<p>Although it doesn’t appear that you listed your GPA, your SAT/ACT scores are very good. Have you spoken to your guidance counselor??? Maybe he/she could contact some of the schools on your behalf and get you an admission to one of the schools that will accept the Questbridge. Guidance Counselors have the responsibility to try to help their students. It looks like you need some help. Good Luck.</p>
<p>Before you go too public. Have you called the Questbridge office and discussed your situation with an officer. I’m sure they have the cellphone numbers of admissions officers at all 26 colleges. Maybe they can help you “privately” submit a late application somewhere. I’m sure you’re not the first Questbridge scholar that got shut out. There is bona fide cash money that somebody donated that will go to waste if you don’t go to college this fall. This would be a tragedy on all fronts. They should be your advocates.</p>
<p>Let’s see. Maybe you could start with lowering your college standards. </p>
<p>There is absolutely no reason you can’t find a local community college that you can commute to for well under 8,000 a year even with out of state tuition. </p>
<p>South Florida Community College offers out of state tution w/room & board for only $13,583. Far less than the 27,000 you quoted. </p>
<p>See… I just saved you $53,668 in loans over the 4 years just by looking at one cheaper option. </p>
<p>I bet if you look hard enough, you can save even more. ;)</p>
<p>^^this is precisely what I was thinking. Wouldnt a guidance counselor go out of their way to help a student such as you?</p>
<p>Hi MetdethGNR.</p>
<p>There are many good suggestions here. I want to tag onto some of them…You can work (babysit?) and go to community college for a year, and start your application process over again. There actually ARE some schools that offer financial aid to international students, though they are apparently pretty rare. For example, I am aware of one international CCer who got a very generous package from American University. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Another idea, but be very careful before you do this. </p>
<p>Is there any way for remain eligible to take Florida Virtual School classes for free. Is there a way for you to not graduate HS without actually failing something so that you can repeat your senior year at a Florida public school. Can you withdraw from gym or something. If you can repeat your senior year, you can register for Florida Virtual School (FLVS) for free. You can register for the AP’s that you don’t have yet. Work with you guidance counselor. Do AP Psych on your own. </p>
<p>AP Stats
AP Computer Science
AP CalcBC
AP Bio</p>
<p>That’s a pretty good load, and you can try your look next year at a full ride as some less competitive schools without wasting your time.</p>
<p>ClassicRockerDad, I believe that the AP Computer Science test will not be offered after this year.</p>
<p>AP Computer Science A will still be offered. AP Computer Science AB will be canceled.</p>
<p>This is not a high probability of the desired outcome suggestion, but I’ve heard that occasionally the local Congressperson can be helpful with immigration issues. In this case, I think you’d be a very appealing person to help, as you are a legal immigrant who has followed the rules and done everything right, but you’re still stuck in this situation. I wonder if you, your guidance counselor or hs princ., or even an official at Questbridge could contact your Congressman’s office on your behalf to see if there is a way to do something with respect to your immigration status.</p>
<p>Reading back through your old posts, it appears you were aiming at schools like MIT. I didn’t see a full list, but with your stats and your verbal abilities as demonstrated in your posts, it seems pretty likely that if you reapply next year to the right colleges, you’ll find a place.</p>
<p>Use the year off to work. As many have pointed out, you would be much sought after as a child care provider and can probably make $35K plus in an affluent community.</p>
<p>Apply to schools where your stats are at the top and that are generous to internationals. The women’s schools, as someone above mentioned, are a good bet.</p>
<p>Don’t count on the Green Card coming in year 12, that would be rare. What you need is a realistic list of schools and a good job for a year.</p>
<p>Any job, even as a babysitter, will be illegal.</p>
<p>Is it anyhow possible to wave OOS tuition? With local Congressperson help? Is it possible that you relative(s) who has US citizenship will cosign your loans?</p>
<p>I am puzzled why you would be 3 years away from a green card and your parents were eligible to apply for one after being a certain time in the country. Knowing how long it takes for a green card due to co-workers, there are many holes in your story. Even if it was due to backlog at the immigartion service centers, none has even 24months wait. Futhermore, what about all the other immigrants that did not try to game the system and jump ahead of the line, like your family?</p>
<p>I believe the queue is based on category of application and country of origin. Queue for certain type of application from certain country can be very long. For example, the wait for sibling application from Mexico is very very long.</p>
<p>Ana1, the OP and her family originally applied for the green card in 2000; they were told to expect a 12-14 year wait, of which 9 years has passed.</p>
<p>Here is a resource for some scholarships that you may apply for.
[MALDEF:</a> General Scholarships](<a href=“MALDEF | The Latino Legal Voice for Civil Rights in America”>MALDEF | The Latino Legal Voice for Civil Rights in America)</p>
<p>The deadline for one of them is April 10. You’d better hurry.</p>
<p>I echo the suggestions above of talking to a military recruiter, if you would consider joining the military. They’d jump all over themselves wanting you, and might be able to rattle a few cages in order to get you to be allowed to enlist.</p>
<p>This is a tough situation, and I do feel bad for you. However, I do have to take issue with one sentence “But they did pay taxes even thouhg they got no benefits whatsoever from it.” If you went through public schools, received health care, drove on safe roads and had fire and police protection, then actually your family got benefits from their taxes.</p>
<p>Military recruiter? What if the OP’s problem is just that she applied to unrealistic reaches this year? Can we not send her off to war before determining if she can be at a wonderful college in a year?</p>
<p>A large segment of America works off the books. The OP’s parent’s must so this should not be unfamiliar territory for her. Many have suggested child care which someone with her stats would be well qualified for a high paying position in, good nannies can easily make $40K/yr and get room and board on top. There’s dog walking, lawn care, household services and many other jobs she can pick up as she reapplies.</p>
<p>Good point, hmom5. What are some good target schools that would offer full rides to internationals?</p>
<p>Again, I stand by my assertion. If as his claims his family was approved in 2006 for immigrant visa (gren card)-that means that a visa is immediately available at that point- and they would get the green card immediately. The process time is 6 months currently at all USA service stations. So why does he has to wait after he has been approved for a green card? Is he the unmarried child over 21 of someone who got a green card? While I sympathize for his predicament, so what about going back to his country where he could attend a free university and the amount that his parents make here would be sufficient to support him? Have anyone thought of the floridians born and raised here that would be denied attendance to a state university if this person attends with public funds? There are many schools that offer ful rides to internationals but these funds come from the schools discretionary funds, ie endowment and as most schools have got big financial hits they prefer to spend that money to an international that can greatly contribute to a school, either through exceptionary skills, or prestige in their country. If you pay closer attention, the majority of the internationals have attended prestigious schools in their countries and it is extremely rare to pluck a poor student from a rural area.</p>