> After that I will rate students from India and China as the second
> best. They generally have very good theory background but sometimes

Good theory background because they have to pass the stereotype exams.

> the practical skills are a bit lacking (maybe due to the constraint of
> the university budget).

It is not to do with budget. The syllabus is to be blamed. The syllabus is
theory oriented and practicals are mostly basics. For their final year
projects, the most students get it done by professionals by paying them
since the lecturers themselves cannot guide for they themselves have no
practical experience. Some students who have the aptitude do the projects on
their own and take guidance from professionals.

> They also tend to choose subjects of market
> potential and not their own interests. That may be a problem in the
> highest level of study.

There are set combination of subjects and the students have to choose any of
the combination  but have no choice is individual subjects.

> Of the two, India students are better in English and communication so
> that they have some advantages in the States.

We study english from the age of 5.

Cheers

Ravi

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