Online French-American School – College Guidance & Higher Education
Preparing for international higher education
Preparing for higher education is one of the most important milestones in your child's schooling. At OFA Lycée, university guidance begins in Grade 10 and continues through the French Baccalauréat or OFA Lycée Diploma — with one clear goal: to open the widest possible range of universities and higher-education institutions worldwide to every student.
Our students, French-speaking and living across several continents, have a unique profile: they can apply simultaneously to top French universities and grandes écoles through Parcoursup, to American and Canadian universities through the Common Application, to British universities through UCAS, and to leading European institutions.
Our academic team supports every family in reading these systems together. Thanks to our unique bicultural model and our Cognia accreditation, the skills acquired at OFA Lycée are fully recognized across international admissions — whether Parcoursup in France, the Common Application in the US, UCAS in the UK, or Canadian and European university portals.
What we support concretely:
- choice of Grade 11 and 12 specializations
- building the Parcoursup application
- writing the personal statement for Common App and UCAS
- preparation for standardized tests (SAT, TOEFL, DELF/DALF)
- applications to CPGE (PCSI, MPSI, BCPST, PTSI, PC)
- PASS/LAS applications for medical studies
- applications to French grandes écoles (business, engineering, IEP)
- US, UK, Canadian and European universities
- letters of recommendation from our teachers
- preparation for interviews and Sciences Po admissions
- application calendar (Early Decision, Parcoursup, UCAS)
- understanding of different university systems
Each student is individually supported by a dedicated guidance counselor, familiar with both the French and Anglo-Saxon systems.
What makes our results possible
Our students don't just prepare for foreign universities — they live a dual curriculum from the moment they enroll at OFA Lycée. While their local school (American, Canadian, international…) validates their English-language pathway, OFA Lycée enrolls them in the French curriculum with the same academic value as the French schools abroad (lycées français de l'étranger).
By graduation, these students are neither "French students who learned English" nor "American students who took a bit of French" — they are doubly schooled, doubly credentialed, doubly competitive. This is what concretely explains the results below.
Our results
🇫🇷 In France
Sciences Po, CentraleSupélec, ESSEC BBA, EDHEC, EM Lyon, ESCP, SKEMA, INSA Lyon, INSA Rouen, ICAM, UTC, UTT, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, Université Côte d'Azur, plus many prestigious CPGE preparatory classes (Lycée Fénelon Paris, Lycée Lakanal Sceaux, Lycée Chateaubriand Rennes, Lycée Raspail, Lycée Albert Châtelet, Lycée Jean Bart) and PASS/LAS medical tracks.
🇺🇸 In the United States
Northwestern University, University of Notre-Dame, Boston University, Case Western Reserve, Penn State, University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth), University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Colorado Boulder, Pepperdine, Baylor Honors College, American University DC, Elon, Sarah Lawrence, Kalamazoo College.
🇬🇧 In the United Kingdom
University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, University of St Andrews, Durham University, University of Bath, University of Birmingham, Queen Mary University London, University of Kent, University of Sussex, University of Dundee.
🇨🇦 In Canada
McGill University, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, HEC Montréal, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Concordia University, Université Laval, University of Ottawa.
🇪🇺 In Europe
Bocconi University (Milan), Polytechnic University of Milan, IE University (Madrid), ESADE Business School (Barcelona), University of Geneva.
This diversity is a concrete illustration of what the OFA Lycée model makes possible: opening every door, without ever having to choose between the French and Anglo-Saxon systems.
Preparing for higher education
Choices built progressively, never imposed. Guidance connected to schooling, not a standalone service. A service included in our tuition fees.
From high school, without pressure
Orientation is a progressive process integrated into schooling. We build a coherent path over time — not a last-minute application.
University-readable paths
Transcripts and documents designed to be understood by universities in France and internationally: academic framework, rigor level, path coherence.
Multiple university systems
France, USA, Canada, UK and beyond. Guidance considers admission requirements, expectations, and timelines for each system.
Adapted to each profile
Support varies by path, target country, and student goals. The objective: open possibilities, never lock into a single choice.
AnywhereUni
Each high school student gets individual access to the AnywhereUni platform to explore international university systems and understand institutional expectations, especially in English-speaking countries.
Complementing OFA Lycée's individualized guidance, based on deep knowledge of each student's path.
Each student benefits from personalized guidance for every country and program they apply to
Our students have been accepted at
90+ institutions in France, USA, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Italy & Spain
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