To which schools should I apply for Mechanical Engineering?

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@Amad3us

It’s a little bit more complicated though because back in Europe I could study at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, which is considered a top school for engineering worldwide. In addition, it is a safe school for me (without taking any additional tests), it would just cost me about $1000 tuition half a year and I would receive my degree in 3 years (which is standard in Europe).

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<p>It is rather unlikely that any of the universities in the US will be competitive cost-wise for undergraduate study for an international student (graduate study is more likely to be funded). Based on what you said above, SFIT will cost about $6,000 tuition over three years, versus about $140,000 tuition over four years for any of the universities in the US (and add more for living expenses, which may or may not be higher than for SFIT).</p>