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?
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?