<p>I am an American citizen attending high school in Singapore. My dad is a professor here, so I could attend his school for free, or go to college in the states (probably publics like UW, UIUC, IU) and pay full tuition (I'm not in-state anywhere). If I major in accounting (not that I'm certain that I will), should I stay here or should I move back to the states? I'm worried that if I stay here, I might not be able to get a job because, like internationals students in the US, it's hard for foreigners to get jobs.</p>
<p>First of all, you are not an international student because you have a US citizenship. If you want to work in the US eventually, then you will have to go to school here in the US. The only problem is that you may not be a resident of any state, which means that for some schools you will have to pay the same tuition as international students do. However, if you live for at least 1 year in any state, you become a resident of that state, but you will have to prove it.</p>
<p>Are you absolutely sure you’re not in-state? You should check with the public schools in the last state you lived in to be sure. I have friends who lived their entire lives in Saudi Arabia as American citizens (one of them had never even been to Texas) and still got in-state tuition to Texas schools because that is where their parents lived before moving.</p>
<p>This is just one example from the UGA website: </p>
<p>“Dependents of U.S. citizens living abroad who consider themselves residents of Georgia must provide documentation showing Georgia as their last state of residency, as well as Georgia tax records and proof of a prior domicile in Georgia to which they may return.”</p>
<p>Most states have a similar rule I would imagine.</p>
<p>International students struggle to find jobs because they require VISA sponsership. As a US citizen you will not need that.</p>
<p>Singapore has a well deserved international reputation for primary and secondary educational excellence and the quality of tertiary education is rising rapidly. You will not gain much, educationally speaking, from attending a US undergraduate business program, but the cultural, networking and recruiting benefits of a US program might be somewhat better for you. If nothing else, the academic competition in the US will be less, so you might have more opportunity to distinguish yourself.</p>
<p>You don’t mention your financial situation. If your family can/will pay for you to attend a US school, that is great. If you will end up tens of thousands of dollars further in debt because of attending a US school, that is another thing.</p>
<p>Some of you need some reading comprehension help. He said it was hard for foreigners in SINGAPORE to get a job just as it is hard for International students in the US to get jobs. </p>
<p>As DrExPat says you give little useful information that allows us to give you advice. How much of a struggle would it be to pay some tuition in the US? What do you plan on majoring in if you don’t do accounting?</p>
<p>I’m not in-state anywhere because my parents don’t pay US taxes. They are willing to pay for any school, but I don’t feel like privates are worth the extra cost. </p>
<p>Yes, I know I’m not an international student. I was making a comparison.</p>
<p>If I don’t do accounting, I might do engineering or CS. I probably won’t be that good at those though because I’m not that good at calculus.</p>
<p>…so any suggestions on where to go? Singapore is a much better place to live in, but I’m worried about whether or not I can get a job here as a non-Singaporean.</p>
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