Quote: (11-07-2014 11:54 AM)Menace Wrote:
You can get a free master's degree in the US as well. Apply and get accepted into a PhD program. You will be paid a stipend. There is no tuition. Complete sufficient coursework to obtain masters. Get master's. Quit PhD program. Cost is $0. Just don't tell them that's what you're planning on doing.
There are some people at my university doing this. Not so much intentionally from the get go but it pertains moreso to entry level work opportunities having more availability for masters degree graduates opposed to PHD level graduates. Masters and PHD students even take many of the same classes except PHD students might have an extra paper or two to write per semester.
Quote: (11-07-2014 11:54 AM)Menace Wrote:
What's the point of a master's from Brazil? If I saw that on a resume I'd think the person is too stupid to get admitted anywhere good, and therefore not worth hiring. Or is this just to go to Brazil and bang university girls?
As a North American, I think one would be better off getting a degree in desired field within the US or Canada. It's kind of pointless going down to Brazil for a study abroad only in English as it won't really do much for you.
Universidade Federal do Parana and to an extent Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul offer intensive Portuguese classes for gringos that could last 15 hours a week in training for many different levels. At least the one in Curitiba possesses a great deal of South Korean, Japanese, Latin American, and European employees sent by their companies to enroll in these Portuguese courses.
Rio Grande do Sul has some international students like that too especially some from China, but UFPR in Curitiba has a longer history of doing this not to mention is closer to the big time companies in Sao Paulo or Campinas. UFRS offers more of a confusing Liberal Arts curriculum where students have many courses to choose from whereas UFPR emphasizes Portuguese in a professional working world context with less "variety" to choose from, but they get to the point (important shit).
Sao Paulo and Rio likely offer those same opportunities, but it's more expensive there obviously. UFMG in Belo Horizonte offers a program though it's pretty weak as classes only go 4 hours per week as the Uni is far away from all the other points of interest in the city. 4 Hours per week means less ground covered so one would need to stay longer months (more $$ in longer rent) to accumulate the same progress one could attain in aforementioned cities above.
So who would be more marketable in the global job market?
1) Those having an education from the US/Canada with an in demand educational background while having 6-12+ months of intensive Portuguese training being in Brazil through one of their universities
or
2) Not having a North American educational background while obtaining an English only degree in Brazil while picking up minimal Portuguese?
Quote: (11-07-2014 01:51 PM)komatiite Wrote:
Menace you can get a masters fully paid for without the PhD, at least in sciences and engineering.
Agree about your Brazil degree recognition. Who the hell would hire some guy with a degree in a non first world country? There's a reason all these foreigners go to USA, Canada, England etc.
True on both counts.
Quote: (11-07-2014 05:33 PM)Yeti Wrote:
In the grand scheme of things, there are far worse things than getting a free master's degree in Brazil (ideally in something useful), fucking Brazilian women, getting fit on Brazilian beaches, learning Portuguese, making friends overseas, and expanding your mind, all for a couple years.
This is a great idea to at least look into, especially for guys in their 20's or who otherwise have a couple free years coming up where they are free to disappear.
True though the relevant universities according to the Washington Post article only indicate Campinas (good looking girls/cheap costs) and USP in Sao Paulo (expensive as shit) while not being anywhere near a beach.
You need to keep these things in mind if wanting to enroll in a university abroad:
1) Need International Health Insurance ($30.00 + a month) before getting a student visa.
2) If American, would one still be required to be paying 120$+ a month in Obamacare if showing proof of international health insurance, enrollment in a university, and stay in a foreign country?
3) At least for Brazil, you need to prove to the Brazilian consulate that you can have sufficient funds via bank statements to study abroad. If you don't have help from parents, they need individual proof of being able to spend $2000.00 Reais montly (Roughly $800.00 USD now as of Early November 2014)
4) Figures in #3 pertains to Brazil. I imagine that proof of monthly financial capability would be
higher for Germany, Finland, France, and Norway...maybe Slovenia is different.
5) You need to spend likely $250.00 on an international student visa/fees if not more.
6) You need to get an FBI Background check from West Virginia (go through an agency for faster results), which would be $50.00. Local/State criminal record checks do not count. PM me if needing a good agency.
7) Excluding Campinas or cities in Slovenia, those other countries can be expensive in general so be prepared to have sufficient savings to travel and be able to spend enough for a comfy life!
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