<p>^Okla, Some employers like students who challenge themselves and take risks. For example, who would you hire a student with a 4.0 in 5 years (easy) or a 3.9 who finishes in 4 years, took additional honors level courses, who did some tutoring for weak students and worked summer jobs and internships etc? These things make it harder not easier, but more satisfying. So, the goal is not always the easiest path.</p>
<p>At least the weather is similar between the two locations :D</p>
<p>DD1 is looking at an MFA Islamic Art & Architecture at the American University of Cairo, Egypt, hopefully Egypt will settle down in a bit. She is also planning on taking Arabic in college. No cultural connection to the Arabic world, just curiosity and adventure I guess.</p>
<p>You don’t need practical reasons. If you make enough connections while attending school there and want to play the expat game it should be quite an interesting choice. If you want to finish and come back to work for Exxon or some such in Houston then don’t bother, go to College Station, do a semester abroad, and that’s all.</p>
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<p>They we are right back at the point where you are overusing that phrase without understanding what it means. Chasing rainbows means you are on a fools errand that will never work out for you because, think about it, you can never get to the end of the rainbow. It is impossible. That is far from the situation here.</p>
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<p>The path to personal enrichment and growth is rarely the easiest path, so yes, I absolutely encourage him to take the more difficult path, the road less traveled if you will, if he believes that is the right choice for him.</p>
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<p>It is largely due to the fact that they are not willing to leave their comfort zone and do something that is so different from their pre-destined path in the eyes of themseleves, their parents, their teachers, and/or anyone else influential in their lives. It also may or may not serve their career goals. What RedEyeJedi is proposing would pretty clearly still serve his career goals.</p>
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<p>And if you live through your entire life only taking the easy way out of every situation, you will end up some day on your death bed with a whole lot of regrets.</p>
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<p>Well that’s just an unfortunate worldview.</p>
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<p>You should absolutely open with this one your next interview. Hands down.</p>
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<p>Since this is an American university, the expectations should be the same as when applying to any other American university. He should be able to apply for federal financial aid using FAFSA. The rest would depend on what his parents can afford and what the Qatar Foundation is willing to offer.</p>
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<p>I have a friend whose son went to Japan to study Japanese. Later, he ended up doing his MBA from Berkeley and is a top executive in Toyota Motors. So, in my opinion, these things cannot be predicted.</p>
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<p>Show us one bit of evidence that this is the reason that only 1% of US high school graduates study abroad. This does not pass the logic test. Sure, this could be a smart part of the puzzle, but consider these other factors that also make a difference:
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[<em>]Americans tend to be less “worldly” than our European counterparts in that we don’t travel as much and subscribe to a much more strong brand of national pride than many other countries. In other words, many people, especially the young ones who are just leaving high school, simply don’t see any reason to leave or don’t know about their options for studying elsewhere.
[</em>]The US has excellent universities, so if you don’t want to leave, you don’t need to in order to get a good education. You can, but you don’t have to.
[li]Many people simply don’t want to leave because it is a long way away and far from family and friends.[/li][/ul]
Don’t get me wrong, the fact that going elsewhere doesn’t always make financial sense certainly plays into it, but it is far from the only factor and likely not even close to the dominant one. Acting like it is the only reason is a fundamental misunderstanding of the excellent educational opportunities elsewhere in the world.</p>
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<p>What on Earth does this even mean?</p>
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<p>I hate to break it to you but the rules of logic are not frame dependent. This isn’t a logical test for people; it is a logical test for statements and whether conclusions based on them are logical. Your posts have basically said that less than 1% of US high school graduates are going abroad for college and this is because of the fact that it is a bad career move. It is simply bad logic because that conclusion doesn’t follow from any of the facts you have presented. You completely discount the possibility of any other reason for so few students studying abroad. Your claim, if laid out as a syllogism, isn’t a valid line of argument.</p>
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<p>The first statement you make here does not in any way lead to the conclusion that I have italicized. These are two completely disjoint statements.</p>
<p>The fact that RedEyeJedi has not been able to get the necessary information just means he didn’t likely look very hard at TAMU Qatar’s website. This website seems to offer pretty much everything the OP is looking for: [Explore</a> Texas A&M University at Qatar](<a href=“http://exploretamuq.com/]Explore”>http://exploretamuq.com/)</p>
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<p>Qatar Foundation will pay in the form of loans. In some cases they will also give scholarships. There is also a mechanism to repay thru work / internships etc. As an American, OP should be able to get FAFSA loans too. So, getting money is not a problem. </p>
<p>At the home campus (College Station), full tuition type scholarships are guaranteed for National Merit Scholars. In the case of TAMU Qatar the standard for receiving large scholarship packages is not as clearly defined. Foreign students do not usually take the PSAT in junior year, so National Merit Exam cannot be used. If I had to guess, I would think an SAT Math score above 660 & CR above 620 would be a minimum (auto academic admit on the main campus). However, that is just my personal guess.</p>
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<p>I understand education in not cheap, THEREFORE I chose to join the U.S. military. Easy? Eh, sometimes not so much. But was it the best decision for me, hard or not. If people always take the easy way it says a lot about them, point blank. Do not be afraid of hardship.</p>
<p>I can’t argue with this anymore. I am finding understanding this broken logic, through broken english, to definitely be the hard way. And yes I get the irony. Over and out.</p>
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<p>You, sir, have a fundamental lack of understanding of logic and reason and should not be commenting on an engineering board. I am sure RedEyeJedi appreciates you hijacking his thread, too.</p>
<p>In the beginning you were saying:</p>
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<p>Now you have changed your tune and are saying:</p>
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<p>You started off putting down the kid, suggesting he was chasing rainbows, that studying abroad was a bad idea and he would also not be able to get the money to study abroad. Then started attacking those who told you were being too harsh. Now you are saying it is all standard. Well, if it is all standard then it is not chasing a rainbow. Do you get it?</p>
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<p>Here we go again, can you stop making these general ideas sound like they were some absolute truths? I am quite sure there are lots of colleges where one can get below a 750 on the SAT (75 PSAT) and get a full ride. After all one does not need a 750 or even a 700 on the PSAT to become a NMF and we all know lots of colleges that give full rides to NMFs.</p>
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<p>Schools that give a full ride for being a National Merit Finalist:</p>
<p>U. Alabama
U. Alabama-Huntsville
Alabama State U.
Auburn U.
U. North Alabama
Troy U.
U. Arizona
Arizona State U.
Southern Arkansas U.
U. Central Florida
U. Idaho
Ball State U.
Eastern Kentucky U.
U. Kentucky
Lousiana State U.
U. Maine
Wayne State U.
U. Minnesota-Morris
Mississippi State U.
U. Southern Mississippi
Southeast Missouri State U.
U. Nebraska
New Mexico State U.
Cleveland State U.
Youngstown State U.
Ohio State U.
U. Oklahoma
Oklahoma State U.
U. Memphis
U. Houston
U. North Texas
U. Texas-Dallas
Texas Tech U.
U. Texas-Tyler
U. Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Abilene Christian U.
Alfred U.
Alma College
Andres U.
Baylor U.
Birmingham Southern College
Bradley U.
Denison U.
U. Evansville
Faulkner U.
Fordham U.
Harding U.
Liberty U.
Lipscomb U.
Long Island U.
Northeastern U.
Oakwood U.
Oklahoma Christian U.
Pacific Union College
Roberts Wesleyan College
Spring Arbor U.
Sterling College
U. Tulsa
Wesleyan College
Westminster College</p>
<p>There are a host of others with conditional full rides or other really good scholarships based solely on being a NMF.</p>
<p>Source: [Schools</a> Offer FREE RIDE To Students Based on PSAT Scores ? Tutor Talk | Applerouth Tutoring Services](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/blog/2010/08/06/schools-offer-free-ride-to-students-based-on-psat-scores/]Schools”>http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/blog/2010/08/06/schools-offer-free-ride-to-students-based-on-psat-scores/)</p>
<p>Becoming an NMF does not require any SAT scores as it is based entirely on your PSAT. There are probably more schools out there, too, but these were the ones I found from 30 seconds of Googling.</p>
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<p>I would point to:</p>
<p>Florida A&M, University of Central Florida, University of Idaho, Wichita State, University of Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, Univ of Nevada, NJIT, Oklahoma State, UofH, UT Dallas, University of North Texas.</p>
<p>These are full rides. There are several more that promise to give full tuition and half tuition. Then, we also know that many will offer more than what they promise.</p>
<p>The point is again: You are giving inaccurate information to kids on these boards. Then when people point it out, instead of apologizing you become defensive.</p>
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<p>Qatar and TAMU Qatar specifically are very nice.</p>
<p>We’ve had numerous kids from Qatar studying for a semester in College Station and they have been great.</p>