SouthernDandy

Hi all, just thought I would introduce myself. A 24 year old Environmental/Agricultural Scientist currently finishing up my Masters with plans to hopefully head to the USA for work or a paid relevant intern ship if I can find any.

Anyway thanks for this great forum!

Will probably be asking for questions soon when this Masters Degree is finished but any advise is good

Cheers - Danny

excpomea

Welcome Danny.
No experience of Environmental/Agricultural Science. I'm in the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance field. But have you considered working towards your Phd here in the States?
With a masters it could be something to investigate and get your foot in the door so to speak.
In my research facility we have many non US researchers working towards their Phds.

SouthernDandy

Thanks excpomea

Yeah I've considered my pHD in the US particularly with Cornell (Msc supervisor was a Post doc there) but the costs in the US seem is quite%

chuckles67

If you study higher education in USA that will give you a path to temporary work experience in USA (via J visa) which may lead to an US employer sponsoring you for an H visa; also USA higher education is preferential in the H visa lottery over those with non-USA education. Once you have an H visa you can apply for a Green Card. That's the situation currently.

SouthernDandy

Thanks for the info chuckles

GeoffM

Get to know people - network, be involved in seminars (not just listen: interact with others), find out who key people are in organisations, etc. And start now! Good luck.

SouthernDandy

Certainly will do Cheers guys!

excpomea

I agree it must be expensive. But how do all these Indian, Chinese and Korean manage it?
They seem to be as poor as dirt, but there all here working on their Phds

SouthernDandy

Excpomea, I'll check maybe there is some form of international funding, thanks for the tips, I'll be doing some research

AdobePinon

Depending on what you choose to study, the *uni* might pay *you*.

veryfunny

Hi Danny,

Undertook my undergraduate degree (Sciences) in the UK and worked there before moving over to the states, once I got here I worked for a bit and then decided to return to university for an MBA in the USA, which I am at the tail end of finishing. And yes there is a big difference between studying in the UK vs USA.

Welcome to the forum.

veryfunny

It depends on the GMAT exam or not taking it. Ph.D's students get sponsored plus some of the people from Asia are very close and support each other, such as sharing most of what they have etc.

retzie

SouthernDandy: Even if you are interested in a PhD, I suggest you go ahead with an internship anyway. It will give you a taste of living here, without the overheads of finding/getting accepted into a program, and likely help you network to find people/a group where you're really interested in further study. Also, experience in a real workplace will only help you in the long run.

Same way most Americans do it: get teaching/graduate assistantships and work your way through. Although, foreigners are often willing to live in places Americans are not - like Starkville, MS. Unfortunately, this can be because they are unaware of how bad the middle of the country can get, especially for not-white people

Bob

Further study would be the way to go...seems quite a few uni's that do that kind of field in the Boston area, but else where in the north east too.

Another consideration is one of the tech councils. The Brit Consulate, in Boston at least, often has trade delegations and brings people over for stinks to the local companies and colleges as some exchange program. I don't really know the details, but they keep chucking invites via their LinkedIn page.

Pulaski

Agreed. It is not uncommon for a "family consortium" in Asian countries to each chip-in to fund a foreign student, presumably on the understanding that in future, when the sponsored person gets a lucrative job, they send money back to their sponsors.

Some of this came to light a few years ago when a Chinese student, in Iowa IIRC, who had been sponsored by her family, was murdered. It left her parents not only mourning their daughter but also anticapting poverty in their old age. If you're future income depends on one person you really should take out some life insurance on them.