what is the ranking of that college? and what was his GRE and TOEFL scores? If you have money you can go to MIT too ,do u know that? and what is this degree? MPhil in Developement Economics? How hard is this ,do u know? How many courses did he take? What was his CGPA? Do you know how many easy strategies are there to survive the courses in US univs do you know? This degree is composed of few course works,no qualifiers like a PhD program where they test your real ability.And lots of candidates are failed.Dont just get biased when u see a foreign degree.Ask an IIT caliber student,what do u know?