As an intended MBA applicant for the class of 2021, the recent uncertainty around H1B visas makes me very uneasy and disappointed. I was forced to leave the U.S. back in 2016 despite having an investment banking job and paying meaningful taxes, which was incredibly frustrating. I was hoping for another shot at living and working in the US after completing an MBA, and now it looks like there either won't be a chance or it will be at best a shot in the dark. I am now seriously considering avoiding U.S. schools altogether and applying for top business schools in Europe such as LBS and INSEAD.

The other poster was remarkably rude for no reason. I’d say that you don’t really want an H1B though. What you want is a concrete and easily accessible path to citizenship that takes your high-skilled degree into account. To that end, I would support broader immigration reform rather than trying to fix the irredeemable H1B program.

I 100% agree with your statement. But for now, all that was done was suspend H1Bs without a viable measure that would create a path to citizenship (or just settlement) via a high-skilled degree. So it seems like a step backwards and very disheartening.

If you've already been accepted, consider looking into options for deferring your starting year. I saw an article on the WSJ a few weeks ago showing many students are doing that

And when the time comes to recruit during your MBA, please hit me up if you think you'd be a good candidate at a top boutique in NY

> I am now seriously considering avoiding U.S. schools altogether and applying for top business schools in Europe such as LBS and INSEAD.

Why did you not do that in the first place? I'm legitimately asking because I want to leave the US for Europe or Australia / New Zealand. I'm a US citizen having immigrated here at an early age. I've dreamed of leaving the US for years now, so I like to understand what draws so many people here still compared to the other options?

Avoid US schools. Don't be a fool. Don't go into 6-figure debt for no ROI and a brutal environment that doesn't want you. It's a no-brainer.

Avoid any business, education or employment in the US.

Only a Sith deals in absolutes

Trump dictates absolute EOs which hold the power of law.

Oh, so many places! I generally do a lot of reading.

I love longform.org whenever I have more than 30min to spare and am looking for deeper reading.

Farnam Street (fs.blog) has some really great content on mental models and tools.

I'm slowly reading through 80000hours.org, which covers how to re-think your career to solve the world's "biggest problems"

waitbutwhy.com has some fun long posts on random topics, and is currently doing a lengthy series called "The Story of Us" about the development of ideas, primarily in the U.S.

And if I feel like going on a wikipedia loophole, I go to explodingtopics.com/ (which I first saw in a ShowHN!) and google the top results for the past month.

That's my weekend sorted then! Thanks for that list. I'd love to see your bookmark list/browser history to see other blogs/sites you read

Ugh. I wonder if there is anything I can do that is not just sitting and waiting for them to stop.

I hope I don't have to get rid of my gmail! Alternative is to come up with a way to filter those straight to spam, I guess..?

Thank you for the response! This seems to be a sector that could highly benefit from AI development, especially given the number of required medical scans is steadily increasing and the number of qualified radiologists is declining in most countries. Given you are in the sector, could you share the names of a few companies / startups that you think are making the most progress?