<p>Just realize that University of North Iowa have potential to give Teacher Assistant to graduate international student which can cover tuition and living I think.</p>
<p>Love Blue- oh- that’s the sort of intelligence I love to hear. I shall check their website later. Thank you.</p>
<p>Well, I heard back from Iowa today. It was actually a lovely, encouraging email- lots of general sales blurb but they liked my experience. Nothing was said about the financial side of things but they gave me the link to the fa website so I can but drop them an email.</p>
<p>Still to hear from Central Washington.</p>
<p>OP…you need to read Drae’s referral to residency very carefully. While establishing residency in some states for tuition purposes is relatively simple for US citizens and immigrants, you are neither (it seems). You cant become a resident of Iowa if you aren’t, first, a resident of the United States. People live in virginia for 20 years on a B-1 visa and are not residents of virginia. Only green card holders can be come residents of states.</p>
<p>You would need a green card (permanent immigration status and IRS forms for the last year) to qualify for any type of federal aid and probably most state or private aid too. I am sorry but that is the bitter truth. Very few places offer need based aid to foreign students. I will opine that this is fair…as a UK citizen growing up in the states with UK parents paying US taxes I was not eligible for tuition rates for UK citizens/residents. It works the same way here. You can’t expect to benefit from tax-funded programs if you and your parents havent paid taxes here. NOW…on a more optimistic note you may find MERIT aid to pursue a BFA or, more likely, an MFA in the states. YOu already have a degree so you probably can get either a BA or an MFA but it sounds like the MFA is more for you. I know MICA offered undergrads from abroad a limited amount of aid, perhaps they have more for graduate students. SOme places pay graduate students stipends. If you don’t get the aid you need you will have to borrow and from a UK institution–a US bank is not going to offer to bankroll you unless you have a US cosigner. You will not be allowed to work (unless you get something with the university) unless you get the correct visa. Explain your visa situation very clearly to all the schools you contact and they can tell you what is and what isn’t possible in terms of aid.</p>
<p>TA give to International student and a scholarship for tuition. These is the case I am talking about. That fit her status</p>