Anonymous
01/07/2013 14:13
Subject: Re:any French parents here with kids in American schools?--what will you do for college?
Anonymous wrote:Most scandinavian colleges offer English language masters degrees, not bachelors.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not French here, but my DH is Dutch. We are thinking about sending kids to college in Holland. As Dutch citizens they are entitled to same tuition/scholarships as any other Dutch student. All they need is an IB Diploma and to pass a Dutch test. We would probably send them to study Dutch for a year. At least some of the universities in Holland have prep courses to prepare for the Dutch test. Depending on the subject, much of the coursework may actually be in English (and many texts in English too.). The tuition differential is just so enormous. I don't see how to justify sending to college here in US.
Spanish/ US couple here. Too soon to tell, but we'd love our DC to do undergrad in Europe (some top university in either Spain or Scandinavia) and grad back here in the US.
Tuition is free, but the cost of living is the one you have to pay yourself.
Good point regarding English; let's see what happens 10 years from now! I expect more undergrad options in English all through Europe, at least bilingual E/ French, E/ Spanish, E/ German.
Anonymous
01/07/2013 13:36
Subject: Re:any French parents here with kids in American schools?--what will you do for college?
Most scandinavian colleges offer English language masters degrees, not bachelors.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not French here, but my DH is Dutch. We are thinking about sending kids to college in Holland. As Dutch citizens they are entitled to same tuition/scholarships as any other Dutch student. All they need is an IB Diploma and to pass a Dutch test. We would probably send them to study Dutch for a year. At least some of the universities in Holland have prep courses to prepare for the Dutch test. Depending on the subject, much of the coursework may actually be in English (and many texts in English too.). The tuition differential is just so enormous. I don't see how to justify sending to college here in US.
Spanish/ US couple here. Too soon to tell, but we'd love our DC to do undergrad in Europe (some top university in either Spain or Scandinavia) and grad back here in the US.
Tuition is free, but the cost of living is the one you have to pay yourself.
Anonymous
01/07/2013 10:33
Subject: Re:any French parents here with kids in American schools?--what will you do for college?
Anonymous wrote:Not French here, but my DH is Dutch. We are thinking about sending kids to college in Holland. As Dutch citizens they are entitled to same tuition/scholarships as any other Dutch student. All they need is an IB Diploma and to pass a Dutch test. We would probably send them to study Dutch for a year. At least some of the universities in Holland have prep courses to prepare for the Dutch test. Depending on the subject, much of the coursework may actually be in English (and many texts in English too.). The tuition differential is just so enormous. I don't see how to justify sending to college here in US.
Spanish/ US couple here. Too soon to tell, but we'd love our DC to do undergrad in Europe (some top university in either Spain or Scandinavia) and grad back here in the US.
Anonymous
01/07/2013 09:56
Subject: Re:any French parents here with kids in American schools?--what will you do for college?
Not French here, but my DH is Dutch. We are thinking about sending kids to college in Holland. As Dutch citizens they are entitled to same tuition/scholarships as any other Dutch student. All they need is an IB Diploma and to pass a Dutch test. We would probably send them to study Dutch for a year. At least some of the universities in Holland have prep courses to prepare for the Dutch test. Depending on the subject, much of the coursework may actually be in English (and many texts in English too.). The tuition differential is just so enormous. I don't see how to justify sending to college here in US.
Anonymous
12/24/2012 13:49
Subject: any French parents here with kids in American schools?--what will you do for college?
If you want to go to college in britain and pay eu rates, then you need eu residency for 3 years. Other eu nations let their nationals, I.e. those with dual citizenship, study with the local rates.
Anonymous
12/22/2012 13:17
Subject: any French parents here with kids in American schools?--what will you do for college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know someone who had studied French at school and planned to do so at university.
So she went to Belgium for a year as an au pair just to become fluent. She got into a nice family that treated her well and loved it
This is actually a very good idea - especially since in Europe, many kids do a gap year before entering college (whether its military or public service, or just something fun). So consider sending to your kids to France for a year to study French or live with a French family, and then apply to university the following year.
I had a friend in HS whose family was from Belgium--they spoke French at home--she lived with relatives in Belgium and did an extra year of high school there (went to an American university afterwards) after graduating from our high school. I don't know if she received any kind of diploma or certificate.
Anonymous
12/22/2012 11:06
Subject: Re:any French parents here with kids in American schools?--what will you do for college?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:But isn't McGill the Harvard of Canada? So the acceptance rate is low.
H has an acceptance rate of 6-7.
Mcgill is like 40-something.
I thought McGill was more in the 20-30% acceptance range. Maybe it depends on which department. But in any case, those are good odds for a university that routinely shows up near the top of lists of top international universities.
Anonymous
12/21/2012 20:28
Subject: Re:any French parents here with kids in American schools?--what will you do for college?
Anonymous wrote:But isn't McGill the Harvard of Canada? So the acceptance rate is low.
H has an acceptance rate of 6-7.
Mcgill is like 40-something.
Anonymous
12/21/2012 11:20
Subject: any French parents here with kids in American schools?--what will you do for college?
Anonymous wrote:I know someone who had studied French at school and planned to do so at university.
So she went to Belgium for a year as an au pair just to become fluent. She got into a nice family that treated her well and loved it
This is actually a very good idea - especially since in Europe, many kids do a gap year before entering college (whether its military or public service, or just something fun). So consider sending to your kids to France for a year to study French or live with a French family, and then apply to university the following year.
Anonymous
12/21/2012 11:12
Subject: Re:any French parents here with kids in American schools?--what will you do for college?
But isn't McGill the Harvard of Canada? So the acceptance rate is low.