<p>I'm a senior in high school and no one in my family was born in the US. I have been living here legally for 5 years, though, and I will graduate from a high school in the US. I'm here on my father's working VISA (L-2, I think). If a scholarship says it's open to "citizens and international students", do I even qualify?
By the way, my father has applied for green cards but I doubt we'll get them anywhere near in time for me to graduate, let alone reach the deadline for these scholarship applications.</p>
<p>You are legally an international student. Of course it’s up to the scholarship sponsor to set the eligibility criteria. A few scholarships are specifically restricted to international students in F-1 or J-1 status, but you should generally be eligible for scholarships for international students.</p>
<p>I don’t know how far along in the green card application process you are. If you don’t have a work permit yet, you might consider switching to an F-1 visa for college. F-1 students are legally allowed to work and your visa status would be independent of your parents’. (Your L-2 visa expires on your 21st birthday, doesn’t it?)</p>