<p>Hey everyone. I wasn't sure whether to put this in this foum or the scholarships forum but I guess I'll put it here until someone tells me otherwise. I live in Ohio and toward the end of last school year I went to Canada and fell in love with the campus at University of Western Ontario. The problem though is, I cannot afford the full tuition and the man in the admissions office told me that I could not receive a scholarship as a U.S. high school student. Now I'm assuming he meant the University itself is not able to give me a scholarship. I'm looking for anything though. Does anyone know where I can find scholarships or grants that will fit my need? I can only find scholarships for Canadian students coming to the U.S. and I found a few European students coming to Canada but no U.S. students going to Canada. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you so much.</p>
<p>does anyone find it weird that US students can't afford a canadian university, it's usually the other way around</p>
<p>Yes, the exchange rate is in my favor but that doesn't mean I can pay full tuition. No, I'm not a rich American. I need financial aid. The difference with me going to a U.S. university is that I'm a great student, I could get a scholarship to go somewhere in the country to help pay for the fees. But I want to go to Western.</p>
<p>Abby, as a U.S. student you would not qualify for any financial aid at an Ontario school, as you know. I'm not aware of any scholarships which are specifically for American students studying in Canada. My D just started at U of T and I completely understand your love for a Canadian school. My suggestion is to apply to Western along with the schools you're interested in that are U.S. colleges and look into what type of loans are available to you and your family. Once you have the financial aid packages available to you from the U.S. schools, you and your parents can sit down and decide what will be the best option. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>^^ the exchange rate isn't in your favor man, it used to be 1USD=1.6CAD, now it's like 1USD=1.25CAD
also, why western? i hear it's horrible! and plus, living in london isn't really good :(, i hear there's barely anything to do. if you love the campus, maybe you should visit Queen's which probably has the most beautiful campus of all the ontario schools.
as for money... hm... loan?</p>
<p>Have you thought about other provinces? I'm from Illinois and had the same problem as you. Some universities do have really good financial aid for international. I applied to University of Toronto(no aid to internationals), University of Guelph(only gave a few thousand), and University of Victoria where I am going now. They gave me over $7000 which brought the tuition and fees down to about $6800 canadian. Vancouver Island is beautiful, it was by far the best looking surroundings of the three I visited in terms of location and if rankings matter to you it is ranked #3 for comprehensive universities in Canada. It took me about one hour to fall in love with Victoria when I visited it last year. It is really the most amazing place, and much warmer than Ontario:)</p>
<p>I have the same problem as you with financial aid, the FAFSA has UWO on there so you would get aid from our native country...Also try these web sites - </p>
<p>International Education Finance Corp. - <a href="http://www.iefc.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.iefc.com</a>
International Scholarships - <a href="http://www.internationalscholarships.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.internationalscholarships.com</a></p>
<p>Don't limit yourself to UWO. There are lots of great Canadian schools and some will have scholarships and financial aid. </p>
<p>Some suggestions: UBC (good int'l and IB scholarships), Victoria, Carlton, Ottawa, Calgary, Toronto, Dalhousie, McGill, St.FX, etc.</p>
<p>Do some research and you'll find what you're looking for.</p>
<p>abby, from what i know, canadian universities (being large research-unis) aren the least bit interested in character and stuff like that. they are more interested in whether your grades are good enough to embark on their research stuff, and whether you demonstrate the ability to pay. and dont refute me on this, it's from the horse's (adcoms person who i talked to face-to-face) mouth.</p>
<p>You should apply to some east coast schools, where tuition for international students is $20,000, you can also use American student loans to pay for school in Canada and many smaller east coast schools have more International scholarships, you can also use loans your parents take out to pay for school too ( personal loans).</p>