Dear all,
Three months ago my family and I immigrated to the United States from Hong Kong( China) ; I was therefore the new student in my school during the second semester of junior year. In this rather complicated situation I sincerely beseech to receive answers for my college application:
- Due to my lack of time in staying at US, I was only considered as a resident in US but not a US citizen. So when the time comes do I have to apply as an international student? Or being a US resident would allow me to apply as a local resident student (cheaper tuition)? What is the role of identity I hold in the application process?
- Hong Kong education system is notorious for its difficulty and intricacy in examination. A student in Hong Kong rarely get an A or even a B in a subject of matter. It would be unfair to use a USA education GPA scale to assess a hong kong student’s ability. However when I arrived my new school in US the counsellor took my academic result in Hong Kong and converted it into a 2.9 GPA, which is a travesty of my true academic ability and served as an injustice to me. After the three months i got As but they only rise my GPA to 3.2, which obviously is not a competitive number. It would be a relief if I would be put into the pool of international students because then my GPA wouldn’t hurt me that badly as I believe college/university would examine my GPA in an international student scale. Yet if I’m put along with local US students, my GPA could hurt me very badly.
- As I’m an immigrant from Hong Kong, my counsellor requires me to take a mixture of courses ranged from Freshman class to Junior class to finish my high school education. I have English CP6, modern history 1( freshman class), Cont world his (sophomore class) and so on. But then i realize college would assess the “rigor of classes” in the application. Would me taking a course of Freshman class (i.e. modern history) hurts me in the process??
Everyone who kindly read this post, in this special circumstance I desperately need someone to answer me. Please, please tell me what would university/college administrators handle with immigrants in this situation…I would really, really appreciate if you could spare a few minutes in shedding light over a baffled teen in this darkest hour. Thank you so so so so so much =]