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> There is really no reason to be resentful because it is a voluntary choice, and foreign students are worse off in every aspect to start with.

> Leaving friends & family behind, travel often involves long-haul flights, different culture to blend in, not eligible for NSF grants and national lab jobs, etc.

Long flights and leaving friends/family behind? You mean like... most undergrad students in the US? Sitting on a plane is the argument?



By which it is implied such trips are obviously non-starters for foreign students. This is the most evident during Thanksgiving and Christmas when most undergrad students in the US reunion with their family and friends.


You’re ignoring the important bit, the inbound flights.




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