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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dual citizen kid opted to study at a US institution and do an exchange program to our EU home country. Even though the expense is VASTLY different, we believe the American undergrad degree is more valuable, because he's lived here practically his whole life and prefers to be US-centric. He might also find more job opportunities here. The study abroad is to test the waters at the sister institution, in case he wants to attend graduate school there... in which case, employment opportunities might also open up in Europe in his specific field.

Every country or locality has their own academic application system, with different deadlines, so researching each one can get complicated. A student visa, however, is easy to obtain once your kid has been accepted. Like student visas here, it means students are usually not allowed to work full-time during or after their program of study (not for long anyway), but if they are hired by a company, then they can switch visas.

Please also remember that non-US institutions don't do any hand-holding! Your kid has to be very independent right from the start.
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Mine preferred to do undergrad in Europe and grad school in US. I think ultimately grad school is more relevant for longer term prospects, and my experience has been US is better for developing career opportunities fromm grad school, while quality of European universities for BA/BScs tends to be higher (with a lot of variation though).

I agree on your last point. Leaving home and going to college is scary when you are 18. Going to another country at the same time is even scarier. So it takes a strong independent kid to do it.[/quote]

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