HappyFace: Refrail,Undergrad program and doing it h..

Posted by: HappyFace May 28, 2008

Refrail,Undergrad program and doing it here not as painful as Eagle5 has suggested. There are some studentswho have had a hard time and majority of them because of their own actions: too much fun or low GPAs. Some of them, despite being geniune and honest towards their work have also happened to havea difficult time mainly because of H1B lottery system introduced last year. BUT, this in no way means that all Nepalese or foreign Undergrad students suffer here. If you choose your majorlooking at what is in demand in the US, getting a job after graduation (even Undergrad) should not behard. As you can guess, the Health Care/Medical field has the mostd emand in the US and this is expected to be the case for decades. So, if you choose any Health Care/Medical Major likeBachelors of Science (BS) in Nursing, BS in Medical Technology, BS in Radiology, BS in RespiratoryTherapy, BS in Physical Therapy, you will get a job after graduation and the biggest catchhere is health care people work in hospitals or clinics, most of which are non-profit, thatmeans they don't have to follow the lottery H1B system. Non-profit emplpoyers (no matter whothey may be or no matter what they do-eg hospitals, organizations, associations, educational systems,churches, research centers etc) can file you H1B (a working visa that allows you to legally workin the US) any time of the year unlike profit-based employers who have to follow the H1B lotterysystems. Having said that, you can apply initial at a university in Oklahoma that are among the least expensive universities in the country. After spending a semester there, you can transferto a community college in nearby Dallas, TX, where the tuiton fees and living expense isvery low and the job availability is high. When and IF you maintain good GPA (study hard and dogood in your courses) and complete some of your course, you will easily get a scholarhsipto transfer to a university from where you will eventually graduate. If you have a 3.5 GPA from a community college in Dallas, which is not very hard to obtain at community college, you will get two scholarships for University of TX at Arlington and willhave to pay no more than $2000 max per semester. By then you will have made and saved enoughmoney for yourself.So, no worries..... however, like people have suggested, Masters would be the best bet.But if you have made up your mind, Bachelors is also not a bad option. Good Luck to you.

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