@Kardinalschnitt: English unis at UK/EU rates would cost a lot less than full-pay at an American private or full-pay OOS at an American public.
Scotland would be nearly tuition-free so seems like a good option. Ireland may be as well. Some good unis there. TCD in Ireland (and UCD for business) as well as the Ancient Scottish unis would be comparable to the English unis below Oxbridge(/LSE) and there is more flexibility at the Scottish Unis and TCD as well.
@MYOS1634 would understand why your kid may not want to go the French route. But if she has French citizenship, McGill and other Quebec unis would be quite cheap.
German Unis are also tuition-free, and there are some English language courses there.
@PurpleTitan Haven’t run the numbers fully yet, but there are a tiny handful of schools in the US where COA might be lower than in England, what with living expenses and all. Although I can’t compare the costs of living there as a student to the costs of living there as a family, I know. I do have a US uni on our list that would be 13,000 COA and that’s before any sort of aid. Also, the grandfather wants to help out, and I think he’d like to see her in the US.
Trust me, it’s my dream to send her to Scotland (not sure she can manage TCD with her current stats) but she wants warm weather! I did manage to get her to consider it, though. I’m still waiting on replies to my queries to certain Scottish unis. The only reason we’re considering England is stats – although with today’s reply I’m becoming more confident that it’ll be more down to her SAT Subjects and a few Grade 12 grades rather than overall GPA. The test scores aren’t a problem.
That’s my kid, not MYOS1634 who’s French. And, yes, we have Quebec in mind, for sure. Damn them for recently changing it to domestic tuition for French citizens instead of “in-state” essentially. Still cheap, though. Not a huge choice for her course. McGill is too competitive and not the right environment for her. Would have to be in French, which is precisely what she’s wanting to avoid in France! Though she says she might manage Canadian Frenchies! Again, though…cold! As for German unis, she’ll have B2 German, so could conceivably go (nothing in English in her course – almost no STEM subjects, really, at bachelor). Our list is long and involves at least five countries. I’ve made our list and sworn I’d let it go until September as I’m getting on her nerves!
@Kardinalschnitt: Instruction at McGill is in English. It’s an English-language uni in a small English enclave of Montreal. It is gigantic with grade deflation and weeding-out, true.
“I do have a US uni on our list that would be 13,000 COA and that’s before any sort of aid.”
With merit scholarships? That would be possible with scholarships. Pretty much impossible without merit scholarships.
What about Concordia or Bishop’s? Both are in English and
She would also qualify for free tuition for 3-yezr professional cegeps which either lead to Quebec’s second year in university (check partnerships and equivalencies as not all cegeps have them) or work.
@MYOS1634 Thanks! Don’t wanna highjack this thread, but just want to reply that Concordia/Bishop’s have dd’s course but in a concentration/area she’s not interested in – not that she won’t change her mind, eventually, about courses. Cegep could work because she’s actually more interested in doing hands-on career-oriented stuff than she is in the core/liberal arts courses. I’ll look into that. Was not aware she would qualify for free tuition for those. Thanks!
Again, though…cold! As for German unis, she’ll have B2 German, so could conceivably go (nothing in English in her course – almost no STEM subjects, really, at bachelor). Our list is long and involves at least five countries. I’ve made our list and sworn I’d let it go until September as I’m getting on her nerves!