You’re worried about the wrong things. You need a school you can afford. If you don’t get a 3.0, you won’t be an engineer.
As an fyi, 50% of engineering students change their major or drop out.
You asked your chances - not great.
You gave a budget. I gave you a school.
Best of luck.
It’s always hard for me to understand the value proposition for an international coming to the US for a non-meet needs school vs going to Europe where most schools are a lot cheaper and, for this student, travel costs to and from college will be cheaper too. Plus health insurance should be cheaper (and usually free after the initial contribution I believe, whereas the US it’s the contribution plus the copays and deductibles, etc). Young students are probably generally in good health, but accidents happen.
In other words, shoot your shot at the top schools but if you don’t get those and you’re not staying in the US after and you’re not getting name recognition elsewhere for where you’ve been, why pay so much extra?
any good schools in Europe most of them dont teach in English
Not an expert but there are enough that do, I’ve known people going to Netherlands, Germany and elsewhere with English taught courses. Is your French good enough for instruction?
Which of these statements is true?
Have you taken the TOEFL?
it isn’t my first language but the exam i took is called english first language
my french is good enough but i dont have anything to prove it
For merit scholarships, it would mean looking at the usual lists of full tuition or greater merit scholarships, and then contacting the school directly to see if international students are eligible for them if that is not mentioned on the web pages.
W Carolina is ABET for EE and right at $20k for tuition, room and board but over with all the required extras.
Actually MIT and Stanford probably are the highest ranked schools for engineering. Any of these would be quite good however. They are of course all high reaches as others have said.
MIT is known for being academically very challenging. Studying there has been compared to drinking water from a fire hose.
I think that from the five highly ranked schools that you mentioned the most likely outcome would be zero acceptances. The acceptance rate for international students at these schools is somewhere around about 2%, and they tend to get very strong applicants.
Yes, you are a strong candidate. You problem is that most of the other applicants are also strong candidates.
Is $20,000 per year your total budget? In your original post you said that this was the budget for tuition. However, you will also have other expenses such as room and board, books, health insurance, and travel.
I agree with other responses that you might want to consider the U. of Alabama. I would expect its listed cost to be above your budget, but they do give pretty good merit aid.
Is your French good enough for you to take at least most of your classes in French? If so, then another school to consider is the University of Ottawa in Canada. They have a significant tuition break for bilingual students. You will have to take at least three of your classes each semester in French if I am understanding correctly what I just read on their web site. You might want to at least consider this as an option. Note that their prices are listed in Canadian dollars, and consider the exchange rate.
I think that it is normal for international students applying to highly ranked universities in the US to have a solid safety in their home country, and to only apply to reaches in the US. This clearly does work out for some students.
For Western Carolina (which I agree is one of the least costly undergrad schools for non-residents)…you still will need to do the following:
For our office to create/issue your I-20 form, international undergraduate degree-seeking students are required to demonstrate a minimum of $27,657 USD in proof of funding for your first year of study. This includes $8,630 tuition and fees, $12,354 living expenses, and $6,673 in other personal expenses (health insurance, travel, etc.).
Absolutely I am better at french than english as long as they don’t require any diploma in french it won’t be an issue
Are you able to take something like the Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française (DELF) in Morocco? My understanding is that there are multiple levels of proficiency that can be tested but I do not know much about it (I might have once been able to pass the lowest level, but not for many years now).
I do not know whether or not U.Ottawa would require a test of your proficiency in either English or French. You might want to check their web site, look at admissions requirements, and if you do not find it there then just email them and ask. If you email them, there is a pretty good chance that whomever reads your email and replies might be fully bilingual.
I second taking the DELF. French programs will require a B2 level (advanced) for the most part.
Ottawa’s automatic scholarship for bilingual students is a good one, look into Waterloo too (apply before Dec1 to have a shot at scholarships.)
In the US, there’s high demand and high attrition in EECS. As a result, any ABET-accredited program can lead to OPT for practical experience AS LONG AS THE CURRENT RULES REMAIN, which is far from certain. (Note that if you get a STUDENT visa interview and you mention you plan on staying or working after graduation that’s an automatic refusal. Whatever might happen after college should not be your concern, only your studies.)
So, your strategy can be three-pronged:
Need-blind admission - Wikipedia - look here for universities that meet full need
https://troy.academicworks.com/opportunities/6532 see if this is open to internationals
You need to look for the list that is BOTH need blind AND meets full need. It is in that link.
Need blind is an admissions term…meaning the admissions department does not know your financial need when making your admission decision.
Meeting full need for all means that ALL accepted students full financial need is met as calculated by the college.
If you are low income…you need both.
There are colleges that are need blind for all students but don’t come close to meeting full financial need.
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