<p>Hi.
I am a student from India. I graduated from high school in 2011 and joined college for some time but after 5 months, I dropped out.
Basically I wanted to study in USA. I gave the TOEFL last year in April. And I applied to many universities and got accepted at all of them but most of them were too expensive.
So I had to look for a different university or college.
Well, I applied to a community college. Its in St Louis MO, ST Charles Community College.
I was accepted but the problem lies in getting education loans.
Almost all banks look at the world ranking of the colleges and universities and community colleges are not listed in them.
Therefore, the banks say they cannot provide education loans for those colleges who don't have world rankings in their database.</p>
<p>For me, community colleges are cheaper so I could study there without worrying about finances.
Does anybody know any type of institution or aid which grants loans to community colleges in India?
Please help! I ve already missed out a lot!</p>
<p>I don’t know specifically about India, but I do know two community colleges based in California that are academically excellent and are very nice with international students. You should check out Foothill College ([Foothill</a> College Home](<a href=“http://www.foothill.edu%5DFoothill”>http://www.foothill.edu)) and De Anza College ([Welcome</a> to De Anza College](<a href=“http://www.deanza.edu%5DWelcome”>http://www.deanza.edu)). They’re sister colleges and are about 15 minutes driving away from each other. Both are located in the San Francisco Bay Area and both are very strong academically. Foothill even has one of the best dentistry programs in the nation.
As I’m not an international student myself, I can send this thread to a few friends of mine who are international students at Foothill and can tell you more about the financing. And yes, community college is cheap and convenient. But no, you won’t get judged for going to Foothill or De Anza. Plus, these two colleges have extremely high transfer rates to major UCs (UC Berkeley, UCLA, etc.).</p>
<p>You will not find any lender in the US unless you have a US citizen or legal permanent resident who is ready, willing, and able to co-sign for you. You need to know now that it will be almost impossible for you to get the kind of financial aid that you need as an international student who also is a transfer student. It is almost certain that your best option for completing your undergraduate education in an affordable manner, is to do that in your home country. Studying elsewhere can wait until graduate school when there are better possibilities for aid for international students.</p>