A THIRD YEAR IN NORTH AMERICA
NUMBEROFEXCHANGESLOTSINNORTH
AMERICA2017-18
150+SLOTS
200+SLOTS
BRITISHCOLUMBIA
▪  UNIVERSITYOFVICTORIA(EN)
Victoria,VancouverIsland
▪  UNIVERSITYOFBRITISHCOLUMBIA(EN)
Vancouver
▪  SIMONFRASERUNIVERSITY(EN)
Vancouver
ALBERTA
▪  UNIVERSITYOFCALGARY(EN)
Calgary
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
▪  #9inMaclean’sUniversityRankings
▪  Aleaderinbusinessandtraditionalenergy
▪  Growinginitiativesorientedaroundalternative
energies
▪  StephenHarper,PM2006-2015,UCAlumni
▪  www.ucalgary.ca
ONTARIO
▪  UNIVERSITYOFWESTERNONTARIO(EN)
London
▪  UNIVERSITYOFTORONTO(EN)
Toronto
▪  QUEEN’SUNIVERSITY(EN)
Kingston
▪  GLENDONCOLLEGE(EN/FR)
Toronto
▪  UNIVERSITYOFOTTAWA(EN/FR)
Ottawa
▪  CARLETONUNIVERSITY(EN)
Ottawa
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
▪  #8inMaclean’sUniversityRankings
▪  NorthAmerica’slargestandoldestbilingual
university
▪  Offersuniqueopportunitiesforstudying
governmentalandglobalaffairs
▪  www.uottawa.ca
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
▪  #4inMaclean’sUniversityRankings
▪  AverageGPAforenteringstudentsisamongthe
highestinthecountry
▪  HometooneofCanada’smostcompetitive
businessschools
▪  Newgraduateprogramsinglobaldevelopment,
publichealth,andculturalstudies
▪  www.queensu.ca
LEQUEBEC
▪  MCGILLUNIVERSITY(EN)
Montréal
▪  CONCORDIAUNIVERSITY(EN)
Montréal
▪  HEC(EN/FR)
Montréal
▪  UNIVERSITEDEMONTREAL(FR)
Montréal
▪  UNIVERSITEDUQUEBECAMONTREAL(FR)
Montréal
▪  UNIVERSITELAVAL(EN/FR)
Québec
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
▪  #13inMaclean’sUniversityRankings
▪  JohnMolsonSchoolofBusinessopenedinthe
fall10;
▪  Otherkeystrengthsincludeprogramsin
journalism(highlycompetitivecommunication
studiesdepartment),creativewriting,computer
science,women’sstudiesandTinearts
▪  Diversestudentbody,withmorethan150
countriesrepresented
▪  www.concordia.ca
CANADIAN BUSINESS SCHOOLS
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Concordia(Montréal,Québec)
HEC(Montréal,Québec)
McGill(Montréal,Québec)
Queen’s(Kingston,Ontario)
UBC(Vancouver,Colombiebritannique)
Carleton(Ottawa,Ontario)
BILINGUAL UNIVERSITIES
▪  ONTARIO
▪  GlendonCollege,Toronto(EN/FR)
▪  UniversityofOttawa,Ottawa(EN/FR)
▪  QUEBEC
▪  HEC,Montréal(EN/FR/SP)
▪  UniversitédeLaval,Québec(EN/FR)
A3RDYEARINTHEUSA
CenterfortheAmericas
DAIE
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✓ Studentmobilityfinancialaid:seeAccueilAdministraGfwebsite,
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IndianaUniversity-Bloomington
NewYorkUniversity-SternSchoolofBusiness
TulaneUniversity-FreemanSchoolofBusiness
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UniversityofNorthCarolina-ChapelHillSchoolof
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UniversityofSouthernCalifornia
Western United States
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PitzerCollege
UniversityofCalifornia(9campuses)
Berkeley-SciencesPoDualB.A.DirectProgram
BerkeleyEconomicsPrize
UniversityofWashington,Seafle
UniversityofArizona
UniversityofOregon
UniversityofSouthernCalifornia
UniversityofColoradoatBoulder
SanDiegoStateUniversity
UniversityofSanFrancisco
University of
Colorado at Boulder
✓ Among50bestpublicresearchuniversiGesinUSA
✓ 3,400courses,150disciplines
✓ 85undergraduatemajors,70Master’sprograms,
50Ph.D.programs
✓ Ranked41stinBusiness
✓ GeographiclocaGon:inheartofRockyMountains
Midwestern United States
✓  DePaulUniversity
✓  IndianaUniversity,Bloomington
✓  MacalesterCollege
✓  MarquefeUniversity
✓  NorthwesternUniversity
✓  OberlinCollege
✓  UniversityofChicago
✓  UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign
✓  UniversityofMichigan
✓  UniversityofMissouri+UMjournalism
Midwestern United States
✓  UniversityofNotreDame
✓  UniversityofWisconsin,Madison
✓  UniversityofWisconsin,Milwaukee
✓  WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis
✓  OhioStateUniversity
Macalester College
✓ Excellent(17thoutof248)privateliberalarts
collegelocatedinMinneapolis-St.Paul,Minnesota
✓ Oneprofessorforevery10students;averageclass
size:17
✓ IdealU.S.collegeexperienceandtheessenceof
mulGdisciplinarity:poliGcsandscience,artand
history,musicandmathemaGcs
✓ Notablealumni:KofiAnnan,formerU.N.secretarygeneralandNobelPeacePrizelaureate
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BostonCollege
BostonUniversity
BrynMawrUniversity
CityCollegeofNewYork
ColumbiaUniversity
Columbia-SciencesPoDualB.A.
DirectProgram
CornellUniversity
FordhamUniversity
HamiltonCollege
HampshireCollege
M.I.T.
MiddleburyCollege
MountHolyokeCollege
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NYU
NYU-SternSchoolofBusiness
NortheasternUniversity
PennsylvaniaStateUniversity
PrincetonUniversity
RutgersUniversity
SarahLawrenceCollege
SmithCollege
SyracuseUniversity
TrinityCollege
TunsUniversity
UniversityofPennsylvania
(«Penn»)
UniversityofPifsburgh
VassarCollege
WellesleyCollege
WesleyanUniversity
Mount Holyoke College
✓ TradiGonalwomen’sliberalartscollegeopento
malestudentsaswell!
✓ Excellentacademicprograms,rankedfirstin«best
classroomexperience»intheUS
✓ 2000students,50departments
✓ 5-CollegeConsorGum
✓ SmallclasssizeandhighprofessorinteracGon
Mid-Atlantic United States
✓  AmericanUniversity
✓  GeorgeMasonUniversity
✓  GeorgetownUniversity
✓  GeorgeWashington
University
✓  HowardUniversity
✓  JohnsHopkinsUniversity
✓  SaintMary’sCollegeof
Maryland
✓  UniversityofRichmond
✓  UniversityofVirginia
George Mason University
✓ Virginia’slargestpublicresearchuniversity
✓ Just15milesoutsideofWashington,D.C.
✓ Economics,Business&Financecoursesreadily
available
Southern United States
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DukeUniversity
EmoryUniversity
FloridaA&MUniversity
GeorgiaInsGtuteofTechnology(GeorgiaTech)
RiceUniversity
TulaneUniversity
TulaneUniversity-FreemanSchoolofBusiness
UniversityofFlorida
UniversityofGeorgia
UniversityofMiami
UniversityofNorthCarolina+UNCJournalism
UniversityofSouthCarolina
UniversityofTexas
VanderbiltUniversity
University of Georgia
✓ EnvironmentalSciences,Business,Ecology,
InternaGonalAffairs,Journalism,PublicHealth,
SocialWork
✓ ScPostudentseligibleforSpringSemesterinD.C.
(internshipandclasses)
✓ U.S.News&WorldReport’s“BestColleges”:Ged
for20thamongnaGonalpublicresearch
universiGes
Selection Criteria
✓  PersonalStatement/LefredemoGvaGon
✓  AcademicResults
✓  EnglishLevel
Personal Statement/Lettre de
motivation
→Carriesaweightequaltoacademicresults
✓ FortheobjecGve,requirements,
suggesGons,andanoteonUC:
hfp://www.sciencespo.fr/internaGonal/en/
content/personal-statement-3d-year-usaapplicaGon
Academic Results
→Carryaweightequaltothepersonal
statement
Specificrequirements:
✓ UCalifornia:13/20minimum
✓ Barnard,Columbia,Cornell,Georgetown,MIT,
Princeton,UChicago,Penn:15/20minimum+
Bac‘MTB’orequivalent
✓ McGill,Toronto,UBC,Queen’s:13/20minimum
Academic Results
✓ Note: Latin honors such as cum laude, magna cum
laude, or summa cum laude do not guarantee a first
choice! Again, your file is judged by your academic
results AND your personal statement (your project).
English Level
✓ TOEFLouIELTS:besuretoregisterimmediately:results
mustbeuploaded(byyou)withrestofyourdossierinearly
December.
✓ Waiverrule
✓ TOEFL/IELTSrequirementsforeachuniversity:
hfp://www.sciencespo.fr/internaGonal/fr/universitespartenaires
Note:thislink/databasewillbefullyupdatedandacGvated
laterthisweek!
Your DAIE Application File:
Content and Submission
✓  Whatgoesintoit?
-6choices
-SciencesPo1styeartranscript(insertedbyDAIE)
-Highschooltranscript(inFrenchorEnglish)
-CVinEnglishorFrench
-personalstatementinEnglishorFrench
-TOEFLorIELTSresults(daGngfromDecember2014at
earliest)
→Deadline:December5-13
Final decision
✓ PlacementCommifeeDecision:early
February
✓ Announcements:shortlythereaner
✓ All3Aplacementdecisionsarefinaland
non-nego.able
Researching universities
✓ Online:
✓ SciencesPoInternaGonalwebsite:usesearch
enginetofinduniversiGes,TOEFL/IELTS
requirements,accessibledisciplines,recommended
hierarchyofchoices,minimumaverage
requirements,rapportsdeséjour:
hfp://www.sciencespo.fr/internaGonal/fr/
universites-partenaires
✓ Universitypartnerwebsites
✓ Inperson:
✓ NorthAmericanstudentsonyourcampus
✓ SciencesPofacultyandreturned3A
« Individual » Meetings
✓  USA:sign-upsheetswillbeonSciencesPoInternaGonal
websitelaterthisweek!
✓  Canada:Tobedetermined!Keepcheckingthewebsite.
✓  PriortoyourmeeGng,youmustfillouta3AmeeGng
informaGonsheetthatwillbeonline!
Your passport
YourpassportMUSTbevalidunGlatleastNovember2018!
CONTACTS
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