<p>Its a beautiful country I guess… but you haven’t lived here… that and the majority of my family is actually in the states… the only ones here are my parents…</p>
<p>Bremsespor… I either get “why do you want to go to America, Americans suck and Australia is the best” or “Why aren’t you applying to Harvard” neither of which I really like defending.</p>
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<p>If most of your family is in the US, and you have a US passport, you can always say that you just want to try living here for a while. As to the “Why aren’t you applying to…?” question a possible answer is “My grandma went to Iowa State, and my favorite uncle went to U of Idaho. They’d be heartbroken if I didn’t apply to those places.”</p>
<p>Wishing you much luck!</p>
<p>no I got over it… I just explain the reason I want to go with the whole school spirit thing… two of the schools i’m applying to are ivies so people don’t generally ask about those and the other two have amazing school spirit activities so I just try to explain the difference from the uni’s here.</p>
<p>Ok this does not pertain to the thread in question but since we are on jobs how hard is it for international students to get internships at major companies like Mckinsey, accenture, Jpmorgan chase in the US…I don’t plan to work in the US but i would like to get an internship in one of these companies for work experience…the deadlines for these internships are close…so I am keeping my fingers crossed but I wanted a more experienced opinion…like who here has gotten an internships from a major company. Another reason why I am asking is they keep asking…would you need support from our company for work authorization in the future which is logically a yes even though I don’t plan to work in the US</p>
<p>It is hard enough for domestic students to get an internship at a Fortune 500 company, but even harder for internationals. Many companies won’t even consider international students for internships. The main reason is that these companies are using their internship programs to find, attract and retain the best students / future employees. They have little incentives to invest into an intern which they definitely cannot employ in the future.</p>
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<p>Yes for a permanent job, no for internships during your college years. And not only the company’s support but a lot of luck! There is a cutoff for the number of work visas available each year, and in recent years there have been two or three times as many qualified applicants as visas.</p>
<p>I think internationals can be very competitive applicants for internships at Fortune 500s. Some companies will state explicitly that they do not take international interns, others will be fine as long as you are able to present a valid work permit when you report to work. If you’re on a F1 student visa, you’re entitled to a total of 12 months of Optional Practical Training (OPT) during four years of undergraduate education and one year post graduation. In other words, doing a summer internship would involve spending a ridiculous amount of money on the OPT application (I think the rate is around $400 now–used to be a LOT cheaper) and deducting three months from your total 12 months of OPT. The major problem with deducting too many months from your OPT prior to graduating is that you will have a hard time landing a job post graduation with less than 9-12 months of available OPT. YES, while most internationals will not be able to remain in the U.S. for good, they all are able to stay for a maximum of one year after graduation working on their OPT.</p>
<p>^^Thanks for the answer…but yeah considering the OPT-one still needs a job first before they can even use the OPT so I don’t think I can get a job that would allow me stay for a year—may be as a lab tech-my major is biochemistry. lol this is really funny though…after spending so much money to go to a top skul…but I actually knew this before I came to college-the fact that getting the H1-B is a lottery but I never knew getting an internship in a fortune 500-which is important for getting a good job later on would be also difficult</p>
<p>sefago: You actually don’t need to have a job offer before you apply for the OPT, as a matter of fact this is not recommended as the processing time for the OPT is as long as 90 days. In other words, students who know they will want to work in the U.S.(in a job related to their major) this summer or after graduation this spring should submit their OPT applications in February or early March at the very latest. Otherwise, they risk not receiving their OPT cards before commencing work, which is guaranteed to make a poor impression on any employer. You’re right in that you need a job before you can use the OPT, but unless you apply for an OPT card you will never know if you’ll be able to work, if only for a year. Bear in mind that many employers hire people over the summer to fill positions for the fall.</p>
<p>yeah I understand that…I have to apply for OPT around february assuming i need an internship…but my main concern is assuming I decide to keep the OPT for a job after graduation --which I would consider—would it be possible to find an employer willing to employ one for a year because I could then apply for an extension of 12-17 months as a science major- and later find an american to marry in between-just joking-I mean I could attend business school and then have more career options back home.</p>
<p>^I have terrible skills at sentence construction so if my post sounds like gobbledygook u can ask for clarification </p>
<p>Also I have one of the most useless majors in the world-biochemistry- and I don’t think taking a bachelors in biochemistry back home is a very good idea–I need some form of grad skul. In between how is the job situation in the UK if anyone has an idea?</p>
<p>well…not sure…the outside fancinates me as much as China … well, …I don’t need to say the other part?! living deep in China , you get know how brilliant the government is…on every.every side</p>
<p>nope, and that is for sure. i’m about to go to graduate school or medical school.</p>
<p>I went to a morgan stanley info session and I was told that international students do get jobs straight from college and are sponsore for a H1-B visa but most of them are the superstars at harvard, yale, princeton, stanford…ahh wished I applied to those skuls and was a superstar</p>