Okay, I see, thank you… So should I fill out the waitlist letter for NYU? I think a lot of you think that Canada would be the best option considering my passport and family. I think that long term I do consider my immigration status to be a bigger consideration than the university degree? In HK, I go to an American school so I am naturally pushed towards the US for college that’s why I was still so concerned about NYU. Are any of you graduates or currently studying at UofToronto or UBC? If so, can you tell me about the school? Studying economics at either of them would probably be really popular so would I still be able to get a personal relationship with the professor for future research prospects?
If immigration is most important, Canada for sure.
You have several good offers. Take one of them. Don’t expend any more energy on NYU. Given the immigration and work issues in the US, I think you should focus on Canada instead.
U of T and U of BC have their own sub-forums inside the Colleges and Universities Forum. Here are direct links:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-british-columbia/
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-toronto/
There also is a Canada sub-forum inside the International Students Forum:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/canada/
Okay will check them out!
I agree with other comments that Canada has a far more straightforward and far more reliable path to “immigration via education” compared to the US. I do not know what it takes to immigrate to the UK but from what I have heard it is not easy.
Toronto and UBC are also great schools which are widely respected across Canada and elsewhere (including in the US).
@DadTwoGirls part of the problem with the UK is they keep changing the rules for skilled migrants … from HSMP to tier 1 to …whatever is in place now (I stopped paying attention to it but it’s likely to change further again at some point in response to the post Brexit landscape, once that normalizes). It used to be pretty easy to stay on and work and eventually remain if you had studied in the UK, but that’s no longer the case.
I have a niece who just finished at UBC- super happy experience. Loved the college, loved her friends, loved BC so much she stayed. But that’s just anecdotal!