<p>I was given the full tuition scholarship by an LAC, but the room & board thing really costs a lot. And I was still waiting for SMU's scholarship decision. I know many of you guys here are in the same situation as me. It's really a difficult choice! Singapore or America?? Let's find out the pros and cons of each, OK?</p>
<p>You should go get yourself the book "The World is Flat" and have a good read. You should gain a lot of insights from that book alone. Good luck and all the best.</p>
<p>sunnyjiap3 where r u from?</p>
<p>i have the same question and sunnyjiap3!</p>
<p>Hi, I'm from China.</p>
<p>Hey, Kenyon_10, you know what? If I end up going to America, I will have to be responsible for my remaining costs! I have a friend who went to America in senior two and he's now studing in GIT. I talked to him about my situation and I was really encouraged by his word! He said American colleges will never let their students drop school because of financial problems as long as you maintain a high GPA. I guess I'll have to work hard to make ends meet if I go to America. The thing is, I'm not sure if working is possible for international students!</p>
<p>go to america and learn from the thinkers... If u like memorising to "learn".. singapore is the place for u.</p>
<p>go to US:)..although SMU is nicest university in Singapore that i've been to, i don't think it would match up to US uni esp if your LAC is a good one. But if the LAC is not that good, you might want to stay in SIngapore..but then again, SIngapore's quite small so be careful or you'll get bored after a while:)</p>
<p>what lac were you accepted to?</p>
<p>To be fair, I think SMU is a great school and I recommend it over NUS/NTU for its core competencies. But don't think SMU is good for anything outside of that - grad school placements still suck, as far as I know. I wouldn't expect to place into a first-tier doctoral or MA program straight out of school, which precludes any academic career. Also, SMU is still relatively unknown outside of SG, which limits your mobility.</p>
<p>A = expected cost of LAC = room + board
B = expected payoff of LAC = future income X probability of success at job OR probability of placement at desired grad school
C = expected cost of SMU = near zero, right?
D = expected payoff of SMU
If B-A > D-C, then LAC is the option. </p>
<p>It really depends on which LAC you were accepted to, what you intend to study, what you intend to do in the future, where you intend to do it, and your own abilities. </p>
<p>Personally the best thing about going to the US is the opportunity to find work there.</p>
<p>Do you guys mean it's hard to find a job in America after graduating from a Singapore Uni? </p>
<p>Thanks invictus. To be honest, I don't care about the grad school placement thing cause I think I should gain some work experience first.</p>
<p>Well, there are Sewanee, Agnes Scott, RMWC, Hollins, to name a few. And I'd like to choose RMWC if I'll go to America.</p>
<p>the biggest problem that singapore uni faces is that the education system is too rigid, they dont offer as much options as us, and not as hands on as us unis. And smu is relative "new" compared to nus, ntu and companies do not really know much abt smu students to give them an edge over nus and ntu students. I do know someone who graduated from nus and is sent overseas to work, but the company that she is working for is a US company. So i would say that it is easier to find a job in us after u studied in us. Because afterall, there are so many more us students graduating than sin in a year.</p>