Transfer welcoming schools [NY resident, <$50k]

I agree with others that the various SUNY schools might be your best bet.

One wild idea is McGill. One issue is that large universities in Canada are generally welcoming to transfer students. However, there is another issue. The Quebec education system is different from the system in the rest of Canada and the US. Students in Quebec only do 11 years of elementary/middle/high school, then go to CEGEP (basically junior college) for two years. After two years of CEGEP they then apply to university. This means that many of the students at McGill are entering as U0 students (coming from high schools in the US or the rest of Canada) but many others are coming in as U1 students from CEGEP’s in Quebec. Thus entering with one year worth of university in the US or the rest of Canada would put a student as entering at the same age, typically with similar credits, as half of the other students who are arriving on campus.

The cost for international students at McGill has increased quite a bit over the last few years. It is not as much of a bargain as it used to be for students from the US. I think that it does however still fit a US$50,000 budget as long as you remember to translate CDN$ into US$. Some ability to speak French might be required to graduate.

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