<p>Do ages limits matter when applying to uni in america?</p>
<p>British Chick, rather than posting different questions all over, why don't you just lay out your whole story. As others have told you, in the States we don't study law undergrad. Where are you interested in going and what are your goals? What are you looking for in a college? What are your stats? Do you need financial aid? All of that info will enable lots of people here to help.</p>
<p>Thanks.Before I began on this site a friend told me there where specific areas for certain topics and so I followed that.Anyways, I am looking now for a good college to study Law as I am coming to the end of my A-Levels in Law, Classics and Human Biology.I dont understand much about how it all works in the US but I presumed somethings where the same as Britain.I am looking for a college that offers more than homework clubs and sports opportunities.What is my next step from here?I have contacted so many institutions about my problem and what I would like to do but non of them have been in touch.:-( I honestly dont know what has drawn me to want to study in America but its an option I dont want to change.I get misunderstood alot because we have different names for things,your college is our university....its mad!I want a place with accomodation for the first year until I get settled and I'd like to study where there is plenty of work going to support myself (I cant rely on the folks forever!).History was no option at my school and it was s subject I'd of liked to have studied as that is a good foundation for law.So preferably, I'd like a college that offers history too.As far as tuition fees go I have enough but am I eligable to recieve financial support if I were unable to find a part time/evening job in time?How do I go about planning an open day to get a taste for the college?I comprehend breifly how points and credit works but if you can help me on this it would be great..here it is:I passed 11 GCSES (A-D) and my predicted grades for my A-Levels are B, B, A what does that total in US credits etc?How many do I need for acceptance to college?Confusing as this is it's kinda cool that I'm getting there slowly but surely!!</p>
<p>British, there are thousands of colleges here, some for people of all interests and all grade levels. Many Internationals have Harvard and the like in mind, those are extremely hard to get into and require pretty much perfect grades. But most schools are much, much easier to get into. Our schools tend to be really expensive compared to those in other countries. Over $40,000/year for many privates. There are cheaper schools, however, so if money is an issue, you need to look at cost. I don't think international students are allowed to work in the US. I had a roomate that couldn't work summer jobs here, I don't think student visas allow it.</p>
<p>You need to get a college guide like Fisk, where you can read about individual schools. You can be pretty much any major you want if you're headed to law school. Is law the same here as in the UK? It differs from State to State here, so I'm wondering if a law degree gotten here will prepare you to practice there. Anyway, keep in mind you need a 4 year degree here to even go to law school which is another 3 years. Sounds simpler over there! Well, good luck!</p>
<p>Thankyou loads n loads!!!!!I would like to stay in USA and apply to become a permanent resident if I did ok at college.Your help has been great!The laws over here are far different here than there and they're not as strict which is what it should be.
Where would I get that college guide "Fisk" from?</p>
<p>Amazon.com would work. There are other good books about applying to college here. A is forAdmission is one that will give you good insight. If you go onto the Amazon site and type in those two, lots of interesting books will pop up.</p>
<p>Slow down British Chick! Do you know how hard it is to become a resident of America? Three quarters of the world would like to live here! The business I work in, not unlike law firms, used to be able to sponsor international students to allow them to stay here. That has mostly ended. You would have to have very rare talent a company or firm desperately wanted for them to even try today. They would have to prove they could not find an American for the job.</p>
<p>Come here to study if that's your goal. It's way more expensive than in the UK and financial aid is sparse for internationals. But if your goal is to stay, really think it through. We have watched a string of nannies working in our neighborhood (one of the few jobs they can get, they end up going to school at night) and going to community colleges with similar plans, and except for the one who entered into an ill advised marriage to stay, the others all had to return home. There is a great deal of dissapointment among these young women.</p>
<p>Maybe so,but I do have alot to offer as a student.Financial issues are not the problem, my family are wealthy and besides have you ever heard of a jobless lawyer?</p>
<p>I'm glad your family can support you, because really, I've seen so many European girls here in trouble with families that can't help. By all means, with wealth you will have fun here. As for lawyers without a job, America is full of them.</p>
<p>Really...thats unexpected!Thanks for the confidence to become a bum.Jus kiddin' why have you all this experience with troubled European Girls?Do you teach at a college or something?</p>
<p>The European (and girls from many countries outside of Europe) flock to LA, where I live. Most of them come with little in the way of financial resources on student visas to go to a California community colleges which are easy to get into. While not cheap, it's doable for many at the start. They need to work so often take nanny jobs where they get room and board and take classes when they can depending on the family's needs. Almost all of these girls arrive with the idea that they will be staying. School and their jobs often become a conflict and many girls just stop going to school for periods. But after 9/11, schools were forced to crack down on foreign students. Many girls could no longer show where financial support is coming from as they can not admit to off the books jobs. Schools then pull the student visas and these girls must go home or risk never being legal in this Country. It's a very sad and very common story here in Los Angeles unfortunately.</p>
<p>Aw that is so sad.They must have been so hurt,I cant imagine if I were in that situation.LA isn't where I had in mind to study tho.I had my eyes on Boston,actually I think it's a definite.Did they not have any secured and official rights to fight for their education at the time?</p>
<p>As foreigners on a student visa they had no rights here. First, they pay much more than US citizens to go to these schools, so much more it's absurd. They are strictly regulated and have to take a certain number of classes, can't legally work and on and on. You must, even with financial resources, do your homework. The US means business these days in terms of regulating foreigners in the Country. With resources you should not encounter problems if you're careful to obey visa rules, but a lot of people use student visas to sneak into the Country and they are stopping it. Our area is really missing the influx of the nannies I must admit!</p>
<p>What would my status have to be to be granted permanent citizenship/residency in the US?Giving if I had a student visa, a degree and if I were eligable to work in a profession such as law or med etc.</p>
<p>British Chick, seriously, why not Oxford or Cambridge for much less money and troubles? I know the pound is strong and our schools probably look cheap, but isn't the value so much greater over there?</p>
<p>I don't think so as long as you finish with all your credits in high school. For example, there was a 14 year old that graduated from my high school and is now attending Princeton.</p>
<p>Getting a degree in the US does not make you eligable to work here. You would have a few option, the most likely of which would be to marry an Ameican. Short of that, you would need to find an employer who agrees to sponsor you. This is difficult as they need to prove on some realistic level that you are better qualified than any American they can find for the job. It happens. If you have the grades for Harvard or Yale law school it is possible. If you study some obsure legal specialty, maybe. It just isn't done for many.</p>
<p>What you need to understand is that there are students in the US frrom all over the world. Most want to stay and the vast majority can not. The most successful in the last decade have been workers in the technology industry. Even there, however, there are not given residency, they work on visas that expire. There is much pressure in the US now given unemployment in many fields to limit visas for foreigners. This is getting worse, not better.</p>
<p>I guess it's the experience more than anything suze!Although Oxford and Cambridge are fantastic places they're too stuck up for my liking and I know I wouldn't fit in.It'd be like being back at school except without the uniform....yuck!</p>
<p>Why do you say that? What are they really like? I'm considering them. Or one I should say as you can't apply to both. How weird!!!!! And don't be mad at Zagat, she gives good advice.</p>
<p>zagat is helpful soul!My best friend went off to Cambridge 2 years ago to study Philosophy with Greek Mythology,she loves it but her fellow students are a bit up themselves.Not all I'm sure but I went to 3 open days between them and I found it hard to socialise I felt a little inadequate because it's a common university for English posh kids,and that makes me feel like Im not good enough...my self esteem vanished in there.Oxford however,is okay as my grandparents attended there and thay came out quite alright but I think it's just me.I prefere the relaxed approach and the idea of being accepted as yourself is good enough,what do you think?</p>