M.I. Rukhsar

I see both sides. On one hand, U.S.-educated students do have an advantage—they’re already integrated into American systems. On the other hand, giving them preference could be unfair to equally talented people abroad who didn’t have the financial means to study in the U.S. Maybe the compromise is to have a separate quota for U.S.-educated graduates, rather than giving them automatic preference in the main lottery. That way, their investment in U.S. education is rewarded, but it doesn’t completely exclude other global applicants.