But there comes a time when you have to make the adult decision. Your parents might be okay with your giving up your place in line for a green card, but are you? That’s a big decision, one that is a career and life changer. You might be fine with just having Canadian citizenship, but I wouldn’t be.
I stood in line and paid for my daughter to become a US citizen and it would crush me if she were to give it up for the prestige of one college over another. She wasn’t into prestige at all and gave up a T-20 LAC for the program she wanted (and the money) at a much lower ranked school. Ah, she is my daughter after all (looking for a bargain!)
Look at what would have happened this year if you’d been in college in Canada and your parents in the US. You’d have had to visit them in the US and quarantined every time you crossed the border. My niece is going to Canada this weekend for the first time in almost 2 years to visit her inlaws (her husband is Canadian). The inlaws only live about 2 hours away and they used to go about once a month, but they didn’t have the 14 days to quarantine each time they crossed the border.
It also took her husband about 2 years to get through the paperwork for him to get a green card to work in the US. For those 2 years (way pre-covid) he worked in Canada, she worked in Montana and Washington State, and they visited each other about once a month. Hard way to start a marriage.