I live in California and I got into UCs but they don’t have my major:/ we have low income so I was hoping that I could get some aid after I get green card…?
There are NO UCs with a pharmacy major?
Not on the undergrad level…but…
How long are you going to wait for that green card? It is not a quick process and it doesn’t guarantee ANY funding dollars, especially if your parents own a business, a home, and apparently $30K per year.
The UC’s have pre-pharmacy programs. You then graduate and apply to the grad schools (including the UC’s) in the state.
Your choices are OOS and apparently are not the least expensive.
Pharmacy graduate programs will not be funded by any Green card.
How are you going to pay? Think $60K per year in loans.
(That’s what my daughter will be charged come September at UCSF.)
There is no guarantee for jobs since the market for pharmacists is saturated.
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On an E2? These visas are going to be getting extra scrutiny, An E2 implies significant investment. Applying for a green card from an E2 while needing FA for college is contradictory.
I want 6-year pharmacy program since I don’t have to go to grad school and I can save more money in a long term… and also our tax return shows no income since we invested more money to open up business than earned from it
No…your tax return has income that was put into your business…and some colleges will treat business deductions differently than others…just FYI.
And if your in one is really $0, how,would,your family afford $30,000 a year for you to go to college?
If I’m asking these questions…it’s very likely the financial aid officers at a school will wonder the same.
$0 EFC FAFSA folks are very likely to be selected for verification as well…the school will rightlynwant to know…how does your family pay its bills with $0 income.
Be prepare to,document…once you get that green card and can complete the FAFSA.
I agree with @Sybylla, you have a contradictory financial status. The schools financial aid officers are pretty smart. They ask how your family can support each other on zero income if you are on a visa. @sybbie719 would probably know.
On paper, it can say one thing, but if you have assets and you choose not to disclose them, then you risk not getting financial aid, or possibly being rescinded from your colleges.
If you are on a visa and were admitted into the US based on self-supporting income, and you try to say now that you are low income, it’s contradictory and suspicious and could be conveyed as fraud. You can’t have assets and claim low income for purposes of financial aid. You parents can afford $30K per year.
I don’t know about immigration status but others may have more information.
@thumper1 and @mom2collegekids may have more info.
@“aunt bea” I’ve given my opinion…and I free. The info is very contradictory…and this student and familynwill need to document, document, document.
Their current visa status says they are self supporting. That just isn’t possible on $0 income.
So @kittyskyler you can apply for financial aid and claim low income status. But, you may possibly risk losing your green card status because you are no longer self-sufficient for your visa. The government will catch up either way, through the colleges or through your taxes.
I think the OP doesn't really know how the GC system works for E2s either. As it isn't a path to GC adding in complexities such as poverty is like a nail in a coffin.
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want 6-year pharmacy program since I don’t have to go to grad school and I can save more money in a long term… and also our tax return shows no income since we invested more money to open up business than earned from it
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For which year?
Anyway, your family is hardly low income if they can afford to pay $30k per year for college.
Also…FYI…part of that six year pharmacy program IS grad school. Some students are shocked to find that they no longer are eligible for things like their Pell Grant…because those aren’t awarded to grad students.
In the six year pharm programs at LEAST the last two years are considered grad school by most schools…and at some it’s the last three years.
What year is your income $0?
Pharmacy in the US now requires getting a PhD. Due to the mixing of IVs, the chemo, the antibiotics, etc.
I think that you need to deal with what your situation is in the here and the now. You are an international student who is full pay, no matter where you go because you are not eligible for federal aid including U.S. loans and you were not granted institutional aid. Since many of the schools you applied to are not need blind to international students I think you presented good financials to them that you would not need aid and would be self funded in order to gain admissions. Your ability to pay was a factor in your admissions process, if you indicated to them that you needed full financial aid or even 30k in aid, you would have not been admitted.
While the E2 status can be renewed as long as the visa holders are meeting the requirement, it is not a pathway to a green card. Don’t put all of you eggs in the basket that this is going to happen.
I agree with @Sybylla, stating that you/your family is low income is contradictory to your status as an E2, where the basis for having an E2 is having substantial investment income. If this is true, your family may have some major challenges when it comes to having to renew the visa in two years especially during a time where they are going to come under even more scrutiny. So either there was a disconnect when your family applied for the visa or there will definitely be a disconnect later.
To clarify a few things:
Pharmacy does not require a PhD degree. A PharmD degree is required, which stands for Doctor of Pharmacy.
The post-undergraduate years in pharmacy school are not referred to as ‘grad school’ (just like medical school, dental school, veterinarian school are not ‘grad school’), instead, pharmacy school is ‘professional school’.
A PharmD is a Doctorate. Splitting hairs.
Physical Therapy now also requires essentially a doctorate too.