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heres my situation, i plan to take a gap year and want to apply to ivy caliber schools for next year. however yesterday, i started thinking about applying to european unis. particularly university of amsterdam.
This is what im considering now , getting bachelors in europe and then applying to ivy caliber schools for masters program. ill get bachelors degree in EU when im almost 21, if i take a gap year and get a US bachelors degree ill be almost 23.
what would you doo? take a gap year and apply to us uni , or go to europe?
What’s your end goal? Your other threads seem to indicate a desire to work in the US. Are you coming here for an education or a job? What you should do depends on what you want.
You have a ~1370 SAT, right? I’m not sure if that’s high enough to compete with other internationals for the limited Ivy spots. You said your parents can pay $40k/year for you to go to school. That’s good. Did you get accepted to any US colleges this year? If so, pick one and go there if it will help you get a job when you return home. Don’t spend a small fortune for a US education on the assumption that you’ll be able to work here when you graduate. The chances of that are remote.
@austinmshauri well yes youre right about sat score ,but consider that i only prepared for 2 months, + it was only time when i prepared for something english related. im taking gap year to get decent scores, and improve ECs.
and my end goal is yea exactly to work in US.
p.s. i didnt send any applications
If you want to work in the U.S., getting a U.S.-based bachelor’s degree would probably be the best choice if money is no object. There are lots of colleges in the U.S. that you could gain admission to with a 1370 SAT score, and although they may not rank the same as the Ivy League, many of them will be very good to excellent.
But getting your BA in Europe and then getting a U.S. master’s degree is a good strategy, too. The EU university is likely to be less expensive for you, leaving you with some money to pay for graduate school later. The only issue here is that it’s harder to plan that far out and control what happens in the future.
@juillet thanks for the answer.