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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a foreigner and NO, this is not why so many foreigners try to get into undergrad or graduate school here in the US.

Universities are generally considerably cheaper in their own countries than here - no sane family is going to pay extra for social purposes or dorm living. Most students in the world do not need to share a bedroom with someone when they attend universities in their hometown or elsewhere (they live at home and commute, or they rent a room somewhere), and that lifestyle is quite shocking to most foreigners when they learn that a lot of college students here have no choice but to live in close intimacy with a stranger.

There are two reasons why foreigners come here to study:
1. Greater professional opportunities, either here or elsewhere in the world, because American degrees are recognized. 
2. Too much competition for seats in their own country's universities - this is true for Asian countries in particular.

Don't be absurd, OP. Most people only spend money to get more money down the road. No one cares about "campus lifestyle". It's not attractive to a lot of students, and even if it were, they're not paying an arm and a leg just for that.
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Another reason that we hear "striver" comments and that people are calling for reduced foreign admittances to top US schools. Many feel that foreign students should be noting but a revenue source for lesser schools and not be admitted to competitive schools. You reap what you sow.[/quote]

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