<p>I don’t really have any savings or a job since my parents expect me to stay at home as a full-time nanny for my youngest sibling. But I am very willing to work during college (something I wouldn’t have to do in the Philippines). I’m also trying to make my parents let me get a job soon, since they obviously aren’t throwing any money my way.</p>
<p>The PASSHE schools aren’t a very good fit for me since I believe that they don’t offer a very intellectually stimulating environment. The people I know who go to West Chester and the like are generally those who got rejected from schools like Temple and Philadelphia University.</p>
<p>And I am considering schools in my country, but only as financial safeties. I’m only a permanent resident in the US, and going to school in the Philippines would force me to lose that status. Reclaiming a green card is a very difficult process that I would prefer not to go through. I want to work in this country or somewhere in Europe, so losing the right to ever come back as more than a tourist would be detrimental to my career. My precarious immigration status is of course another reason why my parents want me to go back to the Philippines - they don’t want me to stay here.</p>