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Thanks TakeruK for the detailed answer. I gleaned from it that my question was wrong - a lot of the stuff you describe I think stems from a non US undergrad education, so I should have asked about citizenship and UG institution separately. That said, grants, employment, and other moneys are certainly a concern of any international student, so in a way we do kinda have it harder in the long runD: Observation bias is indeed a very valid concern, but I think you may have a STEM observation bias yourself. Another 'empirica'l finding in the field I'm looking at is that a lot (LIKE UPWARDS OF HALF) of grad students are foreign born, and a significant subset are also foreign-educated, not at Oxbridge. I am also looking at a science field (broad interests, might cave in and do Geography) and there, indeed, grants even at the undergrad level are unavailable for internationals unless they 'contact personally the researcher they're interested in'. In fields where there are no grants, where it matters what you've read, where you've had access to fieldwork, and what languages you know, internationals aren't so severely disadvantaged. P.S. is your planetary science degree part of the earth sciences dept or no?

Greg Mankiw did a PhD in Economics and a JD at Harvard back in the stone ages.. But he essentially completed a year of grad classes whilst in undergrad, and, what's more distressing, he applied to both programs separately and got in separately. And then quit the JD because Econ was more interesting. Though anyone with a 4.0 and a 170+ can get into law school

Ya but how do they determine your fluency in a language? Also, I may have misconstrued this, but I've been lurking on the info pages of the Usual Suspects, and they all say something about an ancient or cross-cultural language requirement. Tbh it said something about being proficient in it at the end of comps, but we all know that means people should have some grounding in it coming in....

Did you graduate from what people in the West think of as an English-speaking university? Cos that erases any doubts, generally speaking. Singapore shouldn't be so difficult, since people kinda sorta know that English is the working language, but I think they associate it more with STEM. It's just that one hears and sees international people getting into good grad programs and even getting TT jobs in sucky fields, but then one wonders, how is it then harder for internationals?

Hi. I'm a college freshman looking for advice concerning grad school. I'm sorry in advance that this is long and peobably confused, and I hope somebody still visits this forum, too:) I was going to pursue a geography BA in the UK before I got senioritis and started applying to economics and land economy programs instead. Then personal circumstances ensued, which made studying in the US much more attractive. So now I'm at an LAC, one which unsurprisingly doesn't offer Geography, which at first I wasn't worried about, since when I did my Extended Essay in Geography, I absoslutely hated the research and having to plan everything alone, which made me decide that I hated Geography by extension. But now I've done a year in college with absolutely zero demographics, migration, Hoyt-Burgess model etc. exposure, and I realized that I really miss it! So, I decided to major in geoscience with a minor in literature (to nurture the soul). I am by no means a hard sciences person, and whereas I love the fieldwork and the hands on approach of geoscience, I don't want to tie myself to analyzing rock fissures indefinitely. I just have a couple questions regarding my plans, since the Geogeaphy route is one less travelled: 1) What are the differences in employment prospects between the four fields in the title? 2) What are the requirements to enter into a competitive geography/demographics program? What majors do they prefer? What coursework is necessary? What kind of research experience would I need? 3) My dad says cartography is really employable. Is it? I like GIS so I would consider this option 4) is it worth transferring to a slightly more selective college that does offer Geography as a BA? As in, can I get a job with a Geography BA? I know with an English one I could

Wassup:) I'm like, still in college, but I was wondering if any of you guys know any humanities PhDs (preferably literature-based) that are working with decent remuneration in the private sector? Also, does prestige of your PhD institution get you any points when applying for jobs outside academia? Thanks.

Can I send you an email asking about your experience w/ Jewish Studies at H?

I'm like, still in college, but from what I've researched, most private sector applied science (engineering, geology) and finance jobs only REQUIRE a Master's, so an employer might think a PhD on your side is a bit of a waste of time. That said, that depends on what you intend to do. Higher-level private sector science jobs, for one (and sometimes management jobs in the science sector) require a PhD, but that's usually after you've been in the sector for a while and a company decides to sponsor you to get the PhD.

Ahh life is good for super good looking females with a high GPA:) Are you guys in the sciences? What about the humanities? In stuff like Literature, especially, I imagine few internationals are around (except for icky brits), so perhaps the divide is not so stark, what with diversity and all that.

I've heard this on the internet, though I've had no confirmation from flesh-and-blood academics. I've also heard that it's harder to get into a US grad programme as an international, like it is (apparently) for undergrad.