Best intl. universities

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have experience with a kid learning a language and then studying in it? My kid loves language and would like to move somewhere, learn the language and then attend university there. Does anyone have an estimate for how long it might take to get fluent enough for university?

Depends on both the kid and the language.

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Anonymous wrote:https://curriculum.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education/bachelor/maastricht-science-programme

Three-year programme, wonderful surroundings, safe, taught in English, cheap

https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/support/your-studies-begin/tuition-fees/tuition-fee-guide-bachelor’s-programmes-202425

I live here! Love this city. I encourage my high school age DC to consider it. Only challenge is housing.

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Anonymous wrote:Toronto and Waterloo are the best Canadian universities for engineering.

https://www.schoolfinder.com/Discover/Article/27/6621/2024-Macleans-University-Rankings-Engineering-Programs
MacLeans has UofT, UBC, Waterloo, McGill ranked best for engineering.

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Anonymous wrote:So all these schools teach in English?

yeah though mcgill may require you to learn french there--to a B1 level, I think we will find out this fall if they will implement it

Mcgill does not require French. University of Montreal does.

It's not the school - the Quebec government announced a plan that would require 80% of out of province students (including international students) at English-speaking universities in Quebec to achieve an intermediate level of French by graduation. I believe the school is still fighting it.

I hope they win, the local gov't is notoriously insular and bigoted.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have experience with a kid learning a language and then studying in it? My kid loves language and would like to move somewhere, learn the language and then attend university there. Does anyone have an estimate for how long it might take to get fluent enough for university?

Depends on both the kid and the language.

Kid seems to pick up languages easily. His current plan is to go to Norwegian folkehogskole. He seems to think that in a year he'd be ready to go to Norwegian University of Science and Technology, which is ranked highly in his desired major.

That seems unrealistic to me, but maybe I am wrong?

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Sciences Po has a joint degree with Columbia (GS).

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Anonymous wrote:If interested in UK schools, be sure to hit the APs. You'll need five 5s for oxford or Cambridge.

Oxford only needs 3.

NP Is that seriously all you need, assuming that and good grades?! My dd has four 5s already.

You need to sit for entrance exams...

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Anonymous wrote:If interested in UK schools, be sure to hit the APs. You'll need five 5s for oxford or Cambridge.

Oxford only needs 3.

NP Is that seriously all you need, assuming that and good grades?! My dd has four 5s already.

You need to sit for entrance exams...

+ interview. and the AP's need to be relevant to the subject. Also need a high GPA and an excellent reference

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid wants international, go for real and forget Canada. Canada has the cold, the dark, the dreary weather and no cache internationally. Russell Group schools in the UK are excellent. Add in the University of Bath. If Business, look at Bocconi in Milan IE, and Esade in Spain which teaches courses in English while being able to also immerse and get fluent in another language. Also look at University of Sydney, Singapore.

Way too harsh on Canada. And I would not add University of Bath to the Russell Group.

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, then any of the Russel Group.

Imperial IS Russel Group.

I understand that. But it is a bit above the others (at least for technical subjects) hence my wording.

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NP. Imperial is the UK equivalent of MIT or Caltech. The main difference is Imperial also has Medicine.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Imperial is the UK equivalent of MIT or Caltech. The main difference is Imperial also has Medicine.

And margarine.

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For business, the University of Western Ontario (now called “Western”) is considered one of the best in Canada. It has a bucolic campus in a smaller city. For some reason nobody ever mentions it here. It’s popular for students who don’t want to deal with the huge U of Toronto or the huge city of Toronto.

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Anonymous wrote:If interested in UK schools, be sure to hit the APs. You'll need five 5s for oxford or Cambridge.

Oxford only needs 3.

NP Is that seriously all you need, assuming that and good grades?! My dd has four 5s already.

You need to sit for entrance exams...

+ interview. and the AP's need to be relevant to the subject. Also need a high GPA and an excellent reference

Just stop. Entrance exams depend on the subject; some have none. Do not need a high GPA, as has been explained. "Relevant" APs mean almost anything, just like "relevant" A-levels. Need to have an interview and be pointy in the subject, i.e. evidence of outside reading. Including all that, the admit rates range from around 10-40%.

The admit rates for top unhooked students from urban areas to Top 20 national universities and top 15 SLACS? Way, way lower. Duh. From 1% to about 15%...

Request for cite was to put a stop to constant information and lies. Should not be necessary if poster on this had integrity -- but that's lacking.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have experience with a kid learning a language and then studying in it? My kid loves language and would like to move somewhere, learn the language and then attend university there. Does anyone have an estimate for how long it might take to get fluent enough for university?

Depends on both the kid and the language.

Kid seems to pick up languages easily. His current plan is to go to Norwegian folkehogskole. He seems to think that in a year he'd be ready to go to Norwegian University of Science and Technology, which is ranked highly in his desiredy major.

That seems unrealistic to me, but maybe I am wrong?

Sure, he can be fluent in Norwegian in a year.