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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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. [b]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. [/b]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]

Is this the only way to get a job? Seems like there might be other avenues to employment.

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DP but sure, yes, kids can always hustle for a job. There are some parents in this thread who don’t want to hear what is obvious: their kids aren’t getting the boost they hoped from these schools. They’re about as helpful to employment prospects as University of Iowa. And possibly less. [/quote]

Huh?[/quote]

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