<p>“WUSTL only has 350 international students in total, and I doubt that more than 100 of those are Chinese.”</p>
<p>I dont think that’s right. WUSTL has a lot more than 350 international students in total for sure. This is because there’re about 200 koreans on campus alone. I know UMich has more international students, but that’s because of its size. I think if we look at the percentage of international students on each campus, they should be roughly equal. I dont have the data for Michigan, but here’s for WUSTL.</p>
<p>BearCub, I was referring to undergrads only. WUSTL has 6,500 undergrads, of which 6% are international. That works out to roughly 350-400 students.</p>
<p>"I think the access to major league sports teams, the breadth and diversity of restaurants, upscale shopping districts, theaters, parks, and museums is superior to Ann Arbor (again, this is a personal preference). "</p>
<p>Ann Arbor is only twenty to thirty miles or so from a major city and it’s environs. Those things are available to Michigan students, if they care to partake in them. It’s not like it’s located in the middle of podunk.</p>
WUSTL has a slightly higher reputation in the US but the difference is negligible. Focus on fit.</p>
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Why does he need to find a job in China? If you graduate from a top American university, you should be able to find a job through Career Services at your school. Why would the OP spend all that money to travel and study in the States just to go back and look for employment opportunities in newspapers or hiring sites in China? He might as well stay in China and study at an elite school there where he can make far more connections and secure employment easier.</p>
<p>LDB, care to prove that WUSTL has a stronger reputation than Michigan in the US. Can you share with us a reputational rating that places WUSTL ahead of Michigan by any appreciable measure? All the reputational ratings I have seen give Michigan the edge over WUSTL, albeit by a small margin. </p>
<p>“Why does he need to find a job in China? If you graduate from a top American university, you should be able to find a job through Career Services at your school.”</p>
<p>LDB, even at top universities, international students have a tougher time finding good jobs in the US, particularly in the current job market. And many international students study in the US for the quality of education, the well rounded and flexible college experience and the opportunity to live in a foreign country, but with the intention of returning home either straight after graduation or a few years later. While the US is, in my opinion, the best place on Earth for the college experience, I think many other countries offer just as good a quality of life, depending on one’s priorities.</p>
Because he can’t get a working visa beyond the 12-month practical training. The H-1 visa is now on a lottery system since there are too many international students (and tens of thousands from China) who want to stay and work in the US.</p>
<p>Btw, the OP is already enrolled at an elite school in China… you can’t do much better than Fudan.</p>
<p>I think the OP should stay in Fudan if he intends to permanently relocate back to China after graduation. It’s not like Michigan or WUSTL are Harvard and MIT here where it would improve his chances of finding an elite job back home.</p>
<p>LDB, I don’t think you understand the current job market in China. The OP understand perfectly why he wants to study in the US, and what a US education at a top university will add to his market value.</p>
<p>LDB, studying abroad at a good university is always well received by the folks back home. Society and employers will view such students as having acquired a global perspective that is required in this day and age and a command of the English language which is greatly valued in the workplace. Plus it is assumed that a person comes from an affluent background if they could afford studying abroad, a quality that employers often value.</p>
<p>I studied in the US knowing that I would not work there after graduation. I intended on working in Europe or the Middle East and have done so. I did not need to study at a top Middle Eastern or European university to accomplish my career objectives. Attending a top US (does not have to be Harvard or MIT) university is certainly more than enough. My purpose in studying in the US, as it is with most fellow Europeans and Arabs who do so, is to the wealth of opportunities afforded on US campuses, pursue our studies in a flexible system and experience life in another country.</p>