my son coaches a gifted student athlete whose parents have let his visa run out. he has gone to high school all four years in the US. are there schools out there for students like this? he cannot get federal aid as he is here illegally. please post only schools that will offer financial aid without doing a FAFSA. this is not a discussion on illegal immigration. thank you.
Any college that awards institutional aid. There are thousands.
It sounds like he is an international student. So he needs to look where aid is offered to international students.
Look for schools that give lots of aid to int’l students. How much can his family pay? If he needs $40k+ per year in aid, then there are not as many schools that give that much aid to int’ls.
How are his grades and test scores? He’ll need to be a strong student to get into the schools that give great aid.
Pomona considers any student who graduated from a US high school as ‘domestic applicant’ regardless of status. He’s need to be at the top of his school with top 5% test scores though (that’s if he’s a recruited athlete - top 1% expected otherwise).
What state is that? States such as Texas, California, or New York have policies on the opposite end of the spectrum compared to other states wet to their public university system.
Is he eligible for DACA ?
@MYOS1634 Are you talking about being considered domestic for admission? or for aid.
Many schools will consider a high school graduate from their state as “instate” for rates, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the student can get aid. It depends on the school.
For both. Pomona doesn’t distinguish between any status for applicants who graduated a US high school. This applies to internationals and undocumented students equally.
For public universities it’s just instate rates (depends for fa and even instate rates don’t necessarily apply). But it’s still a huge discount compared to international rates, especially if the student is recruitable.
Stats?
What sport?
Is he a gifted academic student…or a gifted athlete? Or both.
Thanks for your answers. He does wrestle and judo. Top 15% of his class. Hasn’t taken SATs yet. I have checked information for CA and TX schools but I’m not sure yet if he wants to travel that far. He’s in MA now.
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You say he has gone to HS all,four years. Does this mean he will graduate this June?
Was he recruited as a wrestler?
Also, top 15%? I would think that top 5% would be the tippy top of his class. What is his GPA?
Is he interested in the military? He could try for a service academy, especially with wrestling as a sport. I don’t know if he has to apply through the country where he is a citizen, but probably.
I think he might do best to apply as a resident of his state under an undocumented student program and hope for state aid. He might also get an athletic scholarship, but wresting won’t be a full scholarship so he’ll need to go with a lower COA school.
You really need to check individual college websites. While learning about FinAid for my (U.S. citizen0 daughter, I often ran into sections pertaining to undocumented students.
Here is an example from Oberlin College:
Ditto to the comments above, about a number of states letting undocumented students pay in-state rates, if that would be sufficient.
Here is an interesting article to give you ideas: “New Mexico college recruiting undocumented students”
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/03/19/new-mexico-college-recruiting-undocumented-students/
Note that typically, it only applies to residents - ie., if you graduated from a Texas HS, you’ll be considered a TX resident for tuition purpose.
You should look a the conditions in MA, especially at UMass and UMass Lowell.
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Top 15% of his class. Hasn’t taken SATs yet
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Ahh…so gifted athlete, not a gifted student.
if his parents are low income, then he probably should stay local. Travel can be a huge burden for low income families.
Will his parents be able to show income?
Look to see what UMass rules are for admission and FA for undocumented.
The U.S. service academies enroll a very small number of foreign exchange students. My strong guess is that these students must apply from their home country and return to their home country upon graduation. They (and the OP) would not be eligible for a commission in the U.S. military, since service as an officer requires U.S. citizenship.
The US military isn’t a scholarship program. it should not be thought of as a way to pay for college, but rather as a vocation.
Many top colleges will include travel costs for low income students (ie., Pomona, Amherst, Ivies) but being top 15% would mean the student better attend a competitive HS AND be recruitable there.