<p>New here. I live in a third world country. There aren't as many options available to me as there are to you guys. Consider yourselves lucky. First of all, unlike everyone else I have been totally misguided. Thus, my stats don't really reveal my true potential (a claim I usually use to redeem myself).</p>
<p>Long story short: I have messed up.</p>
<p>I live in Pakistan. I have 3 As in my A'Level and 6 As 2 Bs in my O'Level. 1830 in my SAT I (which I am so embarrassed to show anyone that I had to make a new account here using a pseudonym). As for SAT II: 800 Maths II-C, 750 Physics and 780 Chemistry.
3.3 is my current GPA which is going to fall further this semester. Btw, I am student of computer engineering.</p>
<p>I cant continue in my current college. Its a waste of time. They arent teaching anything. Its all a joke. I have totally stopped studying in college. I am using internet to teach myself so that I dont slack behind much and do something worthwhile in these 4 years.</p>
<p>I tried transferring. There is just one university in my country that I like. And they have denied me financial aid. Not much hope left.</p>
<p>I want to transfer abroad into a really cheap university that would accept me. I know it won't really solve my problem. But its fine. There is so much to learn and so much to do. Anyone can climb a ladder up there. Its not the same here. You cant go up.
Know any such places?</p>
<p>Define “really cheap”. In the US, the really cheap colleges might have a cost of attendance around $25,000 a year. If you speak (or are willing to learn) any other languages, college in continental Europe is often much cheaper than college in the English-speaking world. Tuition in Germany, for example, is around $1,500 per year. If you choose one of the cheaper cities to live in, you might get by on $12,000 a year. </p>
<p>That’s still a lot of money for most families, but you won’t be able to find a figure below that in the “first world” because you do have to pay for your cost of living and student visas severely restrict your employment opportunities.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. I didn’t put much thought into that. Europe can be considered. US was convenient because I have members of my family settled there. But I’ll definitely check out Europe. Any ideas on where should I start? Any decent universities?</p>
<p>Oh,for Europe,definetely look at Jacobs University Bremen.lots of financial aid,strong academics and you can get into a really good US school for postgrad.Look into it you wont be disappointed.In the US it will be extremely difficult to get financial aid as an international transfer student,since they allocate most of their money to entering first year students,but you should definetely try.</p>