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Foreign degree?

Name: Mutt 2007-10-24 10:38

I'm a Thai-Chinese-American genetic experiment living in Thailand and will graduate high school next year from an American curriculum international school. Right now I have a difficult decision to make and need to seek advice from the almighty internets.
My teachers have strongly recommended me to work towards a degree in sciences although I have also been encouraged to go into political science. I have the choice to either go to either the top-rated schools in Thailand (Chula, Mahidol, Thammasat) that are rated somewhere in the world top 150's or UNLV or some other school in Nevada.
My dad is rich here, enough to live comfortably for an indefinite amount of time but he does not have the money to send me to a expensive school in America and since my parents file nothing with the IRS there is a very small chance of me getting financial aid and I do NOT want to be strapped down in debt the second I graduate.
I am not sure where I want to work in the future since I know people basically all around Asia, Europe, and the US. I do know that I don't want to be permanently cemented in Thailand as the pay here is too low when compared to the cost of living.

tl;dr
So my question is:
If I graduate from a top Thai university what are the prospects of me getting a decent job when compared to me getting a degree from a mediocre american school?

Name: Anonymous 2007-10-24 10:48

if you go to US you're a cockmongler and will get cockmongled, just fyi...

also remember that whatever anyone says foreign degrees never count for as much as local degrees, in any country...

just look up a country with nice student loaning policy and you're settled...

protip: that would be easiest to find in europe...

Name: Anonymous 2007-10-24 13:46

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the UK has student loans of up to £10,000, and you only start paying them back when you're earning more than £20,000 per anum.

Name: Anonymous 2007-10-24 13:53

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for internationals? i dont think so

Name: Anonymous 2007-10-24 16:03

Canada has some really great universities and the bonus is that they cost less than half of what American schools charge.  If you want a super discount just become a permanent resident while you're in school and they give back the extra international fees that they charged you in previous years.  Also, our milk comes in bags. HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!1

Name: Anonymous 2007-10-24 16:21

Go to Canada.

But first, get your fill of delicious and abundant loli

Name: Anonymous 2007-10-29 14:57

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I can't believe you got taken in by this troll! Hybrids aren't real!

Name: Anonymous 2007-10-30 5:45

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OP here:
Actually, I'm John Lennon and Yoko Ono's bastard child.

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