<p>SO, my options are to convince my family to let me transfer to a us college and live with good friends or something, I hope … </p>
<p>so questions, I’m the first kid in my family and never knew anyone who went through the transferring process and I visited the Transfer Student forum but all of the questions don’t really help a first timer. I guess just apply on the forms they supply by their deadline and submit fee if needed and wait for response? Does an A.Degree from community college help at all? All As on my entire hs and college transcript and fairly good SAT I scores … do I just attend college as a 17 y.old junior after transferring, and then go thru the dental school application process a little after I start?</p>
<p>THANKS. I’ve been researching and researching alll day long, my dad and the babysitters keep telling me to “stop hugging the computer” but I need to get my life in order … </p>
<p>oh yeah 1 more thing. we’ve had some financial issues lately, cause my dad makes a fraction of what he made in america over there, and its a large family, lots of expenses in moving, etc etc. So I know a transfer student can take out loans/possibly scholarships? and repay, but can they take out loans for the entire education or does the student still have to supply some tuition? I’m still a minor sooo family should hopefully help … </p>
<p>thanks again, really appreciate any light that can be shed</p>
<p>oh yes, last thing hopefully. I won’t be considered an international student cause we still do hold a permanent residence over there. so how are transfer admission rates, generally? Absolutely abysmal from what i’ve gathered …</p>
<p>Calm down, take a deep breath. Talk with your parents and explain that you want your future to be in the United States, not Saudi Arabia. That’s the most important issue. Everything else is commentary.
Then, take as long as you need to finish school here. You are only 17. Can you possibly enrol part-time in college and work part-time? With your family’s financial woes, and what sounds like some kind of international parentage (let me guess, Dad’s Saudi, Mom’s American?) they might be more open to hearing about you working your way through college and dental school than taking out loans.
Do not try to do things on a normal schedule. Just focus on getting your body back to the US where you can think straight and make appointments with advisors at American colleges and so on.
Unless there’s some real help at an American consulate over there.
Get back to where people pay attention to women’s educational needs and hopefully your life will start to take shape once again. Good luck.</p>
<p>Also, be responsible in your thinking. You’d be better off to ask your parents to send you back to live with one of Mom’s relatives than your high school friends.</p>