<p>Lol… I just went to JCCC’s website and their estimated yearly budget for an international student is $19,300.00. That’s waaaay beyond the OP’s financial means!</p>
<p>alex.gmd, I don’t want to encourage you to lie on your application. Let me be honest: The lie would most likely never be caught, unless someone actually told the college that you are lying (i.e. never tell your roommate). But if you are caught, the consequences will be severe - you would most likely be seperated from the college and your degree might be revoked (if it gets known after you graduate). </p>
<p>I just brought it up because it is a conceivable option, and rumors have it that it is not too uncommon for international applicants to lie on their applications…</p>
<p>thanks… i’m thinking it would be better to write to the admission, telling them that the credits I’ll get from my university can be used in no other country than Moldova… maybe this will drag me to the freshman list? what do you think?</p>
<p>b@r!um…well done on going to JCCC’s website, but $19,300 isn’t the real cost. An out of state credit hour costs $149 ([JCCC::Fall</a> 2008 Credit Tuition Rates](<a href=“http://www.jccc.net/home/depts.php/001310/site/toc_costs/cr_costhour]JCCC::Fall”>http://www.jccc.net/home/depts.php/001310/site/toc_costs/cr_costhour)) if you multiply that by 15 (average cc)= $2235 (i think). Now, many of my friends had a host family, worked on campus and received scholarships (as was I doing). The cost is’nt $19,300 or even $1000 for a determined student (assuming he/she has the ability to excel). Attending a CC is getting your “foot in the door,” like it or not, a good number of international students have done it that way. OP DOESNT have the means to fund his desired education in the US, but he can fund a year or two in a CC, get some experience, study and be ready to transfer to a good university (and actually saving money by attending a CC).
alex.gmd you have time to think about your options b/c it is already too late to get a student visa (for most schools) for this semester. Do your research.
I’m not here to argue, if you have any questions about attending a CC I’ll be happy to answer.</p>
<p>I think it could be more confortable if you choose to apply as freshman next year, as it offers more finaid options… but don’t lie to colleges because many adm officers read CC… you can just skip a year, or only take a small amount of courses to not be considered as full time student</p>
<p>our university are 3-years only… anyway our credits are not transferable… does this mean i’ll be counted as a freshman, because I dont meet the criteria for the transfer?</p>
<p>Whether or not your credits are transferable is the decision of the university you are transferring to, not the one you are transferring from… I doubt that strategy is going to work!</p>
<p>amitalon, even if the finances at the community college would work out, where would the OP transfer to afterwards? S/he would still need close to a full ride to be able to attend any four-year college afterwards, and would be left with the same problem: which universities give significant financial aid to international transfer students? I feel like attending a CC would only postpone the problem for the OP, not solve it.</p>
<p>You are right that attending a community college can save money, but that only helps if you have money to save.</p>
<p>You are right b@r!um.
It helps if you have money when you try to save it. In every scenerio that I can imagine all of the stars will have to align for the OP to go to school in the US.</p>
<p>I checked at the Columbia university… they have a interesting policy about international transfers… if the university you are transferring from is not US-type, you are counted as a freshman… that’s pretty awesome for me but what would be my chances there?
are there other universities with same policy for int. transfer?</p>
<p>Are you sure your university is non-US style?</p>
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<p>Of course you could pretend that it’s impossible for you to get a transcript in English or an official translation, but I doubt they are just going to accept that… Chances are that they have dealth with Moldavan students at some point in the past.</p>
<p>If your university does indeed not satisfy the above criteria, many universities would consider you a freshmen applicant - simply because this rule is meant for cases in which the American university is unable to determine your academic progress. If Columbia cannot deal with your transcript, chances are other American universities cannot either.</p>
<p>i think I will write to the Columbia Admission Office… it should clarify the things…
and the university can provide the transcript in english :(… but i could pretend it can’t how about the point that it is only 3-years, not 4 like in US? could this be a reason? :P</p>
<p>Nope, it can’t. American undergraduate programs are 4 years because they require about one year’s worth of general education classes. Foreign universities don’t need that extra year because the high school education in other countries is more substantial and students specialize earlier.</p>
but what would be my chances there? 
how about the point that it is only 3-years, not 4 like in US? could this be a reason? :P</p>