<p>I am a Canadian resident and I wish to go to the US for my Undergrad degree in Mechanical Engineering.I am Into Ga Tech , UMich , Pirdue and UIUC . My parents want me to got to either UToronto or Waterloo coz it is cheaper for me (tuition is around 6K for me ) . I want to go to Ga tech . do you think it is worth it ? . Do you think I can transfer to a good US university after 2-3 year ? . Do you think I will get a better job (or in to a better Grad school) if I go to the US ? . What Will I be missing out on ? . What will I be gaining If I stay in Canada. </p>
<p>I am really confused . Please help me out .</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I don’t think you’d necessarily get a better education in the US. Admittedly I don’t know much at all about the Canadian college system.</p>
<p>I know it can seem really mean when your parents want one thing and you want something else, but if finances are going to be a problem - as is the case with many families - then I would urge you to take your parents’ views into consideration.</p>
<p>Would you be eligible for financial aid in the US?</p>
<p>If not, I’m going to turn your question around and ask it to you - do you think it’s worth your family being in up to $100,000 of debt for a college experience that you most likely could also have had in Canada?</p>
<p>I hope this doesn’t come across as mean at all because that isn’t my intention.</p>
<p>What are you looking for in a college? What sets the US apart for you?</p>
<p>Maybe you could find some US schools that you like that could offer you merit based scholarships (assuming you’re not eligible for need based aid, that is), and also find some Canadian schools that you love that would also be affordable. When the time comes you can compare aid packages and come to a compromise with your parents.</p>
<p>thanks for the help. </p>
<p>Finances are not at all a problem for me. The thing is that my parents feel going to the US and spending so much money is a waste . All is ask is for the following questions :-</p>
<p>1)I want to settle down in the US after my studies . Will studying in the US give me more oppurtunities ? . Where does Canada stand in terms of education ? </p>
<p>I am currently living in some other country (Though I have a canadian resident visa) </p>
<p>Do you think it is worth it ? .
Do you think I can transfer to a good US university after 2-3 year ? .
Do you think I will get a better job (or in to a better Grad school) if I go to the US ? .
What Will I be missing out on ? .
What will I be gaining If I stay in Canada ?.</p>
<p>If you have considerable funds then there’s going to be a BIG difference in having your parents pay $6,000 a year and paying $30,000 a year.</p>
<p>I honestly think that studying in the US will give you no more opportunities than studying in Canada. It’s what you do with the degree that counts, not where you study.</p>
<p>Top Canadian schools stand up there with stop schools anywhere else.</p>
<p>It might be possible to transfer, but who knows. I would say it’s a bad idea going to a college with the plan of transferring out to a top college elsewhere because transfer admissions are very tight. If you do take this route then you need to make sure that where you go first is definitely somewhere that you aren’t going to hate.</p>
<p>Honestly, I’m not sure how Canada stands in terms of immigration to the US. If Canadian citizens are regarded as foreigners the same way Brits, Australians or anyone else are then you can’t go into this thinking that studying in the US is going to give you a clear path to live there when you’re done studying as gaining citizenship is VERY difficult for foreigners. But like I said, I don’t know much about that and it could be a totally different process. You should look into that more.</p>
<p>It is very, very difficult to stay <em>permanently</em> in the US after graduation due to a Congress-imposed visa cap for employment-based visas and green card apps down the road are very hard too whether you graduated from a US university or not. There is the TN status for Canadians if you just want to work here for a few years and then return to Canada, but even then the added cost of a US degree is still very difficult to swallow since you probably won’t be able to recoup your ‘investment’ in a US degree via the TN (which does not make you eligible for the green card).</p>
<p>So your “backup” option will be working in Canada, where a Toronto/Waterloo degree is likely to be very respected (since they’re among the top schools). Transferring to the top US schools is very, very difficult - don’t count on it if you don’t get in as a freshman. So you will be spending way more in the US than in Canada for not very much in return. Unless you get a very good financial aid/merit aid package I would not recommend the US.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot , both of you . </p>
<p>I am considering to stay in Canada . Though I will be applying to universities in the US as well . I will be applying to Ga tech presidents scholarship (Keeping my fingers crossed) . I recently visited both Waterloo as well as Toronto and have decided to go with Toronto . </p>
<p>Thanks again (if not Ga Tech , then Grad school for US )</p>
<p>You have to be a US citizen/green card holder for the Georgia Tech presidential scholarship. Good luck with everything else, though (:</p>