Foreigner studying in France

I am helping my daughter look at options of studying as an undergraduate student in France. We live in Canada and my daughter is bilingual (French / English) from a Canadian public school perspective.

We just had a call with a close family friend who grew up going to high school in both Canada and France and then higher education (undergraduate , Master’s, PhD) in France and Canada. It was enlightening. Long story short is that we were strongly discouraged from entering the French public university system as a foreigner. The CAN and FRA education models and systems are dramatically different. Being fluent in French in Canada (especially outside QC) is not even close to being fluent in a French university setting. I can explain in more detail if anyone wants to hear reasons.