to let me go to McGill University in Canada rather than Dartmouth College?
Cost:
McGill International Student Total Fee: $16,689.92 USD
Fee includes: Tuition($14,561.70 USD), Society & other fees, Student Services/Athletics & Recreation, Registration/Transcripts & Diploma/General Administrative Charges, Copyright Fee, Information Technology Charge, SSMU Dental Insurance, International Health Insurance
Dartmouth Student Total Fee: $52,275 USD
Fee Includes: Tuition ($41,736 USD), Room, Average Board
Placement in the Top 200 Schools in the World:
McGill: #35 (#1 in Canada)
Dartmouth: #99 (#11 in the US)
I live in the US and my parents said they don’t care about distance (to which then they vehemently said that Canada was a horrible idea), but would rather me go to school in the UK instead..they want me to apply to Dartmouth College,but when I showed them the above numbers they still insisted that I go to Dartmouth & refuse to let me go to McGill even though it’s less expensive along with the other things listed above. How do I convince them that McGill is the better choice if numbers won’t?
If you can get in to Dartmouth, you would be much better off going there. Grading at most Ivy Leagues is very lax, though Dartmouth lists the average grossly inflated grade for each course on the transcript, which kind of defeats inflated grades.
http://www.gradeinflation.com/
At least one can brag about an uber overall Gpa. Depending on UK university, that is probably a much better idea than a Canadian university. Sticker prices for colleges mean nothing. The relevant figure is the expected family contribution. The McGill figures do not include room and board which can range up to $17,000 per year at public universities in the US. For a student from a family of average means, around $90,000 per year, Dartmouth is far less than McGill, like 1/5 of the cost.
Good Luck!