lori - i'm canadian. a citizen, and born there. i would be paying domestic fees so it was an amazing option financially.
bs and ba won't get you qualified for liscensing. barch will.
if you choose to get a bs or a ba, you're basically going to only be a drafter for a firm, or you're plannign to go to grad school for...whatever.
bs/ba will save you 1 year of tuition, but if you want a "fast" track to liscensing, go in barch.
every school differs though - some have a 4+2 bs+march, 5 year co-op bs/ba, 5 year barch, 5 1/2 bs+march...do your research on the required credits carefully :]
oh, and i got into ucberkeley and cmu
