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<p>Purplepig–Just curious why you say that you don’t have to worry about your career because you have a scholarship. Won’t you still be concerned about how your degree will be viewed when you return home after graduation?</p>
<p>As for your story about the art exhibit and the immigration officer, that’s a great one … ironic indeed!</p>
<p>Of course, I deal with American students all the time who have no sense of geography or of where US colleges are located. For instance, an advisee from New York City refused to consider a college I’d suggested in Massachusetts because it was too far from home, but she applied to the University of Buffalo. In reality, the Massachusetts school was about a three-hour drive from her front door, and the Buffalo school about seven!</p>