Undergraduate advice for international student

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey guys!
I really require your help regarding this issue as it is really confusing, yet important. I currently live in India and graduated from high school a month back. I aspire to become an entrepreneur in the field of computer software. Technology has always interested me. I developed two games for the iOS when I was 14. Right now, I am working on a web development project for my startup company. I wish to pursue my higher education overseas as I believe in exploring the various opportunities available abroad. However, I am stuck in a dilemma.</p>

<p>I got acceptance from 5 US universities from which I finalised San Francisco State University and NSU, University at Buffalo. I scored average in my SAT(was never a big fan of it), 6.5 in IELTS and 82% in 12th grade. For some random reason, I applied to universities in UK such as Leeds, Sheffield, Kent etc. The response from these universities will take atleast one month. Unfortunately, I am running short of time as the universities in the US require me to apply for the visa immediately.</p>

<p>If I take the risk of waiting till july for the UK universities, I will lose the chance to go to the US. I wish to go to the UK as I am getting better ranked universities such as Leeds, Sheffield etc as compared to the universities in the US such as SFSU and Buffalo. However, San Francisco consists of the HQ's of various IT giants. People around me are anti-uk as they think US has better opportunities. But I, on the other hand, want a great university written on my alma mater.</p>

<p>This brings me here. Please help me choose whether I should go the UK where I can get into highly ranked universities or should I go to the US where major IT giants(where I wish my future company to be) are located?</p>

<p>Your help would be really appreciated :)</p>

<p>P.S- I wish to pursue Business Management.</p>

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<p>Since you do not know for certain that you will be admitted anywhere in the UK, you can accept your admissions at one of the US universities, and begin the visa process. If you are admitted at a UK university that you prefer, you can let the US university know that you won’t be attending this fall after all. That won’t be a problem at all.</p>

<p>You don’t indicate who it is who is “anti-UK”. If these people are hiring managers at companies that would give you a job after graduation if you are educated in the US, but won’t hire you if you are educated in the UK, then maybe you want to listen to their advice. If they are people who aren’t actually working in a hiring position for the industry you are interested in, it probably is save to ignore them.</p>