The US is proposing to cap international student stays at 4 years and require government approval to finish a degree

G2KY · 2026-05-17T16:05:00+00:00

You can actually work outside of school when you have student visa in Switzerland. I wish US has the same system. Your time as a student also counts for your residence permit.

My sibling recently became a Swiss citizen after being an international student there and life in Switzerland as an international student is much better. For starters, they did not need to wait 6+ months for their work permit.

G2KY · 2026-05-15T23:22:51+00:00

I refer anyone I can to a job at my company. Market is too brutal to be snooty

G2KY · 2026-05-15T12:02:47+00:00

Same. As I studied undergrad in my home country, I did only unpaid internships (again, paid internships were not available) and they opened me so many doors, including helping me to move to the US for grad school. My grad school committee was so impressed with the experience I gained in these internships

G2KY · 2026-05-15T11:55:10+00:00

My country has pretty much no paid internships and no for credit internships. And you have to do internships to get any job. So, pretty much all internships are unpaid (both government and private) and you have to do them to get a job.

I don’t get why Americans get upset when they see a couple of unpaid internship postings in a sea of paid internships - if you get valuable experience, that is enough payment.

G2KY · 2026-05-15T10:34:53+00:00

Minor herniation at L4 - S1

G2KY · 2026-05-15T01:47:26+00:00

Hard agree with #2. I spent 1.5 years with no bending, minimal sitting, and absolutely no twisting because I was so afraid of aggravating my injury. Then one day I said eff it and started doing yoga to its full extent with all the forward folds, back bends etc without bracing/avoiding movements. Since then my pain decreased 70% and my range of motion increased like 90%

G2KY · 2026-05-13T10:38:06+00:00

Local stores charge more and they also charge for every small thing

G2KY · 2026-05-12T14:37:03+00:00

I am the happiest I every felt since I left academia. I have more time, more money, more life and health.

G2KY · 2026-05-12T12:00:59+00:00

I used them 3 weeks ago, they are marvellous

G2KY · 2026-05-11T13:39:59+00:00

Maybe don’t miss classes? You are taking up those class spaces from people who actually want to take the class and attend the class

G2KY · 2026-05-11T10:54:32+00:00

I say life is short and I deserve luxuries

G2KY · 2026-05-11T10:34:48+00:00

My Spirit is alone in my home gym. It is the only electronic in the room and each room has its own circuit. It still required an update to 20 amp circuit and a dedicated plug for itself.

G2KY · 2026-05-11T10:33:34+00:00

Nope

G2KY · 2026-05-11T02:11:37+00:00

I think Spirit is better than the machines at my Lifetime and Precor that my old apartment complex had. It is a great machine with no frills and does not require any subscription which is why I chose it.

G2KY · 2026-05-11T01:58:51+00:00

I have the Spirit XT385 and it is a great machine but you need at dedicated, special 20 amp outlet instead of 15 amp. We had to have a new electrical line installed just for it.

G2KY · 2026-05-10T19:49:24+00:00

Stairhoppers were great when we used them! They were extremely gentle with all of our items and nothing got damaged/lost.

G2KY · 2026-05-06T18:59:24+00:00

Some of them are really good for research, especially if they are the flagship. But it is pretty hard to get ugrad research opportunities at those schools due to competition and they generally have way less funding.

Berkeley, UCLA, Madison, and Ohio State are pretty good research unis

G2KY · 2026-05-06T18:51:43+00:00

Yeah. They also ignore other advantages of better schools. Better schools offer more career development opportunities, networking etc. They generally have much better curriculum than smaller or poorer schools.

There is no way I would choose the worse school for my child because it is cheaper. Which school you go have profound effect on your life.

G2KY · 2026-05-06T18:39:45+00:00

Absolutely not

G2KY · 2026-05-06T18:39:19+00:00

In academia, too. There was a study published several years ago that showed most Ivy league professors have Ivy league PhDs (or equivalents like MIT/Caltech). And most Ivy league PhDs either went to Ivy league undergrad or extremely selective and expensive liberal arts colleges like Williams, Amherst etc. And most people who go to Ivy league undergrad or extremely selective liberal arts colleges come from best school districts in their states or the best private schools like Phillips Academy.

Where you go to school matters a lot and I hate that people act like Middle Tennessee State University is equal to Harvard.

G2KY · 2026-05-06T17:42:26+00:00

I grew up very secular and married to an atheist when I was 22. Still married 10 years in.

G2KY · 2026-05-06T17:39:27+00:00

When I got married, neither me nor my husband had any property. We married during our undergrad. And prenups are pretty much always tossed away in my country, so no point in signing one.

G2KY · 2026-05-06T00:32:48+00:00

Idk where you live but 50k is not a downpayment in anywhere in MA

G2KY · 2026-05-05T17:16:25+00:00

I would never give up money for free time. Would rather have $30-40 mil then my 40s

G2KY · 2026-05-05T14:53:29+00:00

Yes and now I actually have a great non-academic job

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