• socsa@piefed.social
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    9 hours ago

    It is quite hard to even get accepted to a foreign undergrad program out of high school. Grad school is a bit easier but it’s still difficult and traditionally there is just enormous amounts of money in the US academic system so going abroad really needs to be something you prioritize. Also many US grad students don’t pay tuition for PhD track programs. You get an assistantship with a stipend.

    • TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz
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      7 hours ago

      You get paid for doing a PhD in Europe, too. Also, teams tend to be very international, sometimes majority or even exclusively so.
      So if students from third-world countries can come over regularly with few issues to live and work here, I wonder what’s holding back Americans.