As a current student in a French university (Sorbonne), I am not liking my experience so far. I was therefore wondering: are there any universities that accept international transfer students (I’m from Morocco) while providing good financial aid ?
While there may be a few, very rare exceptions, in general the answer is no. Private US colleges will in almost all cases require that prove you have the financial ability to pay all college costs before they will consider your application. Public US universities do not offer FA for International students.
In addition , you wont be able to get a US student Visa unless you can prove you have the money to pay for your first year of college here.
USC"s website has more information, and its rules are typical of colleges in the US.
The following is copied from the USC linked web page below
"The US government requires all international students to provide proof of the ability to pay tuition and living expenses for the first academic year. Along with your application for admission, you must submit the Financial Statement of Personal or Family Support, accompanied by documentation of available funds (such as savings deposits, checking accounts, investment portfolios, or a signed bank letter verifying the ability to pay educational expenses). Documentation may also include proof of any scholarships or fellowships you have received or expect to receive."
“Although you will not qualify for need-based financial aid if you are not a US citizen or permanent resident, you may be eligible for merit scholarships.
Please note: You will not be able to pay for the full amount of your educational expenses by working while you are in the United States.”
https://admission.usc.edu/apply/international-students/#/what-is-an-international-student
You may want to do research into Canadian Universities.
Quebec universities give French speakers a special rate in most cases, similar to what Canadians get. Tuition is far below that found in most US schools, and the education ranges from decent to excellent, depending on the school you attend.
I do not believe that the schools in any other province of Canada will give a non Canadian such as you the same tuition rate as a Canadian.
The University of Ottawa is an officially bilingual university that gives a very significant tuition break for bilingual students. I am pretty sure that this requires that you take some of your classes in English and some of your classes in French. I think that for international students you need to pay the international tuition rate (which is already very reasonable by US standards), but get a 50% break on tuition by being bilingual. Of course you should double check this.
If you are a citizen of France you get a great break on the cost of any university in the province of Quebec. However, I do not know and sort of doubt that this applies to citizens of Morocco. I have not been able to figure out the cost for international students at French language universities in Quebec (my French is not strong enough to be sure that I am reading the web site correctly).
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Thank you for your answer !
I realize that only a handful of colleges accept international transfer students while providing them with a consistent amount of financial aid and that admission is extremely selective, however, I would like to try my luck and go ahead and apply.
Are there any institutional names that come to your mind ?
Again, thank you for your help !
Thank you so much for your help !
I will definitely look into the University of Ottawa. Do you know about other well-ranked Canadian universities which offer financial aid to international transfer students ?
There is no list of places that offer aid to international transfer students. You need to check the websites of the places that look interesting to you. If the information is not clear, contact the international admissions office and ask.
What year are you? What are your grades like what are you studying? What do you dislike about the experience? What mention did you get for your bac?
All of this will impact whether you can apply elsewhere.
For the US: do you have a TOEFL score? Have you tried the SAT or ACT?
Are you a national champion or scholar of some kind?
Thank you for your answer !
I’m currently a first-year preparing a bachelor’s degree which roughly consists in the study of Math, Economics and Computer Science (the literal translation for my French diploma is : “Mathematics and Computer Science Applied to Social Sciences”). My grades are actually pretty good (the equivalent of A’s in most subjects) and I got a mention “Bien” for my Bac (15,4/20). I took both the TOEFL and the SAT last year : I scored a 104 on the TOEFL and a 1300 on the SAT (which I believe is just average).
I don’t enjoy being in the French system as I am looking for more (I realize that it sounds cheesy but I really feel this way). For instance, I would love to get involved on campus but there aren’t much opportunities here and the campus (which is a basically a 23 floor building) isn’t quite one.It is almost constantly overcast in Paris, the weather is gloomy and the city is just enormous, which can be overwhelming. Of course, Paris is really mesmerizing and is amongst the best cities in world. Nevertheless, it’s just not for me. I’ve always dreamed of joining an American university but unfortunately, I got rejected by all the US colleges that I applied to last year. I was wondering if I could have another shot as a transfer student to join a good-ranked university, anywhere in the world, in the US ideally.
Retake the sat or the act, practice first to see if a 1450 is even possible.
But your odds are even lower now than they were last year.
If you don’t have a MAJOR achievement (like leader of z national youth group, first prize in science or math…, etc) odds are almost zero.
Your major is good.
Use Parcoursup to try and transfer either to a prepa ECS, MPI, or an IUT which will offer a more personalized education. Since you don’t like big cities, choose smaller regional cities like La Rochelle and Chambéry.
What’s your budget? Could you consider TWENTE’s ATLAS program? Scottish universities? Abertay still has places for year 2 entry, others might still.
FYI: Paris does not have a monopoly on overcast weather. You cannot use the excuse of wanting to be in the US for weather reasons.
Schools, in the US are all over the map, in various types of topography, with diverse weather conditions. The Northwestern part of the US has rain, for the most part, at least, 9 months out of the year.
Southern California has fog and overcast mornings constantly.
The Southwest can have extremely hot and cold temperature.
The Northeast and Midwest has lots of diverse snow and cold weather conditions-black ice, etc.
The Southeast has Tornado watches and flooding.
Transferring to the US, as an international student will be very difficult. Financial aid for transfers is very difficult, but for international students, it is almost impossible (you might get some aid for books).