Option of Studying Many Subjects Brings Indian Student to the United States

10 January 2005

When it came to deciding whether to stay in India or come to the United States to further his education, Sandeep Pandita says the education system in the United States would provide more flexibility and options for him.

“The education over here is totally different from the one back home. It’s like there is no comparison and all because in India once you choose your major you have to finish like that. If you go as a Chemical Engineering as a freshman, you come out as a Chemical Engineering in your senior year. Otherwise you have to start school over from the beginning,” he says. “But people over here go as Chemical Engineering and they can come out as a Business major. You can shift your major and do whatever. There is no option like this in India. Over here it is a lot more flexible and formal. In India it is really strict and it really goes by the rules,” he adds. “After I graduated from India in Chemical Engineering I wanted to pursue my higher studies and I applied to a couple of places I was thinking of applying in Europe and in the U-S, but then I thought of coming to the U-S because if I had to go to Europe then I had to learn a totally different language and learning a different language is kind of hard and I heard that it is kind of hard to get a scholarship in Europe while if you come to the U-S it is easier to get a scholarship and its easier to payoff and that is the whole story of my coming to the U-S.” [View Full Article]