Dual citizens (US/Europe) - college options in Europe?

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are dual French-American citizens. The oldest is going to a private university in the US, the younger is considering Canadian unis, because she wants a cold climate. As French citizens, we can pay Canadian tuition in Quebec, which makes McGill the same price as our in-state flagship.

The French university system is very difficult to access for French expats who have something other than a Baccalaureat, so this was never a consideration. They don't want to go to another continental European country, but did/will consider UK universities, for which we would pay international tuition - but undergrad is generally 3 years there, instead of 4.

Thanks for this message. Does this mean that you can't go to a French university if you don't have the IB degree?

Back in the early 2000's when I was applying to college, I looked into going to a French university (one of my parents is French). You had to have 2 year of undergrad in a US college to enter 1st year French uni or the IB. And not just an IB certificate but a certain score on the IB exams which varied from school to school.

Now another option (aside from Lycee Rochambeau) is through the Saturday French school in Bethesda. They have worked with the Ministry of Education to provide a path from American 12th grade to 1st year French uni. I believe it's a combination of an entrance exam and a certain number of AP courses.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are dual citizens with an EU country. As far as universities, they’d have to be residents to get the low tuition. Mine don’t want to live there for the 18 months or whatever is needed to establish residency. That said, the non-resident tuition is still only about $15k/yr (plus off campus housing), so it would still be a relative bargain.

Living there for 18 months would totally be worth it if you graduated debt free. Since we qualify, will certainly look into getting our EU dual citizenship. Any drawbacks to getting the EU-US dual citizenship?

My kid has it. None that we are aware of so far. Sometimes mixed up which passport to use at the airport, which will get a slightly disapproving stern look. Otherwise no issues so far.

Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are dual citizens with an EU country. As far as universities, they’d have to be residents to get the low tuition. Mine don’t want to live there for the 18 months or whatever is needed to establish residency. That said, the non-resident tuition is still only about $15k/yr (plus off campus housing), so it would still be a relative bargain.

Living there for 18 months would totally be worth it if you graduated debt free. Since we qualify, will certainly look into getting our EU dual citizenship. Any drawbacks to getting the EU-US dual citizenship?

My kid has it. None that we are aware of so far. Sometimes mixed up which passport to use at the airport, which will get a slightly disapproving stern look. Otherwise no issues so far.

Thank you!

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My kids also have EU citizenship. When they were younger, there was no residency requirement to attend university in that country at the EU rate. More recently they added a residency requirement. One of my kids has spent a ton of time in the country but would need to either move there for his last 3 years of high school or take 2 pg years there. Because uni admission is done by a standardized test where you rank your choices and they match you, including to a major, it’s too much of a gamble bc my son wants a specific major and university there. We have watched our nieces and nephews go through the process and it’s agonizing at 18 to not qualify for the major you want.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are dual citizens with an EU country. As far as universities, they’d have to be residents to get the low tuition. Mine don’t want to live there for the 18 months or whatever is needed to establish residency. That said, the non-resident tuition is still only about $15k/yr (plus off campus housing), so it would still be a relative bargain.

Living there for 18 months would totally be worth it if you graduated debt free. Since we qualify, will certainly look into getting our EU dual citizenship. Any drawbacks to getting the EU-US dual citizenship?

My kid has it. None that we are aware of so far. Sometimes mixed up which passport to use at the airport, which will get a slightly disapproving stern look. Otherwise no issues so far.

Thank you!

+1
My kids also have EU citizenship. When they were younger, there was no residency requirement to attend university in that country at the EU rate. More recently they added a residency requirement. One of my kids has spent a ton of time in the country but would need to either move there for his last 3 years of high school or take 2 pg years there. Because uni admission is done by a standardized test where you rank your choices and they match you, including to a major, it’s too much of a gamble bc my son wants a specific major and university there. We have watched our nieces and nephews go through the process and it’s agonizing at 18 to not qualify for the major you want.

Is this Germany?