It will be just harder after this school to get into top-graduate schools or find job. I am not saying it is impossible, just will be really hard.
Plus, I want to do double major in CS or engineering, and I can’t find certification for their CS program.
Their Pol Sci seems pretty good, tho. For the same money I can go to good European engineering schools, but again, I want to double major with Pol Sci or International relations, and European schools will not have that option.
So, I really don’t know if going to any of my current choices will be good for me.
Graduate school admission, according to my professors and friends, are more focused in your academics unlike undergraduate where your personal attributes are emphasized. For STEM fields at least(IDK about other majors) where you go for undergraduate is irrelevant when you apply to grad schools. They look at your undergraduate researches, GPA, GRE score, statement of purpose(Why do you want grad school?) and letter of recommendations. You being an international students is barely a problem for graduate admission, which is a good news.
The funding is a different question, though. Each college and each discipline has different funding issues, and I remember B@ri!um once talking about she erroneously being rejected from Math Ph.D(masters?) program because the admission office mistakenly classified her as an international student. But again, most Ph.D programs are funded in STEM fields, and that includes international students as well. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many Chinese and Indian Ph.D students in graduate schools.
@interapp Grad school admissions will not be status sensitive for STEM. You’ll be judged on performance. @paul2752 is correct. I think it will be far easier for you to attend an American uni for STEM and then be accepted to an American grad school. I don’t know your chances if you attend a European uni and then try for an American grad school. Same with employment. If you study in America, you’ll have a greater chance for staying here. If you go to Europe, do you plan on staying there?
@gearmom I have read a few times that U.S grad schools deem certain European undergrad degrees insufficient for particular programs. I think going to U.S undergrad to pursue U.S. Grad would be preferable to going back to Europe. But @interapp it’s your choice.
@gearmom no, I am plaining on working either in US or Canada
That’s why I don’t want to go to study in Europe.
Do you think going to colleges like Adelphi, Columbia College, MO, or Grand Canyon University(all gave me good scholarships+ Honors Roll, so their are affordable (Adelphi is a bit higher in price among them) to their CS or engineering program will be a good option if I want to attend later top-graduate school in US or Canada or generally find work after graduation?(obviously with earning perfect GPA, GRE scores , internships and work experience in the field)
Will it be better than attending, let’s say, reputable European college(none-UK)?
@geomom @paul2752
@interapp Please provide your final costs for each, Adelphi, Columbia, MO, Grand Canyon and I’ll review.
I don’t know much about those three schools, but unless they are absolute podunk school(which I know they aren’t), going to any US school with decent CS program would be much more preferable to going back to Europe.
I think you should look at which of them has the largest research opportunities/facilities that are available for international students as well. Some undergrad research programs may only be open to citizens or Green card holders.
By the way, OPT is available for EACH degree. For example, you can get OPT for bachelor, OPT for master AND OPT for Ph.D. Consider these as well.
Columbia will be first year around 15K, then around 6-7K
Grand Canyon 13K per year
Adelphi 15-16K, and I will live off campus with relatives if I attend, so, will not have to pay for food.
@gearmom
“I am planing on working either in US or Canada”
If you go to university in the US, then how do you intend to get a visa to work in the US or Canada? Normally it is expected that international students who graduate from US universities will return home after graduation.
I do understand that if you go to university in Canada, then it is possible to get a temporary work visa for Canada upon graduation. One nice thing about this is that the visa is tied to your degree, not to your job, so that if the first job doesn’t work out you can look for a second one. However, my impression is that large scholarships are unlikely for international students studying in Canada.
What would your commute for Adelphi be?
I will live with relatives in NYC, so will not pay for food or staying. @gearmom
With Canada it is different in the case that currently they have a list of jobs which they want to fill out as they don’t have enough workers. My aunt and a few other relative move to Canada like that, currently holding residency or 10 year visa(they had degree from my country). @DadTwoGirls
@DadTwoGirls International students in STEM field are eligible to work throgh OPT, which doesn’t require any visa sponsorship. You only needs to get approval from USCIS and it has 98% approval rating. The student is first approved for 1 year and then can request for 24 month extension.
@interapp I understand that. Adelphi is a two hour commute ONE way from NYC. I don’t know exactly where they live but is that what you calculate also?
I have checked, from their place it is about 40 minutes away, but I don’t quite understand what do yoo mean by ONE way.
@gearmom
@interapp If your relatives were much much closer, I’d lean towards Adelphi perhaps.
However of the three, I’d pick Grand Canyon. And when I got in I’d hit the ground. Are you sure that the cost would be 13k for sophomore to senior year? What is the housing guarantee for that school? This school would be similar to UAH (which is still a good choice). If you went to GC, I’d choose BS in CS with a concentration in Big Data myself.
@interapp Traffic is going to be a pain. How would you get back and forth?
After looking more into it, I’m leaning towards GC. I think the commute will be a hassle and you’ll have a better experience as a residential student rather than commuter.
About UAH, I will ask them about affidavit , if they count in that scholarship , I will apply there.
I haven’t checked that about Grand Canyon, I will call them and ask. @gearmom
What about between UAH and Grand Canyon ?
@interapp Both unis have Gaming and Entertainment Computing. UAH has a Cybersecurity concentration and GC has a Big Data. Which are you interested in? GC has a fluctuating status of non-profit to for-profit and then back to non-profit apparently. GC is a Christian university. You have to take a few classes in Christianity worldview. I don’t know you well enough to choose between the two. On CC we tend to send kids to UAH for tech. Easy to predict with the auto scholarships. Research Phoenix and Huntsville. There seems to be many tech industry professors at UAH if you review their profiles.