Do I have a fair shot at top colleges? I'm international and I'll take a gap year

Do not think that attending college in the United States is a path to citizenship. It is not. Full stop.

Your visa to study here will end when you get your bachelors degree. Unless you are successful in gaining some other kind of visa to be in this country, you will be here illegally….with no visa.

Plan to return to your home country after you get your bachelors.

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