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A friend of mine has dual American-Polish citizenship (she was born in the US but she has Polish parents so she has Polish citizenship too), is graduating high-school next year and she wonders about relocating to Poland to go to the university because it's free for Polish citizens (and paying for college in the US would kill her family financially).
So I am curious, would any company hire someone who has graduated in Poland and took internship there and then relocated to the US again? Do the companies even care what university had someone finished?
Last edited by szyy; 07-01-2013 at 01:20 PM..
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If the hiring position in the US has a college degree requirement, in most cases, the company wants the degree to be from an accredited U.S. university / college. Typically degrees from universities outside the US do not count.
Is she fluent in Polish? How is she going to pay her living expenses?
What does she want to study? What does she want to do with her degree? Poland has some well known universities but in general, I would advise against it. There is also a vetting process for foreign degrees, so she will have to pay to have that done.
The in-debt-up-to-your-eyeballs-for-college thing exists because people allow it to happen; there are a lot of reasonably priced colleges and universities in the U.S.
It's difficult to give a definitive answer as it very much depends on the degree being sought and whether or not it translates to being accredited in the US or whether an equivalency exam is required and whether or not it's related to a specific profession where particular licensing requirements are required.
There's no hard and fast rule but it seems to me it's a bit of a no-brainer to go for the free college education in Poland and a wonderful learning experience overall. Once she decides on her career path she can certainly research to see how the degree she hopes to attain in Poland from a particular institution would translate to the US market. Hundreds of immigrants who've graduated from their country's universities land excellent positions here so she's very much ahead of the game in already holding dual citizenship.
She want to study something connected with art and music. So I guess her degree would be accredited in the US, as it is nothing very specific - like law which is obviously different in every country and requires licenses and so on.
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Originally Posted by joe from dayton
Is she fluent in Polish? How is she going to pay her living expenses?
Yes, she is fluent in Polish (she makes some funny mistakes but is totally understandable). As for living expenses, she still has grandparents in Poland + her mother would send her money, of course.
I would! I do know that there are excellent universities in Poland (including English-language universities that many EU citizens attend). I do think however, that there are stereotypes held about Eastern Europe and the quality of education (or everything, I guess) that some employers may hold. They may view it as being less quality than an American university which is not always true.
The OP says college is free for Polish citizens. That may mean she'd have to become a polish citizen - there's some ambiguity there.
Not really. If her parents are Poles, Poland automatically considers her to be a Polish citizen if she wants to be one and she will have a Polish passport. While in Poland, she will be a Polish citizen. We she returns to the US, she will be a US citizen.
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