<p>Glad to see you have a few more university suggestions given then when I last checked this thread. I hope the thing with the Alabama scholarship works out and I am glad your correspondence with the University of Minnesota worked out, even without scholarships those fees for international students on that website were really excellent, especially for one of the better state schools in the US. The fact that the fees for internationals are only 50% higher than instate students is also shockingly low, I guess UofMinnesota is really trying to reach out and recruit a diverse student body. I have never been to Minnesota but the stereotype of the people there is that they are really friendly, so that’s pretty good. I have heard of the term “Minnesota Nice” to describe someone who is over the top friendly, so if the stereotype of a place is that they are too nice, that sounds like a good place to me to live for a few years.</p>
<p>PS: Sorry Waterloo didn’t work out. The website I posted was an AUCC website so I think they may have just listed the absolute minimum fees possible for students of each criteria (eg. in the cheapest major of each university), so it might be a bit unfortunately deceptive, still it is a good way to screen for Canadian Universities that are potentially a good fit financially. </p>
<p>Anyway, best of luck with your applications. If you have any more questions, don’t hesitate to ask!</p>