<p>Hey! I'm kind of new (well compared to some of you anyway.)</p>
<p>I'm currently 18 and studying for my diploma (I've already done 1 but decided I wanted to do one in media, plus I wanted to go to a better uni then I would have gone to with my other grades, I got ABD, not so happy about the D but after a very unexpected family death I wasn't feeling like I could do my work.) This year I've been predicted all A's but I'm stuck on what to do. I know you can't tell me what to do but I would really appreciate some advice. We don't have guidance counsellors here and my mum has no idea about the whole application process. </p>
<p>I want to major in theater or journalism or theater education as you can see I'm kind of undecided. I'll be classed as international student when I apply next September. English is my first language so I won't be required to take the TOEFL and also because of the nearest test center been over a 4 hour ride from my house I aren't able to get there, I have some colleges on my list that don't require the SAT or ACT. </p>
<p>So the problem is, as much as I love the courses from the colleges I have on my list:
Temple U
Univ of Louisville
Western Kentucky U
Univ of Oregon
Univ of New Haven
Concordia College
Univ of Dayton (Still unsure about)</p>
<p>(I'm not Ivie League material)</p>
<p>I've been told I have good EC's and someone here told me I have around a 3.0 converted GPA. </p>
<p>I can't decide if I should go to a CC with a campus (I've seen a couple) and then transfer to a 4 year college.</p>
<p>Any advice you can give me? Have you been in the same or similar situation?</p>
<p>Well… I have to say, I would not travel to the US to go to a CC unless you have a really poor university system in your home country. Where are you from?</p>
<p>Start here: [EducationUSA</a> | Study Abroad, Student Visa, University Fairs, College Applications and Study in the U.S. / America](<a href=“http://www.educationUSA.state.gov%5DEducationUSA”>http://www.educationUSA.state.gov) Then contact the counselors at the advising center closest to where you live. They are expert at helping students in your country navigate this process. If you cannot visit the advising center in person, they will be able to give you some guidance by telephone and/or email.</p>
<p>You should study theater in the region of the world where you would like to work, so that you can begin forming professional contacts from the very beginning. That said, there is no sense in studying theater here, because the possibility of you getting a work visa afterwards is infinitesimally small. There are large enough numbers of unemployed and underemployed theater graduates here to fill the jobs that open up. It would be almost impossible for you to find an employer who wanted you enough to go through the expensive and tedious process of getting you a work visa.</p>
<p>Thank you, I’m from England but for some reason I really don’t want to study here. Like I said I’m not sure about what I would like to major in as I keep changing my mind so I’m sure theater and theater education will be out of the window in a couple of weeks which is why I like the American college system, over here we don’t have the freedom to decide what we want to study as we do it for 3 years (no gen ed) and then graduate.</p>
<p>MommaJ: I selected the colleges by looking at their majors and seeing which courses I liked the most and where the college is located as I don’t want to go to anywhere which is in the middle of nowhere and then voila my list started</p>
<p>zephyr4813: Theatre, Theatre Education or Journalism</p>
<p>What is your financial situation? It is very unlikely that any college in the U.S. will give you financial aid, so you will be looking at costs of anywhere from $25,000-$55,000 US dollars per year, without travel costs included. Will your parents pay that? If not, you will be far better off staying in the UK, where costs are so much lower.</p>
<p>Also, Western Kentucky is the middle of nowhere in my book.</p>
<p>Hanna: Bowling Green (where the campus is situated) is the 3rd biggest city in Kentucky, I researched it. Also no my parents will not be contributing to any of the costs of my education, I have found outside scholarships which I would apply to, I know they’re very competitive but if I don’t apply I have no chance.</p>