Indian Students Studying Overseas ... why ?

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Originally Posted by thamiz

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To the XXXX University Community:

Shortly before 1 a.m. this morning, a female undergraduate student walking alone near the intersection of XXXX and YYYYY was sexually assaulted by a person not known to her. She was treated at a local hospital and is expected to be released today.

The University expresses its deepest concern for this student and is committed to the safety of all who study and work here. The crime is being investigated by the City Metropolitan Police Department. The University is offering support to the student, her roommates and her family.

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These kinda incidents are common EVERYWHERE, except maybe some of the Middle Eastern countries where women are relatively secluded. As I (and wibha) said before, these kinda incidents are not unheard of even in India. In fact they are growing all the more common here! Especially in cities like Delhi.
In fact atleast in the above case, the Univ. is offering support to the victim; had it been a Uni here, they most likekly wouldnt have even bothered to do that, rather they would've simply washed their hands off the matter and leave it to the victims/her family to deal with it! :|

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Really?

I dont know any normal indian girls. I know only special indian girls I suppose!

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:lol: Jesus! Talk abt a Superiority Complex! :poke:

Wibha and Lamby: :clap:

Another thing is, most rape cases in India don't even come out, the girls family wouldn't bring it out to begin with....

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Originally Posted by ajithfederer

1. First and foremost is to improve their economic situation.

2. Migration to US is a major factor.

3. A well settled future once you finish and land even in a half decent job. Settled for life even in some cases. I think 50% of the students make this cut.

4. An Master's education from here is atleast of some-value in India and valued in other parts of the world. The value ranges from low to high. If you buck up with experience you can really market yourself in your field.

5. Peer pressure, Family pressure to up the ante. Prestige of settling and working abroad a big factor.

6. Believe it or NOT, I've seen some guys say to increase their DOWRY. :).

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neenga #6kku dhaanE vandheenga :lol2:

On safety, almost all campuses (that I know of) have a police station. But in Houston, the moment you walk out of your campus, you are in danger. The main campus there is notorious for substance abusers. I have been mugged on a couple of occasions and one of my friends was stabbed. I don't know of any rape cases during my stay there but yeah safety there (just outside the campus) is comparable to India. Much worse in fact.

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Originally Posted by app_engine

Nerd,
I thought the original intent of the thread was about bachelor's (and that's why mentioned about the facilities thingy).

About Master's, no question about it, easy route to get a job abroad.

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Certainly not the case in UK, I have BSc(hons) 2.1 in Computing, and MSc in computing.. I was still not able to get the job I wanted and, I am a 'Home' student, not a foreign student. Qualifications from Indian Universities are not considered in UK, unless you have Microsoft qualification!

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Originally Posted by Lambretta

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Originally Posted by thamiz

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To the XXXX University Community:

Shortly before 1 a.m. this morning, a female undergraduate student walking alone near the intersection of XXXX and YYYYY was sexually assaulted by a person not known to her. She was treated at a local hospital and is expected to be released today.

The University expresses its deepest concern for this student and is committed to the safety of all who study and work here. The crime is being investigated by the City Metropolitan Police Department. The University is offering support to the student, her roommates and her family.

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These kinda incidents are common EVERYWHERE, except maybe some of the Middle Eastern countries where women are relatively secluded. As I (and wibha) said before, these kinda incidents are not unheard of even in India. In fact they are growing all the more common here! Especially in cities like Delhi. :|

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I was giving an example to Wibha, who made a statement about safety in US campuses! Check out her post!

Thamizh ka

There is no 'safe' place in the world :(

I think it happens a lot in US under "gun point".

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Originally Posted by thamiz

I think it happens a lot in US under "gun point".

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Gun crime in USA is very common though , UK is a 'Much' safer place compared to USA and Australia !

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Originally Posted by thamiz

I think it happens a lot in US under "gun point".

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Sad, but true. Few months back, I met a friend who was in a hurry to go to a funeral of his Detroit friend who got shot while waiting in a signal :-(

And the sad part is he was on his way for making preparations for his father's funeral (body kept in a funeral home) and that's when he was shot.

Both dad and son had funeral the same day :-(

We need a world without guns!

"Gun Point" is mostly gang Violence which one would have to deal with in bad parts of most Metros in the USA. Especially Detroit, Chicago, and some bad parts of LA (Compton, South Central etc).

Rarely do you see incidents like Columbine, or Virginia Tech, but those get blown out of proportion by the Foreign Media.

I guess that's a side effect when the Civilian Population has the right to bear arms....:(

Even then, the average Indian college student doesn't have to put up with much of that.