[marta_morena_25]

US universities are always amusing to me. You pay about 100 times more than for a German university and end up with an education where you have trouble understanding the content they teach in Germany after graduation, unless you come from an elite university. But hey, it's really easy to find Standford equivalents in Germany as long as you search for a good university for your major, instead of just searching for a university. Of course it doesn't come with the prestige and the network, but honestly is that really worth a quarter million dollars? In the end, if you are smart and willing to learn, the only thing you really get from US elite university is prestige and better equipment and research opportunities. However, all of that isn't really relevant for a whole lot of people.

[brmgb]

Well, it is fairly common knowledge that US universities are not worth the price they charge for undergraduate education if you are not in a position allowing you to network heavily. They are very good (and by that I mean very rich) for research however. For a European, going to the US before your PhD makes little sense.

[AlchemistCamp]

I think that if you get into Stanford, then yes it is worth the eye-watering tuition. If you get into the median school, then it probably isn't unless you're studying engineering, accounting or another field where graduates have good hiring prospects and earning potential early in their careers.

Studying abroad for an entire degree is underrated among Americans.

[throwaway4889]

Downvoted4truth. I just disagree with this:

>Of course it doesn't come with the prestige and the network, but honestly is that really worth a quarter million dollars?

Of course it's worth it. These are the kind of connections that guarantee you a job worth far more than that.