Congrats bro !
which major r u in?

I have been in the US for almost 4 years now, finishing up my degree this May and graduating YEAAHHHH

I'm not in for the 'disgusting' deabte but...you have a few misconceptions. I feel it's partly due to the mass media.

First, many people go to the bars on Saturday, after exams, freer weeks and such, but it's not like the bar is the de facto hanging out place. Most people hangout on campus, the dorms and local restaurants, not the bar. Not everyone drinks. The people who actually party are even rarer. No one needs to mix with that crowd if it isn't their thing. And I mean even for people who drink and party, it's not like they are doing it 24/7.

I'm not saying their all nice and good, like any place in the world, you can find saints and angels down to bastards and b****es. But there are enough friendly people around.

And just because you're friends it doesn't mean you need to hangout with them 24/7. If one likes movies, then go for movies, but one might not like football, then just skip the football game. It doesn't mean ditching Malaysian, but it means not living in a Malaysian coconut shell exclusively. Of course we're Malaysians, and we should get acquainted with the Malaysia there and be friends with them. We can promote out culture and language too and we can always invite them to our place for Malaysian festivities.

There are ALOT of Jews in US and the religious ones also follow all kinds of strict rules like Muslims. I don't see them complaining about making friends? ANy Muslim person can easily friends Americans who will go out of the way to a halal restaurant, or hangout at an ice-creame shop or drink shop or buy stuff from the halal shop to cook.

Yea it requires compromising and understanding, everything does, even here in Malaysia. It's not doing anything unusual or bizarre by being compromising. And like spunkberry said, Americans are crazy over Asian culture. Sometimes you wonder why Malaysia has so many tourist right? They just like it, seeing different things. If you tell them you're from Malaysia, the first thing they'll say it  "wow cool" but they don't even know where Malaysia is. But as it goes along they'll take an interest in it.

And again, by no means I think it's all roses. Sure I've experience discrimination and such before. But I really don't see it as a hindrance, and I think having that mindset keeps one for being really open to other people.

See, why does it require "alot" of compromising? Do you feel like you're giving up a whole lot by not eating char siew with your Malay friends? Do you think you Malays are giving up alot when they hear Chinese and Indian people speak Malay in their accents?

you mean I replied, and I changed my response to be less provocative but I suppose you still want to continue? I'm at least making an effort now.

Anyway, I stand by what I said earlier about Malaysians sticking with Malaysians overseas annoying me, and I'm not imposing that on anybody. It's my opinion, and I doubt I'm the only one in the whole world who thinks like this.

hey all~<

how do you guys apply for Uni's in the US?
Do u apply online straight from their website or go to Education agents?

Place where im currently at, does not do US universities applications. Only all for Oz and Uk

my answer was actually based on the undergraduate program at my alma mater.

BUT
iceypain here is correct. Most people who intend to enter graduate school in the USA maintain a 3.5 or higher - most of my friends who had such intentions maintained a 3.7 and higher, some even 4.0. So yes, I stand by what I said, you will have difficulty.

as much as mumeichan is correct that the rate of employment is low ... it is not limited by the H1B visa cap. with American unemployment at an all time high, it is seen as unpatriotic for companies to hire foreigners over their own citizens. no it's not just America that does this, any country does this, even Malaysia (rampantly).

my F-1 foreign visa status was the brick wall to my employment opportunities, not my qualifications nor the H1B visa cap. even at job fairs, some companies just paste up a sign that says US CITIZENS/PRs ONLY. Defense contractors are also out of the question because those are US citizen only positions - foreigners are spies, basically.

get internships, make sure you actually learn something in your classes and on your internships and stand out above the rest. your GPA is definitely the first step - when companies go through the stack, they remove anything under 3.0 for engineering, higher for others. making connections definitely helps, but don't expect them to basically open the door to you .. they can only expedite the process.

Lol no. I got credit for that.

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Added on July 1, 2012, 8:34 amSo who is coming to the US this Fall?

where are you going to?

nice, Michigan. One of my considerations