<ul>
<li>Broad specialization (not ‘mechanical engineering’ but ‘engineering’)</li>
<li>World focus - not just language and cookies from India, but a more world-view of events and history that is largely absent from the US education system (often with undesirable side effects :-))</li>
<li>Serious emphasis on critical reading (US and world literature)</li>
<li>Even more serious emphasis on writing</li>
<li>Some focus on STEM (never mind I’m an engineer)</li>
<li>Serious focus on the creative process thru music, art, and the like</li>
</ul>
<p>needless to say, my home country’s school system had none of the above except a heavy dose of STEM type coursework, largely rote problem solving.</p>