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Which country? Each country has a different educational system.

We're French and not sending our kids to French unis as direct admits. The system was reformed a few years before the pandemic, to deal with an influx of students, and the reform was a disaster, worsened by Covid. ParcourSup is a system of ranked choice that supposedly depends on your Baccalaureat performance, but in practice some very high-scorers sometimes don't get their preferred university choice (or any uni!), which has led to some really bad press in recent years, and deservedly so. High schoolers coming from abroad without the Bac were initially not recognized by the system, and now don't have priority in the system so may not end up getting any of their preferred university choices. It's a complete mess.

Additionally, coming from the American system which does not teach students how to write long essays, admissions counselors generally advise expats not in an accredited French high school to avoid a totally French, writing-heavy, university system, but pick other unis in their countries that have exchange programs with the best French unis instead. Exchange programs cater to international students, which makes them a better fit (and they have classes in French or other languages). Unless you're going for STEM degrees, but then you still run into the ParcourSup issue.

We are looking at British and Canadian universities, particularly McGill, since Montreal is French-speaking.

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