<p>I just passed my baccalaureate and now i'm going to study for the equivalent of the french Associate degree. I'm now searching for an American college to continue my studies in computer engineering or computer information and network security for august 2014. I don't really know how american's universities work and i would like some help .... The fact is that i will have to live in the university's campus but even with a loaning i can't pay much more than 20.000$ per year so i don't really know how your scholarships work if they exist. So please could you advise me on which way to begin ?
I know the french Associate degree is equivalent to the bachelor's second year by many web site because it's more specialized and you're more generalists but i don't know if there is some kind of tests to evaluate my level... </p>
<p>Thank you all for reading and answering and sorry if my English is bad.</p>
<p>Why do you want to transfer before you complete your undergraduate degree in France? One more year and you would have the “licence” or the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree essentially for free. </p>
<p>If you transfer to the US without your licence you would probably need two more years to graduate which would cost well over $20,000 per year including living expenses even at some of the cheapest US colleges. There are very few scholarships for internationals and you cannot get financial aid from the US government. You will have all types of trouble getting credit for your classes from France and will likely have to take a number of general requirements classes outside of your major which are not part of your French degree. You will need proof of your ability to pay before you get a visa. It seems much more trouble than it is worth. Just wait another year and come over a grad student as most Europeans do. It is much easier to get a TA or RA position as a grad student.</p>
<p>Actually i want to come in America in 2014 not now (i said it it the post) i will complete my undergraduate before but i begin to search because i found on the internet i had to contact the universities approximately 1 year before so i try to find some universities to go in and i begin to prepare all the financial issues and administrative steps. </p>
<p>I did understand what you wanted to do. I am suggesting you come in August 2015, not August 2014. An associate degree from France is not recognized in the US and you would have to spend at least two years to graduate. With a licence you would be a graduate student.</p>
<p>because i would like to have an engineer level … and it’s the same studying time except that i would do 3 years in France and 2 in US in stead of 2 in France and 3 in US.</p>
<p>The 2 systems are very different. I concur with the suggestion you do background research. No matter what, $20,000 is very little in the USA system, very different from Europe.</p>
<p>Not true. If you come to the US as an undergrad after two years in France you will at least 2 more years to graduate from college plus 2 years for a Master’s degree. That would be 2 + 2 + 2 or six years. </p>
<p>If you come having completed your undegrad degree in France (Licence), you can start your Master’s degree right away. That would be 3 + 2 or one year less.</p>
<p>Actually, I believe that, after Bologna, the cycle of 3+2 is European. Our system is 4+1 (or 4+2.) Accordingly, to add more water to CD’s mill, this student might only need a fourth year to add to his/her three years in France and graduate with a MS.</p>
<p>For example, at Stanford the MS program is coursework only, and can be completed in 3 quarters (9 months). About 20% of the students choose to spread out their MS studies
over 5 quarters (15 months).</p>
<p>That is true. Some MS programs are 1 year only although many MS programs require a thesis which adds at least a summer. Also, CS programs tend to be of the more intensive kind and have many pre-requisites. In any case, it will be much shorter if the OP completes his bachelor’s or equivalent in Europe before coming to the US. I don’t know of any college that would let the OP transfer and get a bachelor’s degree in one year. It would impossible to get enough credits for a BS in CS and all the various distribution requirements outside of the major, none of which are part of the coursework in a European undergraduate education.</p>
<p>Absolutely: no university will grant its own degree after one year. In fact, most international students lose credits when they transfer to the US - and usually have to do more than two years to complete all the degree requirements. </p>
<p>Amretot, many graduate programs in the US are funded, meaning you wouldn’t have to pay tuition, and you’d also get a stipend to cover basic housing and food. Unless you have a great deal of money, it’s the most cost-effective way of getting an American degree.</p>