mayilii, let me respond to your misleading statements not all UG pay full tuition. if you look @ package of almost all UG's they have significant amount of AIDs etc. of course it depends on schools too. yes in community college that may be true. but all state/private schools package do give substantial aids to their students [ may be domestic or foreign/international]. number of international student may be less. but they do award. getting assistantships in GRAD school also depends on MAJOR and SCHOOL. there is no gurantee that all GRAD students get assistantships. YOU WILL GET H1-B WITH BACHELORS DEGREE. it all depends on your FIELD. now again there are tons of NEPALESE with MASTERS without JOB does not mean that its hard to get sponsor. THERE ARE TONS OF FACTOR. BUT I DO NOT THINK DEGREE [ bachelors/masters] is the ONLY determining criterion. Yes you might have to work hard. may be in Ocean City or New York or Arlington or Dallas or Chicago but if you are willing to do it ITS WORTH it. NO WORK IS SHAMEFUL OR BAD [ unless you are stealing. ] [ above all beside the hardships and everything you will learn to appreciate what your parents did for you.] ==================================================== anyway as always what do i know (O: