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[quote=Anonymous]The whole immigrant vs non-immigrant thing is a red herring.  It has nothing to do with it.  Some people are driven (personally, culturally, or otherwise) to excel and seek the means to do so.

Others who are just as capable or smart don't sense the game/structure of life and assume that hard work will yield success because that's the general message we've all been fed.  They don't know there are extra steps and calculations along the way and that those decisions build upon each other over time.

If the people who are successful want to feel better about themselves by declaring the necessary knowledge was obvious or it was within reach to everybody, I guess that's their right.  But the fact of the matter is that society is losing out by not making the rules of the game clear to everybody.  Do we really want Ivy grads regretting the under-utilization of their education?  Do we want smart people who are unable to fully apply their intellects because they didn't appreciate the value of an internship during undergrad?

We should strive to inform the OPs of tomorrow of the steps needed for success and the compounding consequences of decisions.  And retroactively stating "that's what google is for" or pointing out past job fairs is clearly insufficient.[/quote]

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