Help A Prospective Student Afford a U.S. Education

205mom
Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:23:41 +0000

There isn’t a lot of help for international students from public universities in California for the UNDERgraduate level. This is a fact. Going into enormous debt for an undergraduate degree is not a good idea unless your circumstances are terrible where you live, in which case you may do better as a refugee. If you can get a BA where you are, you may be able to get in as a graduate student, when some PhD programs are fully funded for the best of the best accepted applicants. Yes, they are, generally, open to Internationals in this way. Or find a small college that has a tailor-made program for your circumstances which includes full funding. (This will involve not only research, but even paying for the services of grant hunters, some of which are not on the up-and-up)
Yes, it’s hard without money and legal status. Some European countries are much more open to you and your educational goals.