What are your long range goals?
Is your primary goal studying in the US? Then sticking with Suffolk might make sense, provided you are able to afford all four years there if you aren’t able to transfer out.
Do you want a long term job in the US after graduation? Then think again. The likelihood of scoring an H1B visa after your year of OPT expires is even lower than the odds were for finding the financial aid to study here.
Do you want a long term job anywhere outside your home country, and Canada would be fine for that? Then go to York with plans to stay there through completion of your studies. Canada has much friendlier immigration and work permit policies for international graduates from its universities than the US does.
Suffolk is a good school, but I wouldn’t cross continents or oceans to go there. Why not try for a uni in your own country?
I wouldn’t recommend Suffolk to someone who’s been admitted to Schulich. It’ll be easier to get a job, even in a US, from Schulich…
It’s a bit as if someone said " I’ve been admitted to Wharton and Cardiff Met, which should I choose? "
@danny3895:
You cannot transfer. You may get into a university but you won’t get financial aid as an international transfer.
You choices are Schulich or gap year.
If Schulich grants you a deferral (meaning if you work and don’t attend any college, you can enroll Fall 2018) it may solve your problem but I don’t know if they do.
@happymomof1 Those are things I should be keeping in mind before finalizing my college. I have never thought about where I want to stay after college though I am certain that I want to work on my startup. The tech and startup culture is pretty solid in US but again you’re right getting H1B is a big risk. Whereas, Canada is definitely a place to go if I want to stay there even after my graduation.
@happymomof1 The only reason for coming to US was to benefit from the high quality of undergraduate education, but apparently I won’t be getting that in Suffolk.
@MYOS1634 Thank you so much for breaking it down to me. The only problem with Schulich is that it is a specialized business school and I am not sure if I want a business degree at undergraduate level. I am sure about pursuing entrepreneurship and working on a startup but not certain about getting a business degree. Hence, I was really keen on attending a good liberal arts college in US which would let me to explore my interests. I have also been an exchange student in US (with full scholarship) for one academic year in high school and loved the open curriculum.
With Schulich, they can definitely defer my admission for next year (Fall 2018) which would also give me the opportunity to apply again next year to some good places in US. But it would have been a lot better if I could have used some credits this year only because I am already one year older than my counterparts (due to exchange program).
I know that being one year older sounds like a big deal to you now, but it really isn’t. (In fact it’ll likely make you very motivating you’re a 21-year old sophomore :p). No one (no peer, no professors) will know your age, no one will guess at your age, no one will care. You’ll be your ‘class’ - freshman, sophomore, etc, regardless of age.
It sounds like what you want is Penn M&T. Waterloo would also be a good choice.
Are you currently working on your inovation idea?
@MYOS1634 I am definitely working on my startup at this moment, and hope to see significant development in upcoming months. Penn was like my first choice and still definitely is. I applied ED there but unfortunately nothing worked out. I also applied to a competitive liberal arts besides Penn called Haverford and was waitlisted there but their class got full as well.
Haverford is very need-aware and only admits three internationals who need aid per year. You were wait listed for financial reasons, most likely.
Did you take sat subjects?
Will your start up produce results (sales, number of downloads…any number or prize…?) by October?
My startup would be able to generate users and app downloads. I did take SAT subject too but only took Math Level 2 where I scored 800. I think I need to work on my SAT; can definitely pull up to 1500 and take one more SAT subject like Physics.
I vote for Schulich if it is affordable. The Wharton of Canada would be more like Stern, but still pretty darn good.
Schulich is actually coming out to be cheaper than Suffolk.
Schulich is actually coming out to be cheaper than Suffolk.
“York or Suffolk?”
This is actually a rather difficult question.
Toronto is a very expensive place to live, even more expensive than Boston. Housing is the major issue in Toronto.
I don’t think that I have ever seen any university ranking that compares York with Suffolk, and I would not expect to find one either. I think that they are academically at about the same level. York is a LOT bigger (50,000 students versus 9,000 students). I haven’t compared their individual programs but you might want to do so.
I suspect that transferring to a university in the US is more likely to happen if you are already in a university in the US, compared to being in a university in Canada. However, I expect that transferring to a different university next year is not very likely to happen. Thus I think that you are better off going to whichever one you are more likely to want to stay at for four years.
I don’t understand why you are so eager to study in the US. Note that studying in the US does NOT provide you with a visa to work here after graduation.
“Schulich is actually coming out to be cheaper than Suffolk”
I assume that by “Schulich” you are referring to a program at York (Mr Schulich seems to have funded programs at multiple universities in Canada). I would have expected York to be less expensive than Suffolk, but this will depend upon what sort of aid you get.
@DadTwoGirls Schulich is actually the name of York’s business school which is quite prestigious and hard to get in as compare to other programs in the university. I was eager to study in US because of top quality institutions which provide wide resources and increase your horizons. However, I am sure Suffolk doesn’t qualify to be in a top-notch league. I am a very academically strong student (my SAT might not say that because I only took it once and messed up on that) and would want to be surrounded by very smart people so that I can learn from them.
You’re right transfer seems to be extremely difficult but not impossible. I am completely informed now that the probability would be low. And I should choose a place where I would wanna stay in four years of college. I have successfully managed to get some scholarship at Schulich School of Business as well where my on-campus and tuition fees is coming to be less than what I would be paying at Suffolk.