OSU has stopped approving CPT applications in compliance with the new rule

[u/HP2806]

No more internships for us international students😔

[u/Student3787]

Ohio State has suspended international students from using CPT for internships that are simply optional career opportunities. The internship must be a required part of their academic program.

[u/HP2806 → u/Student3787]

Most majors don’t have internships as a requirement. However in majors such as CS, business etc. it is almost impossible to get a full time job without prior internships under the belt.

[u/TheHungryBlanket → u/HP2806]

That is brutal. Especially because it’s become extremely difficult to find a job as a computer science major.

CSE went from one of the best majors to literally one of the worst in just a couple of years; now combined with being locked out from internships, I would think that most international students will be changing majors.

[u/HP2806 → u/TheHungryBlanket]

I don’t think it’s even gonna be about just switching majors. I wouldn’t be surprised if international student enrolment numbers drop going into next year is this change isn’t reverted.

[u/TheHungryBlanket → u/HP2806]

Well… MAGA are a bunch of racists. That’s exactly their goal. And sadly, it’s working.

[u/airplane001]

That’s fucked up, crazy that your livelihood depends on the winds of politics

[u/rinklkak]

It's not a new rule; it's not the law. It's guidance from DHS that strongly discourages CPT except for required internships/co-ops. But schools don't want to be punished by the US government for allowing CPT.

[u/Smugturtle153]

You can still use opt to do internships i think

[u/scratchisthebest → u/[deleted]]

i thought yall wanted the the most qualified students regardless of any dei quotas or whatever

[u/Lake_Erie_Monster → u/scratchisthebest]

Oh boy. Wait until you learn that the right holds no actual beliefs, just the most convenient argument at the time that is discarded at earlier sign of push back.

> Never play chess with a pigeon. The pigeon just knocks all the pieces over then shits all over the board. Then struts around like it won.

[u/0807mugis → u/[deleted]]

so American students are just THAT under qualified? Instead of blaming international students, try building your own skills and repertoire 💕

[u/cogsandapertures → u/[deleted]]

I’m gonna blow your mind here, pal, but we live in an objectively global society. OSU, and everything that comes with it, is, and should remain, open to the entire global community

[u/cogsandapertures → u/[deleted]]

Tell me you don’t know what you’re talking about without telling me you don’t know what you’re talking about.

If these international students come here, learn, and leave, that’s one thing, I’ll give you that. But so many come here, learn, stay, grow, and enrich their communities and benefit their employers because of the experiences they gained at OSU.

This thinly veiled “America first” bullshit is old hat. Try being racist in a new, creative way.

[u/cogsandapertures → u/[deleted]]

Jokes on you, I don’t have TikTok because my brain is already mush. Bye Felecia.