Canadian 2016 Applicants to US Schools - Page 2

AznCanadian · 10-22-2011, 07:45 PM

calgirl15, What are your stats and what do you want to major in/career?

calgirl15 · 10-23-2011, 05:16 AM

I posted them in the 2016 stats thread. Speaking of which, I'll bump that thread up to the top of this forum again so everyone can see it...

tomofboston · 10-23-2011, 10:00 AM

@lanz17: Are you a dual citizen? If not, I hope you come from an affluent family. I don't believe that any of the American schools you listed offer need based financial aid to international students. Merit aid at those schools is extremely competive. Tuition alone, even out of state tuition, is in the $40,000/year range.

lanz17 · 10-28-2011, 08:41 PM

tomofboston: No, I am not. It is really unfortunate that the American schools that I want to attend do not offer need based financial aid to international students. My parents understand how terrible expensive tuition is to attend any of them and have told me that if I got in, they would pay for it. I will definitely feel bad if I actually attend one of them and end up costing them thousands of dollars, but I guess I will just have to make up for it by working hard.

tomofboston · 10-28-2011, 10:34 PM

@lanz17: There is really no academic reason to attend those US schools. You can get just as good an education at McGill, UBC, Toronto or Queen's. It appears your reason is that you want to study in the US. Also, if your parents can afford to pay $50,000 plus per year for tuition, room and board, you would not qualify for need based aid even if it were available. Need based aid in the US is based on family income.

nebbalish · 10-30-2011, 12:40 PM

I just submitted my ED application to Columbia yesterday! Now my parents and I are struggling through the darn CSS profile

I am kinda regretting applying for FA for Columbia but Columbia really is my #1 choice but my parents can't afford to just shelf $50k a year for me :/

but there goes my chances at Columbia then //sigh goodbye need-blind

Anyway, I've applied to Loran (sponsored) and I'm going to apply for the U of T Book Award.

I'm definitely going to apply for the renewable scholarships at McGill. Don't know if my grades are good enough though...my school doesn't inflate marks...at all OTL

905416 · 10-30-2011, 04:36 PM

Another Canadian applicant from the GTA area. GL to everyone on your apps!

calgirl15 · 10-31-2011, 08:52 PM

Congrats nebbalish! I also just submitted my Harvard application. (Of course, I'd sent in the supplement and payment two weeks ago, but earlier today was when I sent the actual Common App.)

lanz17 · 11-01-2011, 09:30 PM

@tomofboston: My parents are actually quite adamant on me attending school in the US. I wouldn't mind the change of pace and experience. I will definitely be applying to a few of those schools you mentioned like McGill, UBC, U of T. I will see which schools I actually get accepted to and look over all the pros and cons of each school before I decide where I would like to attend. Thank you for your input!

Ancientday · 11-10-2011, 07:39 PM

I'm pretty sure Columbia is need-blind to Canadians, this is defnitely correct as of class of 2015. Correct me if I am wrong.

calgirl15 · 11-10-2011, 11:24 PM

It was need-blind until last admissions season. Starting with the college class of 2016, it will no longer be need-blind to Canadians.

Ancientday · 11-12-2011, 06:34 PM

Aww shucks. I guess I was pretty fortunate last year.
Damn the American economy

starbright · 11-12-2011, 06:57 PM

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I will definitely feel bad if I actually attend one of them and end up costing them thousands of dollars, but I guess I will just have to make up for it by working hard.

No offense intended, but not just 'thousands of dollars' but more like "200,000".....and what kind of 'hard work' is going to make up that? Do you parents know the cost differential? Having taught at one of the best US schools on your list, and now a top Canadian school....I can only shake my head. Some of those aren't even on par educationally speaking with top Canadian unis you are interested in. What change of pace or experience, exactly, are you expecting? This honestly makes no sense. But blessed are you and your family that 200k is relatively trivial, I guess.

lanz17 · 11-13-2011, 02:47 AM

@starbright: I understand what you are saying. I definitely have not ruled out attending a Canadian school and have my sights set on a couple of them as well. My parents are very aware of the frighteningly expensive costs and honestly, I think they are crazy. I've even tried talking them out of it, but they have told me constantly that they would not have even offered to let me take the SAT or apply to US schools if they did not believe in me. Obviously, I am feeling the pressure here. I'm tempted to just attend a Canadian school because of the costs. Thank you for your input. It really helps.

nebbalish · 11-24-2011, 09:47 PM

I'm eagerly waiting for ED decisions to come out in two weeks!

But my parents and I agreed that if I get into McMaster Health sciences, we'll pull out of our ED agreement with Columbia.

Even if I get into Columbia ED, I'm still going to apply to Canadian schools, albeit a bit more aggresively, not that Columbia is "my backup".

Of course, I'm getting ahead of myself. 99.9% I'm going to be rejected, so it's time to start working on those supp apps for Mcmaster and Queens!