“Wanna” isn’t a word. You need a big scholarship, and that means essays, and if you write “wanna” in these essays your odds get even lower than they are now.
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I see your point but like i still have a chance to use my degree as an actor in the U.S . I might have a chance , a lot of people tried so hard and they endeed up getting a residence , or at least a job to perform in a theater . I at least hope for a scholarship, if i even have one i’ll figure a way to audition no matter what it takes, my goals now is to get a scholarship.
I sincerely wanna thank you for clarifing this point to me , thank you, i hope you have a good day!!
Thank you for correcting me, i sincerely appreciate it, and I promise will try to emprouve my language, thank you again and have a great day !!
Trying hard isn’t how US immigration works. The law is that you must return home after you graduate unless you have a company sponsoring you to stay. It does sometimes happen for engineering jobs, but no one is going to sponsor a beginning actor.
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You’re right , but i hope to get a degree first, then i’ll figure the acting thing out , they’re lot of options , i might go to an other country for the acting part then i return to U.S when things get better, but as an engineer it’s a way easier to get a job whather in the U.S or any other country rather than an actor.
I don’t know what you’ve heard about trying to stay in the US, but that wont really be your decision. The INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) makes and controls that decision.
As for work, if you are coming to the US for your education, you get a “student” visa. You will be very limited in what kind of hours and on-campus job you will be allowed to work on your student visa. Usually, the jobs will cover your day-to-day needs (like coffee, toothpaste, hair products it wont and can’t be a significant amount).
I don’t think it will be enough to cover your health insurance fees which can run anywhere from $2000 to $6000 dollars per year, and are not covered by scholarships. Each college has their own plan. You are required to have US health insurance while studying in the US or you wont be able to register at the college.
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A lot of “actors” don’t have theater degrees. There are hundreds of thousands of “actors” in the US who work during the day and act in small productions, usually for little to no pay.
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There are three people I can think of off the top of my head (not including me – I also used to play music in public occasionally).
I do not know where two of them went to university. I met them through work probably five or ten years after they graduated from university. One started a software company, sold it, and bought a jazz bar. I happened to be sitting in the jazz bar having a glass of wine when his group came in and played. Afterward he came over and chatted and gave us each a copy of his most recent CD. Another I had worked with for probably ten years. One day I was at an open mic to play myself, and he showed up, went up on stage, and played really well. I remember that he played something by Turlough O’Carolan that I really liked, and that I then spent a couple of months learning (it was not easy). The third studied software engineering at the University of Michigan (in-state I think) and then worked as a software engineer but toured with his music group occasionally. I do not think that Michigan gives full aid to international students, so I do not think that this helps you.
I am pretty sure that all of these people just picked a university to study either math, computer science, or engineering. None of them studied theater or music in university (other than maybe one or two classes as electives). However, studying math or computer science or engineering does not stop a person from having a side interest or two.
You will be limited in choosing a university based on your financial constraints. Therefore your choices will be very different from what someone who is already living in the US would choose. Many students in the US choose in-state public universities because these are relatively affordable for us. However you will not be in-state anywhere in the US.
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Hi guys ! First i want to thank you all for your advice and help, you absolutely helped me , i read all your answer and i guess the choice of a double major won’t be an option for me , speacially as an internationnal student , now i’m thinking about just a simple scholarship at engineering then i might apply for some classes in acting , the double majors won’t work for me , so i guess this might be a good option , i wanted to ask you do you think this can get me a better chance ??
I’m not saying I’ll quit acting but since a lot of actors work without an acting degree and have auditions for some roles .
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maybe i take acting as a minor it might be a way easier and since i’m going to study engineering in a different language than mine ,I will have to put an extra effort.
I really think that is a better idea - major in engineering, take some acting electives, maybe participate in some school plays. Now you still need the funding. As others have said, it is very hard to get full funding as an international. Only the best schools offer it and many many qualified applicants compete for every spot. You must be the best of the best. Are you a top student in your country?
It is very difficult to get a full ride scholarship as an international applicant. This means you need to find a college that thinks you are better than anyone else in your country that makes them willing to pay $100,000 USD or more for you to come to this country to study. You basically need to show that you have intelligence and a skill set that is extraordinary.
The make up plan in your country sounds like the best option.
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I’m in the 11 grade and my GPA is an A+ so i think it’s acceptable, even though, i stills need some other skills and competences , for me : I speak 4 languages(arabic, french, english and spanish)
My GPA is an A+ which is good i guess
but i think i might need some other competences like i got to train for and SAT or ACT and get an TOFL, you can tell me some other things that i got to prepare ? Thank you again.
thank you for your advice , i absolutely appreciate it!
I agree that it will be difficult to find a scholarship especially in engineering.
The “engineering” major is extremely competitive and is “impacted” at a lot of universities. Impacted means that there are too many students and too few seats.
If you want to get into a school for engineering, you have the be the best in your country to even have a minute chance.
What kind of engineering were you planning on studying? Is this just something that you’ve selected for employability in your country?
My husband and daughter are both engineers. They have a passion for it. Their programs were long and difficult. They both have different engineering degrees and both went onto grad schools because they wanted to learn more specifics. Their jobs have required US citizenship before even applying. A number of firms have posted, on their websites, that they wont sponsor non-citizens. So, it’s a good thing for you to target your country for engineering.
I’m interested in “fisheries engineering”, it’s an tihing i could target in whether my country or any other country in world . FIsheries get demanded more and more day after day, and since the resources aregetting lower by time ,poeple will need this profiles to produce fisheries. So i think it’s a great field and it ain’t very competitive.
Is there a major called “fisheries engineering” in your country? We don’t have that major in the US. It sounds very specialized. Maybe environmental engineering would be the closest, but I’m really not sure. Typical engineering majors are electrical, mechanical, chemical, civil, and computer engineering. Some schools have biomedical or aeronautical engineering which are more specialized versions, but I’ve never heard of fisheries engineering.
Fisheries engineering concerns the development of the fisheries industry. I think it might be called "aquaculture engineering " too. It’s not that popular but it exists it’s just that not a lot of people are interested in this field and i think it could help since i might get a higher chance to get excepted.
“Ain’t” is another “wanna”. Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice makes permanent.
Anyway, I don’t think this is necessarily true. Yes, fewer people are interested in fishery design and management. But while about 400 schools in engineering, a much smaller number (10? 20?) offer them fishery design and management.
Looking at which ones, I see a large number of state schools. Often they have less aid available for out of state and international students. You will need something around $130,000 in aid. This is a lot. It’s two years of median household income in the US. It’s ten years of median household income in the Mideast/North Africa.
Thank you for the correction sir/madam, those depences seems quite a lot and I guess a full scholarship for an international student with a low income isn’t the best thing in the US.
I will keep searching but i will see some ather countries like canada or finland , they give more complete scholarships and they give financial aid too .
And for the cost, i don’t think i could handle it at all, my incomes coud not reach that level.