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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 34 ACT, 3.9 UW student got into Edinburgh, St. Andrews, UCL, as well as top ranked US schools - although not Ivies, which were never a consideration because of cost. My DC chose St. Andrews over Edinburgh because it's ranked much higher (in the UK rankings), has a much, much better student satisfaction score, and felt like a community, which was important. Going to university with fancy people with lots of money wasn't a determining factor. Yes, there are rich Americans at St. Andrews, but also at most top-ranked US schools. And honestly, if US employers don't pay attention to universities outside of the top 20 US schools, [b]they will be at a disadvantage when recruiting for an increasingly global workforce[/b]. [/quote]

No. That’s not how it works. That’s not how any of it works. US multi-nationals with satellite offices in foreign countries will recruit for those sites from the local universities. Ie Hague if an outpost in Netherlands. University of Bath for offices outside London. But a Pharma company without a presence in the UK is not going to fly out to the UK to recruit its openings in NJ USA. That’s just dumb. You were doing fine with your response until the last bit when you went hyperbolic with something you clearly don’t have experience with or understand [/quote]

Sure, but what the original poster of that comment is trying to convey is that it would be dumb of the companies to not consider quality applications from international universities.

Also as a general comment, it's so provincial to limit your conceptions of your child's career to American companies

It's a globalized world. Kids at schools in the UK can get extended visas after graduation, or get jobs in the country where they went to university. Or work in an international company, or be entrepreneurial in any part of the world.

So no, if your kid can't learn and be independent or adapt and overcome when faced with challenges, going to university abroad is the wrong choice.
But if your kid is competent--  there's plenty of American kids at McGill and St Andrews and the like who can embrace the challenges of international edcuation, and if they so choose, rest on their skills and international experience and adequately market themselves to your pharma company in NJ. [/quote]

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