Canadian universities are looking for high academic achievers. Waterloo puts some weight on extracurriculars.
Canadian universities don’t give much, if any, aid to internationals. The “sticker” price is less than US schools though. Financial aid is generally handled by the provinces and is available to permanent residences and citizens only.
U of T has the Pearson scholarships which are full scholarships for international students. They give about 37 per year. You must be nominated by your high school. https://future.utoronto.ca/pearson/about
Sorry no, its not easy to transfer into MIT, because they only take about 2-4 students under a transfer plan.
Its easier to get in as a freshman. Wellesley students do not have any advantage to transfer to MIT but
they can take up to HALF Their classes at MIT, and do research at MIT and still earn a degree at Wellesley in computer science or physics.
See rules here:
http://www.wellesley.edu/registrar/registration/cross_reg/mit
I think though Wellesley does not offer any engineering major, if you desire that, and it is an all girls liberal arts college without any substantial research programs on campus. However you can, if you read the rules, do research for credit at MIT and that applies to your Wellesley degree. (Its called UROP, Undergrad Research Opportunities program).
MIT’s research is well organized, so there is a way to find professors willing to take undergrads in their labs, and you earn credit for that towards a degree program.
Read the cross registration website to learn more. Because of this feature, a number of girls apply to both MIT and
Wellesley, as Wellesley will give them access to MIT professors and research work.
If you would be frustrated to be on a bus to MIT every week, and get a degree from Wellesley at the end, this may not be a fit for you. You cannot get an engineering degree, but you could take some EE classes at MIT for a CS or physics degree at Wellesley and it should count for graduation. See rules above.
If you are interested in engineering, start out in an engineering school that offers an actual engineering degree. A prospective employer hiring engineers will likely not hire without an engineering degree in most cases. You may take some EE or other engineering courses at MIT, but your degree will still just be a BA from Wellesley. For CS, I also recommend attending a technological university that has a strong CS program. All ABET accredited engineering and most CS schools still require a significant liberal arts/humanities component in the curriculum, so it is not necessary to attend a dedicated liberal arts college to be able to study them.
thank you all for your information.
I want to pursue a CS degree (I’m not too sure). I’m OK with both co-ed and single ed universities. I prefer universities to LACs, but I’ll apply to some of LACs safety schools and a plan for transferring to top schools next year.
@Bouders one of my friends went to British Columbia and got a good scholarship.
@Coloradomama Is it a significant thing in the resume? taking half of your courses in MIT and working with good Professor of it. I mean I know it’s good for applying for graduate and Ph.D. but is it acceptable to employers, too? (or as Engineer80 said not)
@Engineer80 actually, as I said above, I prefer universities to LACs and LACs are my second choice. I should decide between studying in the most top school in our country (SUT) or a LAC (as second choices). Transferring plan and getting used to the American culture are also important factors.
It might be worth it to look at Mount Holyoke also. It is a smaller town than Smith but has been generous with international students.
Any chance you would be willing to study at a Catholic university? Some are trying to increase diversity and you would be more likely to be admitted than MIT or the Ivy colleges.
I’m a senior from Iran. Sadly it looks like Iranian students can’t have a CSS profile. There is no Iran to select as the answer to the ‘‘country of citizenship’’ when you’re filling out the CSS forms.