<p>You are an international student so you don’t get to borrow federal funds. Perhaps your parents can get a private loa. Maybe relatives will cosign, but again, don’t know, don’t think much is available for international students. Not easy to find someone to lend you the kind of money you’ll be needing. </p>
<p>Do apply to some schools that interest you and see what aid packages they give (make sure they do not exclude internationals from fin aid). Also looks for some schools that you like with merit money that you have a shot at getting that again does not exclude internationals. Then make sure you have some safeties. See how it pans out. UT Austin is a great school, and not one many can call a safety, IMO. </p>
<p>…“I could go to UT Austin with in state tuition…”</p>
<p>Is it really true that an international student qualifies for in state tuition in Texas? Anyway, I’m with everyone else, don’t borrow money. </p>
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A number of states are allowing int’ls who attend their public high schools to get instate tuition.</p>
<p>The idea of borrowing an additional $30k per year ($120k total) to attend a UC or similar is just NUTS.</p>
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<p>Presumably this means that you don’t even need to be resident or have attended an instate high school if you are Mexican national.</p>
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<p>ok…that is crazy. An American who has “demonstrated financial need” does NOT get instate tuition, but a resident of Mexico does??? </p>
<p>If I were a Tx resident, I’d be outraged.</p>
<p>I could be wrong…but don’t some towns in southern TX allow these stidents to attend their schools?</p>
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attend their K-12 schools? Do you mean regularly cross the border to attend school? That sounds odd, but I guess nothing should surprise us.</p>
<p>Does a school bus cross into Mexico twice a day to drop off and pick up kids??? or are their parents allowed to come in and out of the US twice a day? Sounds odd</p>
<p>OP, as an aspiring business/econ major you should be able to see the folly of over $150,000 of private debt. Go to UT and excel. Save your money for an economics PhD.</p>
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<p>The program is called “Mexican Citizens with Financial Need-Border Nations Waiver”. I find it hard to believe too.</p>
<p><a href=“College For All Texans: Mexican Citizens with Financial Need-Border Nations Waiver”>College For All Texans: Mexican Citizens with Financial Need-Border Nations Waiver; </p>
<p>It’s not just Texas. Here in NY if you have 3 years of residency in state that you can prove, and high school reconds suffice, you can can get instate tuition rates. This includes internationals here illegally as well as legally. In some situations, it gets crazy, because those internationals who have been instate, in counry ILLEGALLY get instate tuition rates, but those who are documented and legally here don’t. They are international students. </p>
<p>And that is still not enough for a lot people who are complaining it’s not fair that the illegal immigrants don’t get access to federal and state college aid. </p>
<p>I was automatically accepted this week! Thank you everyone for your advice. You guys are right. I think I’m going to at least apply with financial aid to those schools…Just so I’m not left with any regrets.</p>
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<p>That sounds like a much wiser approach to exploring your other options. You never know - maybe one of your other schools will award you a handsome financial aid package that makes it competitive with the in-state rate. </p>