Lottery point was a question, seems unlikely considering context from OP.
We got our GC from an EB-5 and not from the lottery. It was part of my dad’s strategy when he was posted in the States as a government worker. He wanted my family to move there and retired eventually.
As @Sybylla mentioned, we are heading back b/c the terms and conditions of our GC. We figured in putting my younger sister into boarding school but the fees are above my parent’s budget.
@SJ2727 I will definitely check out the immigration forum. It’s good to know that there are students with her case.
Also PSA: my younger sister applied to boarding schools just to guage her performance. Despite last minute applications, she got into Hockaday and Governor’s Academy!
My parent’s now biggest concern, however, is money. While we didn’t apply for FA (we didn’t want to risk he chances), boarding school will put a huge strain on their budget.
Hence, it’s why we were considering option C (public high school in US).
If money is an issue, be sure to consider which states she can get residency for in-state college tuition (and financial aid) purposes, and how desirable the state universities in each such state are, since it would be undesirable if she did not have state residency for in-state college tuition (and financial aid) purposes in any state, or had it in a state where she does not like any of the state universities.
You may want to try the net price calculators on the web sites of the state universities in the states where she may be able to get residency for in-state college tuition (and financial aid), since both tuition levels and financial aid generosity for in-state students varies significantly between states. For example, Pennsylvania is generally much worse than California in terms of state university affordability for in-state residents.
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Closing thread. Based on other threads, your parents are alive and are your sister’s legal guardians. Your sister needs to ask her own questions. For privacy reasons, users are allowed to ask for themselves and/or their dependents. Everyone else needs their own account to ask their own questions.