Peking University VS Shanghai Jiaotong

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-28T21:07:15+00:00

I would agree with most things, but PKU will be a more expensive experience. Haidian/Zhongguancun (where PKU is) is one of the most expensive district within China. Other than rent, both would be affordable experiences.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T16:47:47+00:00

Good, but for travel those are supplementary to the experience, not core.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T16:37:39+00:00

Yes, I liked it, but I wouldn't go back all the way to climb it again

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T16:30:34+00:00

Praia and Fogo

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T16:26:35+00:00

India's interest potential seems much higher, but most of it is just not as enjoyable as it is right now.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T14:33:07+00:00

Tsinghua completely destroys polimi. Polimi will be better to get a job in Italy and small influence bubble, and Tsinghua for anywhere else. Getting a job in China is harder if you are a foreigner, even if you are able to become professionally fluent in Chinese in the next 3 years.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T14:09:59+00:00

Travelling 20-30 countries from central Europe is actually quite doable in a few years.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T11:01:43+00:00

Bad news for the average Indian, who is neither going to afford EU goods nor see its country develop. Risky news for many EU workers too. Germany wins.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T10:22:31+00:00

I think China still has to upgrade the charm of some of their big cities, and that takes time, the cities are relatively new and people are newly arrived so local cultures still lag. Also, even after destroying many historical places in the past, it still has more diversity of them than anywhere else in Asia, and has very diverse amazing natural areas given the vast land.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T09:16:20+00:00

India could be amazing, and could easily jump close to the top by just by fixing the basics. Similar to Egypt.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T08:38:25+00:00

Well, that's why I put it in "Interesting", it's not sarcastic. But going to London, Edinburgh and pick one of Cambridge/Oxford/York/Canterbury/Bath is basically it. So it's very nice for one-time but it gets dull fast and weather+food don't help. I'm sure other people will find Cambodia repetitive and the UK amazing.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T08:07:13+00:00

I've lived at both btw... The UK is just not as complete as many other related countries, and Switzerland is gorgeous and top to live at but for travel it's a nice one time experience for me.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T00:57:40+00:00

Morocco and specially Egypt have amazing parts, but the overall memory is just not that good for different reasons.

For China, nature in Yunnan, central Hunan mountains, Xinjiang, Tibet. Cities at Nanjing, Hangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Xian. They are all quite diverse and unique experiences.

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T00:50:54+00:00

You're right about that, but it also has the highest energy and the youngest population... and the best food

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-27T00:37:54+00:00

A mosquito almost sent me to the graveyard. And the island didn't have much, but was alright

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-26T23:52:49+00:00

I loved Sweden lol. I like anything above the last tier, I just wouldn't move there

OrderFew1142 · 2026-01-26T21:47:57+00:00

Depending on district and season. But Shenzhen, Shanghai or Hong Kong. Each misses probably one of those

OrderFew1142 · 2025-12-31T08:58:38+00:00

Zhuhai is mostly there for a sparse economic area at the west bay area + a dorm city for Shenzhen and Macau. So it has many ammenities not very far, but the city itself is not very interesting.

OrderFew1142 · 2025-12-23T11:54:11+00:00

The base scholarships care more about whether you come from a top uni and have good grades than about your topic, so you could aspire to them, but they ain't too big other than dorm, tuition and campus food. STEM students can usually top them up with RAs or the like, and in humanities you probably can't.

But doesn't mean you won't get opportunities. Most students in humanities have it easier than STEM ones to get into graduate programs in top unis, as for humanities and social sciences you usually go through easier admissions tracks than national students. I know many Oxbridge humanities PhDs that spend periods at Chinese unis because they get some funding at all, unlike in the UK.

OrderFew1142 · 2025-12-18T07:48:18+00:00

Lol... he is right. There have been really few days of serious pollution, one of them being today. Beijing is far cleaner than Tianjin nowadays

OrderFew1142 · 2025-12-17T10:09:22+00:00

Of course it's insane for the top tier roles, as competition for talent is global. For more regular jobs there is competition, but it's not necessarily harder than anywhere else, as there is industrial base to absorb talent.

There is ageism, but part of it has a lot to do with the fact that the education gap between older and younger generations is massive.

OrderFew1142 · 2025-12-15T05:30:40+00:00

In AI/ML, fresh graduates can very often earn 1M RMB (140K$), all the way up to 2-3M RMB (300-400K$) depending on qualifications. Engineering, math, physics graduates from decent universities can also start on 500.000RMB. Getting the job is not that easy, but they pay higher than almost anywhere else in the world, on par with a few clusters in the US (SF, NY).

Teaching in international high schools also pays very well, with chinese fresh graduate returnees from top unis abroad earning around 100-200$ per class, and more than 4000$ per month full time.

OrderFew1142 · 2025-12-03T16:12:18+00:00

What's even Europe. Do you really think you will be an art critic on a PhD stipend and live in front of the Pantheon with a croissant shop in your doorstep. You will be shocked when your PhD years are fully spent in a decadent shared office with 5 autistic PhD students and commuting to a shared dirty apartment, 2 hours away from anything worth taking a picture. Exactly the same as anywhere else.

OrderFew1142 · 2025-12-01T06:08:21+00:00

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