Any Canadians going to US school? (degrees, high school, credits, masters)

[tabbcat]

I have a friend who has a 3 year degree from a college in Canada (Cambrian College - Full-time Programs (http://www.cambriancollege.ca/_Our_Programs/Full-time_programs/showpage.cfm?cboPrograms=/fulltime/html/termprograms/201009cety.htm - broken link)) and he wants to come to the US to study further. A few questions:

(1) I *think* he'd need to transfer his credits to a university and some would probably go towards his B.S. He wouldn't just be able to skip to a Masters though, right?

(2) How does funding work for Canadians? I know he probably can't get student loans through FAFSA/US banks... but it seems like Canadian banks will only do a $10k loan unless he's in a graduate program...which as we all know, won't cover a semester

Thanks in advance for any help or resources!

[tabbcat]

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[XodoX]

Originally Posted by tabbcat

I have a friend who has a 3 year degree from a college in Canada (Cambrian College - Full-time Programs (http://www.cambriancollege.ca/_Our_Programs/Full-time_programs/showpage.cfm?cboPrograms=/fulltime/html/termprograms/201009cety.htm - broken link)) and he wants to come to the US to study further. A few questions:

(1) I *think* he'd need to transfer his credits to a university and some would probably go towards his B.S. He wouldn't just be able to skip to a Masters though, right?

(2) How does funding work for Canadians? I know he probably can't get student loans through FAFSA/US banks... but it seems like Canadian banks will only do a $10k loan unless he's in a graduate program...which as we all know, won't cover a semester

Thanks in advance for any help or resources!

1. Up to the College to decide. Usually, they do not accept 3 year degrees from Pakistan or India. Those 3 year degrees are pretty good. They just don't do the general education crap we have to do, since they do it in High School. I'm pretty sure they that Canada is not a problem.

2. There are some bankls that do offer financial aid for international students. Honesty, I do not know why he wants to come here. Can get the same edication in Canada for MUCH less money. To get the F-1student visa, you have to prove that you got ebough money to pay for one year, though.