these foreign students, with a more difficult program than many of those kids due to a double major, and my kid was not the smartest or most prepared of the top students at their public high school. I am sure there are hundreds or perhaps close to a thousand kids in just the DC area public and private schools who are just as smart, prepared, hard working and capable of those foreign students, who should have been accepted into the top engineering programs in this country.

I am very supportive of putting a hard cap, maybe 10%, on the percentage of foreign students allowed into any security critical degree program such as sciences and engineering, at any university that receives a dime of federal aide, grants, pell grants or federal loans

We have American kids prepared, brilliant and innovative enough to fill our engineering schools.

This needs to be fixed, not just the work visas.

I majored in chemistry at Michigan in the 2000s and my program was easily majority foreign. It makes science unappealing because the foreign students stick together like glue making friendships and socializing impossible for American-born kids.. American women have no one to date when all the American men in their classes are enamored with quiet-as-mice Chinese girls. The elective classes I took were the only places to meet people. It's obvious why American kids opt for business majors...more fun.

American kids are applying for these stem programs... with stellar stats.

The universities are choosing international students over American students.

There are qualified, talented US students who could pack our top university programs several times over.

My kid wasn't the top kid from our high school applying to this school, but they got the holden ticket. There were many equally or superior classmates who were rejected from this program and similar programs, who would have been hust as successful as my kid and just as successful as any international student in the program.

Something is very broken with the system pushing away talented American students in favor of students from countries that are open enemies to the US.

[Anonymous]

That’s nothing. I’m aware of multiple masters level programs that are around 70%. The universities prefer the foreign students because they can charge much higher tuition (eg no in-state discount),

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s nothing. I’m aware of multiple masters level programs that are around 70%. The universities prefer the foreign students because they can charge much higher tuition (eg no in-state discount),

Replying to the 30% number…I see much higher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call PPs admission stats BS. 30-35% from foreign countries for undergrad degree? Which university is this?

Not the university.

Engineering.

Well have your kid declare engineering major? Sounds like that youth unemployment rate of 11% can be fixed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s nothing. I’m aware of multiple masters level programs that are around 70%. The universities prefer the foreign students because they can charge much higher tuition (eg no in-state discount),

I went to one of those and I would say 90% of the foreign kids end up returning to their home country. With a nice US degree they have much better shot at making executive rank in their native environment. This board is better off addressing the sweatshop policy abuser than some students who handed in tons of tuition and left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s nothing. I’m aware of multiple masters level programs that are around 70%. The universities prefer the foreign students because they can charge much higher tuition (eg no in-state discount),

I went to one of those and I would say 90% of the foreign kids end up returning to their home country. With a nice US degree they have much better shot at making executive rank in their native environment. This board is better off addressing the sweatshop policy abuser than some students who handed in tons of tuition and left.

90%? The only ones I knew who went home were from countries DCUMers would vacation in (Japan, Germany, Italy.) All the rest managed to stay.

[Anonymous]

The fraud continues

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They also need to fix what is happening at our top universities.

My kid is at one of the top 12 engineering schools.

Easily 30-35% of the students in the program are foreign students, many from hostile adversarial countries.

We know of several incredibly talented kids from our local high school with the same stats as my kid, or better stars, who also applied to that school and were rejected.

Before anyone says well the foreign students are smarter and more hard working than the American kids, my kid coming out of northern Virginia public schools is holding their own with these foreign students, with a more difficult program than many of those kids due to a double major, and my kid was not the smartest or most prepared of the top students at their public high school. I am sure there are hundreds or perhaps close to a thousand kids in just the DC area public and private schools who are just as smart, prepared, hard working and capable of those foreign students, who should have been accepted into the top engineering programs in this country.

I am very supportive of putting a hard cap, maybe 10%, on the percentage of foreign students allowed into any security critical degree program such as sciences and engineering, at any university that receives a dime of federal aide, grants, pell grants or federal loans

We have American kids prepared, brilliant and innovative enough to fill our engineering schools.

This needs to be fixed, not just the work visas.

I majored in chemistry at Michigan in the 2000s and my program was easily majority foreign. It makes science unappealing because the foreign students stick together like glue making friendships and socializing impossible for American-born kids.. American women have no one to date when all the American men in their classes are enamored with quiet-as-mice Chinese girls. The elective classes I took were the only places to meet people. It's obvious why American kids opt for business majors...more fun.

American kids are applying for these stem programs... with stellar stats.

The universities are choosing international students over American students.

There are qualified, talented US students who could pack our top university programs several times over.

My kid wasn't the top kid from our high school applying to this school, but they got the holden ticket. There were many equally or superior classmates who were rejected from this program and similar programs, who would have been hust as successful as my kid and just as successful as any international student in the program.

Something is very broken with the system pushing away talented American students in favor of students from countries that are open enemies to the US.

To quote the Biden democrats …. You are RACIST!!!!

Weird how young people want jobs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s nothing. I’m aware of multiple masters level programs that are around 70%. The universities prefer the foreign students because they can charge much higher tuition (eg no in-state discount),

Are they desirable and competitive programs? I also know of a few of those, STEM, actually, and they are simply cash cows for the university, filled with mediocre foreign students. Very easy to get in, even though they are housed in top schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s nothing. I’m aware of multiple masters level programs that are around 70%. The universities prefer the foreign students because they can charge much higher tuition (eg no in-state discount),

I went to one of those and I would say 90% of the foreign kids end up returning to their home country. With a nice US degree they have much better shot at making executive rank in their native environment. This board is better off addressing the sweatshop policy abuser than some students who handed in tons of tuition and left.

90%? The only ones I knew who went home were from countries DCUMers would vacation in (Japan, Germany, Italy.) All the rest managed to stay.

Of course they want to stay but can’t win the H1 lottery if you apply without lying 🤷‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They also need to fix what is happening at our top universities.

My kid is at one of the top 12 engineering schools.

Easily 30-35% of the students in the program are foreign students, many from hostile adversarial countries.

We know of several incredibly talented kids from our local high school with the same stats as my kid, or better stars, who also applied to that school and were rejected.

Before anyone says well the foreign students are smarter and more hard working than the American kids, my kid coming out of northern Virginia public schools is holding their own with these foreign students, with a more difficult program than many of those kids due to a double major, and my kid was not the smartest or most prepared of the top students at their public high school. I am sure there are hundreds or perhaps close to a thousand kids in just the DC area public and private schools who are just as smart, prepared, hard working and capable of those foreign students, who should have been accepted into the top engineering programs in this country.

I am very supportive of putting a hard cap, maybe 10%, on the percentage of foreign students allowed into any security critical degree program such as sciences and engineering, at any university that receives a dime of federal aide, grants, pell grants or federal loans

We have American kids prepared, brilliant and innovative enough to fill our engineering schools.

This needs to be fixed, not just the work visas.

I majored in chemistry at Michigan in the 2000s and my program was easily majority foreign. It makes science unappealing because the foreign students stick together like glue making friendships and socializing impossible for American-born kids.. American women have no one to date when all the American men in their classes are enamored with quiet-as-mice Chinese girls. The elective classes I took were the only places to meet people. It's obvious why American kids opt for business majors...more fun.

This is ridiculous... Poor kids, can't date or socialize with classmates

[Anonymous]

My Catholic college I graduated way way back in 1985 at time was a highly regarded commuter college so almost 100 percent of students went to high schools with 20 miles of campus. To be honest was around 90 percent white, 5 percent black and rest mixed. Nearly all Catholic.

I not long ago attended an event on campus to speak after not stepping food in campus since 1993.

The school is now 99 percent foreign. Most kids Barely spoke English. Highly doubt any are Catholic. They have dorms now.

School no longer is attended by kids who live near school or alumni. Like a lot of schools loaded up on full pay international to support poor U.S DEI students and athletes.

The middle class local student of 1980s wgoblive within 20 miles of campus not welcome or charged sky high full pay tuition ,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call PPs admission stats BS. 30-35% from foreign countries for undergrad degree? Which university is this?

Not the university.

Engineering.

Well have your kid declare engineering major? Sounds like that youth unemployment rate of 11% can be fixed.

You are failing to comprehend what was written.

The kid is in engineering at a top school.

Around 1/3 of the engineering students are foreign students

The masters program for engineering is close to 70% foreign students.

There are plenty of highly qualified US students who could have filled those slots, particularly in the undergraduate program.

Our top universities need to educate our top American students, particularly in national security critical fields like engineering and medicine