Originally Posted by
abhilife2001
U r right on the out of state student fees, and this is one reason i believe tht we get less out of state than foreign students in the campuses..good universities also do road shows sometimes.. I hv seen advts from Insead, NUS Business school , Spore ,London business school and many many american univ's..
I perfectly understand universities or govts asking for more docs in case of students / tourists ... but I see that there is always a tendency to criticize steps taken by Indian govt for visas, immigration etc whereas the coutries which oppose these rules also hv similiar or if not more stringent requirements.. take the case of any work permit application for EU or CEE regions.. u will b surprised to know wht all they want..and Indian visa regulations r nothing compared to those..That was my intention of posting the above ..
Though US universities pitch abroad, its to recruit top students from countries. Foreign students pay just as much as US students at private universities and as much as out of state students for state schools. Of course the rules are different in the UK where there is a UK resident price and a foreigner price and the difference is quite large.
Yaatri all the good schools definitely pitch abroad. Why? There are plenty of students who do not know about intl financial aid or do not have the confidence or thought to even apply (I know this first hand by pitching my school in HK). Lots of are just information sessions to give the kids more information and of course, get them to apply.
The EU is stringent when it comes to visas for any foreigner (even rich countries like the US), not just Indians and those from other developing nations.
But (and I say this as someone with Indian parents who are naturalised US citizens and have visited relatives in India all my life), Indians and those from 3rd world countries are seen as potential immigration threats (ie. people who will overstay visas illegally etc), whereas this is most certainly NOT the case for the say, the vast majority of Americans, Europeans etc (people from rich countries) who travel to India. In most cases, such people pay their visa fees, stay at the Oberoi/4-5 star properties, spend a ton (relatively and on an absolute basis) of money, visit tourist sites, overpay for souveneirs/crafts/clothes and then go home.
So I would argue that it makes far more sense, for say the UK/US, to have more stringent visa policies than India.
Of course, in the end, India is a soveriegn nation and it can do what it wants, but that does not mean it makes sense.