<p>I live in Canada and my dream has always been to go to NYU and study Law. I don't want to be a lawyer here in Quebec and would live in the US if I got into NYU. I was told that a year after an international student completes their university studies, they must go back to their original country unless they are to obtain a green card. It's not for sure that international students will obtain green cards, so for someone like me who lives in Canada, if I have to go back to Canada, I'll have to go back to school and learn the Canadian laws. I'm not very passionate about going to University in Canada so I really want to go to NYU and would do anything to make it work. Althought I'm only in the 10th grade, I've calculated my GPA and according to this site <a href="http://www.pennybissett.com/Counsellortools/grade_conversion_guide06.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.pennybissett.com/Counsellortools/grade_conversion_guide06.pdf</a>
with my 86% average, I've obtained a 3.7 GPA which is perfect since that is the average GPA of an NYU student.
Is it really a huge gamble for me to go to NYU?</p>
<p>Wait, didn't you just say you were in 10th grade? Law school is after undergraduate, unless you were referring to pre-law, which doesn't count as a degree, you will need to go law school after doing pre-law. It's different in Canda or the UK where you do law for 5 years, over here in the U.S you need to complete 4 years of undergraduate study before you go onto Law School (Graduate study). </p>
<p>Also, about you working in the U.S, don't count on it entirely, as it has been stated in this forum a number of times. To assume you will get a job after graduating from a U.S university isn't a great idea. You will need a backup plan, not to say you shouldn't try. Try by all means, but the chances of getting a job in the U.S especially since we will be facing a recession for many years to come, as an international student is slim to none. NYU is a great school, but expensive, if you can afford it why not?</p>