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My parents pay taxes in Sweden because they work in the foreign service, but I’ve lived in the US for nearly six years now, and that just makes the whole thing ten times more discouraging. It’d be easier to stomach if I were applying from Europe, but now I have to see my friends at my American high school (most of whom don’t even need aid in the first place) get into all of the best US colleges, knowing that if the aid doesn’t come through, I’ll be as good as deported come September. :(</p>