<p>“I would just simply NOT fill in any college hours.”</p>
<p>You can’t do that. Whenever you apply for admission to an accredited college or university in the US, you are obligated to provide official copies of all of your academic records from any college or university that you have studied at in the past. Jordan, US, Canada, wherever. You have to supply that information. Not including it can be cause for your application being rejected, your offer of admission being withdrawn, you being removed from a degree program once admitted, and even having your US degree nullified. </p>
<p>Whether or not the credits earned at another institution transfer or not is a whole different story. But now that you have enrolled at your current U, if/when you do leave it, do get multiple official copies of all of your records so that you have them for any future undergrad/grad/job applications where they might be necessary. It is a drag I know. I have a whole file full of official copies of the transcripts from all of the places where I have studied, and every three or four years I find myself in a situation where I need the things.</p>
<p>But how would they know I studied over here if I don’t provide any information? I told my father a couple of weeks ago that I want to quit university here in Jordan to avoid this whole headache, but he wouldn’t let me. He said they will never find out I have credit hours as long as I don’t provide them. And ANYWAY all we are taking now in college is stuff I took in the 9th and 10th grade!! </p>
<p>The university I’m applying to will only count my O-levels, and in that case I have a 4.0 GPA! My SAT score is good enough for them to give me a scholarship AND and Out of State tuition waiver. What good would it do me then to provide the 14 hours I’m doing this semester? It will only do me harm. </p>
<p>Do you think they might find out I’m doing college over here? If so how would they?</p>
<p>They do find this stuff out. How depends on the institution. Don’t lie about this because the consequences are serious. And yes, every single year there is an article in the press here in the US about a “graduate” of University X or College Y whose degree was rescinded because after spending four full years there something was found out about that student’s record. You do not want to be that person four or five years from now.</p>
<p>Pick up the phone. Call the university that you are interested in here in the US. Speak directly with the head of admissions. Find out exactly what you need to do in your specific case. Then, whatever the instructions are, type them out, email them back to that person, and have the specific steps verified. If you need to drop out of your current institution in order to make it work, then that is what you will have to do.</p>
<p>My guess is that your dad figures that any degree is better than no degree, and since your family isn’t prepared to move to the US at this time and he doesn’t want you moving here on your own just yet, he’d much rather you pursue something academic at the present. If you were to withdraw from your current university, what would you do with your time? Can you get a job? Think that through. If you withdraw now, can you get back in next year, or will you lose your place forever? What is your plan if you can’t get admission anywhere affordable in the US?</p>
<p>The other thing that you have to face is the possibility that your dad wants to stay in Jordan, and that he doesn’t want you coming to the US period. Or that he doesn’t want you to come to the US until you are X years old. Or that he wants you to finish your undergrad degree there on the cheap and come here for grad school. Until you know what he’s thinking, you really can’t plan much.</p>
<p>Actually I did do that. I didn’t speak to the head of admissions though. The person I spoke to was of the admissions office and she blatantly said to my situation “then just don’t list the hours!”. I asked her to repeat what she said and she said the same thing. Then she asked for my name (ouch). I said my last name by accident but then after my mom almost killed me I just hung up. I asked her why she wanted my name though and she said “for the record”. Anyway she spelled the name wrong. </p>
<p>I don’t want to speak to the head of admissions because as I explain my situation they will probably record all this stuff and when a similar application comes in to the university they might know about my college hours and I would be applying as a US Freshman (not transfer). Do you still think I should call the head of admissions?</p>
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<p>I don’t really know AT ALL what is going on in his head; but if he doesn’t want me to study in the US then that is TOTALLY UNFAIR. Not only in my view but in my mother’s, and a lot of his friends’ views. My mom only recently changed her mind about how accepting she is about me going to the US alone. She said I’ve matured and whatnot and that she can see me doing fine over there alone. I think it is enough that I can see myself doing fine over there on my own. Anyhow. </p>
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<p>I can. But the pay isn’t exactly great over here in Jordan; so it wouldn’t really do me any good. I would study my A-levels properly so that when I get extra credit hours I would really know my stuff. </p>
<p>I spoke to an employee at the university I can get a scholarship in and she said with the stats I gave her, she almost guarantees I will get a scholarship if I apply before the deadline. But if I don’t make the scholarship then the plan that I have in mind is to go to Texas and establish residency while studying my A-levels and apply for Fall 2013 in a really good university in Texas (UT-Austin?); and if that doesn’t work out I will just go to a community college for that year than manage onwards from that. But that is of course the WORST case scenario. </p>
<p>My mom really supports the idea of me going to Texas, but unfortunately she isn’t a citizen.</p>
<p>Are you the only citizen in your family? Do the others have green cards? In other words, can they move to the US easily or not? If you are the only one who can come here easily, I can understand your dad’s concerns. </p>
<p>You need a written, not just a verbal, instruction to leave out your foreign credits. Some places will let you apply as a first semester freshman if you have fewer than X credits (foreign or not). But you need clarification. That is why you should be communicating with the person who is in a position to give you an accurate reading. Not a random person who for all you know is some undergrad who works there answering easy questions on the phone.</p>
<p>Likewise, you need a written, not a verbal commitment on the scholarship issue. Please remember that even with a scholarship for your tuition and fees, you will still need to come up with roughly US $10,000 to $15,000 each year for your living expenses.</p>
<p>Dropping out of your current university to prepare for A level exams may make sense if doing well on the A levels will make your college education outside of Jordan possible. However, at some point in time you decided to enroll in the university there this year instead of working toward the A levels. Why did you make that choice?</p>
<p>No, my father and my 2 siblings are also US citizens. My mother has an expired green card. </p>
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<p>I checked the university’s website for scholarships and I checked the types of merit scholarships they offer (that you can achieve automatically just by applying for admission and without applying for a certain scholarship) and found the minimum requirements and deadlines. Thats the only “written commitment” I have. They cannot gaurantee anybody a scholarship before applying, but the lady on the telephone was telling me that out of her own experience. My father knows about the living expenses and he will probably not spend too much money on me over there. He is going to spend the minimum amount of cash and make me take a job and everything. Anyway that is irrelevant to the topic… </p>
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<p>No you misunderstood. I already did my A-levels (both AS and A2). They said they will give me credit hours up to 30, and I don’t want to skip a whole year without knowing those 30 hours by heart. So what I meant by “studying A-levels” is that I will only review them at home. The university also said they bump each A-level grade a whole grade (B at A-level = A at college level). </p>
<p>I’ll contact the university Monday and do what you told me (about the minimum X hours too).</p>