1. Not speaking $LANGUAGE. Even if courses are taught in English, that makes living there difficult
2. Most people in your field in the US having heard of $UNIVERSITY. How many people in the US are familiar with NTU? Most of the Taiwanese working in the US did graduate level work at a US institution.
3. Having to live a giant ocean away from friends/family, etc.
There's a fairly compelling argument that much of the benefit of college is social, not educational. Studying in another country would negate a lot of that. Don't get me wrong, Taiwan (and I'm sure many other places) is great, but I think you're dramatically underestimating how easy it is for most people to decide to go spend 4 years on the other side of the world.
1. Not speaking $LANGUAGE. Even if courses are taught in English, that makes living there difficult 2. Most people in your field in the US having heard of $UNIVERSITY. How many people in the US are familiar with NTU? Most of the Taiwanese working in the US did graduate level work at a US institution. 3. Having to live a giant ocean away from friends/family, etc.
There's a fairly compelling argument that much of the benefit of college is social, not educational. Studying in another country would negate a lot of that. Don't get me wrong, Taiwan (and I'm sure many other places) is great, but I think you're dramatically underestimating how easy it is for most people to decide to go spend 4 years on the other side of the world.