<p>I will very briefly introduce only the academic specs so far as a 10th grader </p>
<p>-I am a top student in my public high school in the East Coast(top 1%)
(around 500 student in the grade)
-I have taken 3 AP as sophomore, two 5 and one 4
(will take 5 AP junior year)
three 800 SAT II so far (Chem,Math I,World history)</p>
<p>BUT.. I have recently found out that I have become an Illegal Alien.....</p>
<p>short explanation about what has happened.
I came from the U.S from Asia 100% legally (applying for everything, filing out every paper, and following all the law) at the age 10 on F1 Student Visa along with my family... and now 5-6 years later we got rejected twice from USCIS (apparently according to the letter my father unknowingly failed to stay enrolled in an university untill the I-20 was issued by like 2 weeks...) (BUT the thing is the lawyer said it was no problem...... and was able to apparently repeal the decision the first time...) (immigration fraud... :( ??? ).. our lawyer told us that there is technically no way to save our immigration status and we are doomed to be illegals..no way now to earn a green card by senior year... </p>
<p>What could this mean for college admissions? can colleges distinguish between International students and illegal aliens? Also being an Asian lowers chances of acceptance in to ivy league schools.... is there a significant difference in acceptance chances between Asian Americans and Foreign Asians? Also what sorts of scholarships or competition even allow illegal aliens to apply?? i.e. does Quest Bridge allow illegal alien application..?</p>
<p>I just am at a disbelief at how after all these years thinking I was going to be a legal permanent resident soon... just how quickly things have changed........ It is really scary, frustrating, and saddening to feel so hopeless and powerless to do anything... Is there literally anything I can do to improve my desperate situation??</p>