BASc Applied Artificial Intelligence Program at HKU.
Bachelor of Science at Ecole Polytechnique.
Double BSc Economics and Econometrics at EUR
Economics at UvA
Business Engineering at KU Leuven.
Mechanical Engineering at KIT
CSE at TU Delft
Affordability is extremely important for me. KU Leuven is the least expensive with a COA of 14,500 USD per year (my own calculation). The rest cost between 20k - 25k USD per year over the course of three years. Note that only HKU lasts 4 years among these schools.
I also have offers with scholarships from some US colleges:
Do you want to study CS, Economics, or Engineering ?
HKU has the downside of being in HongKong after the National Security Act was passed. Bad news if youāre pro democracy/pro freedom of speech/pro freedom of opinion.
Ecole Polytechnique will be heavy on pure math and lots of physics, with the possibility of adding CS or economics. Near Paris but in a not-so-college student friendly suburb.
What is EUR?
Ku Leiven, KIT and and Tu Delft will be technical. Excellent if you want to focus on that one field.
If you want CS and a more flexible approach, Denison is your best deal. Very reputable, connections with GAFAM (through alumni Iām guessing), student-centered, residential experience.
Ecole Polytechnique is in the same tier as HYPSM, Oxbridge, ŠŠ¤Š¢Š, ŠŠŠ£ for STEM.
Itās just a different order of magnitude in terms of prestige.
Itās not the Grande Ecole (graduate) program but the international bachelorās program, which is mostly designed for international students who canāt attend āprepasā (but can pay and can handle math.) They benefit from the name but the program isnāt in the same league as the Grande Ecole program. It does emphasize abstraction, pure math, etc. like its big brother.
I donāt think they are trying to make money with the Bachelor of Science program because they give out very generous scholarships to most of the students.
The graduate students are so elite that they donāt pay anything - theyāre paid to attend. So, even though international students donāt pay much, relatively speaking, theyāre a good deal
I remember that the French Engineering school used to come to our school to recruit top students(yes, I remember that they did offer some sort of full ride to attract talented students)but tbh, most of the top students(like T10%) usually choose to go to either a top college in my country, or a top college in the US(like Harvard, MIT, and such).
For my understanding, UVAās admission standard is the highest among the other schools you got accepted to, plus if you plan to have a business career in the future, UVAās undergraduate business school has a really great program(like the one in Ivey business school) where you are only be able to enter at your Junior year(although you have to apply second time to this program, the acceptance rate is three times higher if you are an internal applicant).
But anyway, these are all great school, gl on making a decision.
I was thinking UvA meant āUniversity of Amsterdamā not University of Virginia? @kokfik can you shed light on this?
For what itās worth, Iād pick Bsc Polytechnique if you want combined subjects+abstract math+a high profile campus+French life/Paris+ getting a work visa, Denison if you want CS+general education+residential college+ US culture+ 3 years OPT, Econ/Econometrics at EUR if you want Econ+ getting a work visa, CSE at TU DElft if you want Engineering+ work visa.
Thank you for your comments, honestly, they are very helpful. Iām wondering what you think about HKU, setting aside the political situation there? Should I completely eliminate that option?
I wouldnāt go to HKU with the situation in Hong Kong. Too risky, even if youāre used to controlling what you say, what you post on social media, etc, you could get in trouble and get others in trouble. The rankings arenāt worth risking ending in a jail in a country where you donāt speak the language and where thereās no rule of law.
If cost is not a concern I will go with Denison, @Midwestmomofboys knows more, I would recommend you to ask her any question about the school. I believe her children went there? (sry if Iām wrong, I donāt have a great memory tbh.) and she seems to know a lot about the school.
