The America Dream

USA??? who in the world does not know this three letter giant? what is so fascinating about the united states that people from all over the world go to this place? Despite stringent entry conditions and visa formalities, people going to the US has infact increased and still continuing to increase. A conversation between two mami's ( uanties)
Ruku: Lakshmi, un pulla nannarkana? ( How is your son doing?)

Lakshmi: sowkiyama irukan. avnaka yenna rukku, America la illa irukan. avanakka romba pudichu poidtha di. ( He is doing good, lucky boy, he is in the US! He enjoys his stay in the US)

Ruku: Inniki pakathatha janaki mami ponnu US pora. ava company la 6 months deputation la anparan la..... (Today, our neighbour Janaki mami's daughter is leaving for US on her company's deputation which is for 6 months)

Lakshmi: ippo lam US porada lam namba thanjavur pora mari aadithu!(Now a days, going to the US has become just like going to our thanjavur(a place in Tamil Nadu)

So that was a small conversation between two house wives in madras. Every one has a craze to visit the US whether it is a forty five year old house wife or a college graduate or even a seventy year old man. what is that one thing that gives it that distinct outstanding identity? why not to India or any other country for that matter? US is the world leader in everything right from the very size of the country to the most successful companies that have flourished in the land of US.

These days the number of fresh engineering graduates going to the US year on year is overwhelming. This has almost become a trend! Students are smart enough these days, thanks to the online social networking webistes and the world of internet. Although the hiring patterns on college campuses is more or less the same when compared to three-four years back, students are not very apprehensive about them. Reason? Students these days are well advanced and possess concrete plans on what they want to do in their life. Fortunately or unfortunately there is an impression among the fresh college graduates that the kind of assignments given to these amateurs in the vast field of IT is somehow not in line with their professional interests. There is a blog coming up on the typical life at an IT company. So obvious option is higher studies and undoubtedly the US. Question is why only US? stay tuned! coming up next a series of posts on higher studies in the united states.

coming to the corporate atmosphere, IT especially all the big Indian IT giants today have their global presence felt worldwide. It has almost become a tradition in in the India IT companies that an employee after completing two years of service in the company gets the so called on-site assignment which is by default the US and now a days which is getting extended to other European countries as well. But why US again? The global headquarters of those multibillion giants are invariably based in the united states. So there is nothing to wonder about some one going to the US on a company deputation as well.

But has any one given a thought about this never ending people going to the US? There seems to be no limit but to increase year after year. Despite strict regulations during the visa interview process, there is little that the department of homeland security can do about this with a qualified candidate but to grant his visa. But once you get there, you are rightly in the land of opportunities and rightly called the land of Immigrants.

There are tremendous opportunities in every field of study. The kind of exposure that students get during their stay on campus is exceptionally good of its kind. striving through extreme climates, staying away from homes, incurring considerable expenditure towards higher education and most importantly adapting to a totally different environment and getting on with the social and cultural differences is not a joke after all. Fortunately, Indian students do not face much of a problem in their communication. But yes, graduate study in the united stated is very demanding and it can not be taken for granted. A student has to put in graduate level of hours of efforts in order to receive graduate credits in the chosen field of study. Indian students do exceptionally well. US masters degrees are respected by employers worldwide. There is a lucrative compensation offered to fresh graduates passing out of the US varsities.

Stay tuned for the next article on graduate admissions to US Universities!