Urgent!...College Suggestions...

mom2collegekids
Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:44:12 +0000

*In the beginning it was hard because it wasn’t my way, the way that had gotten me great grades in high school, great grades on the SAT and ACT, and great grades in college. After all’s been said and done, do I think Kaplan’s techniques work for the MCAT? Yes, I do.

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To get your educational visa to come to the US, you have to show financial records showing that your family has the full cost of attendance, including int’l travel costs and personal expenses (minus any aid).

So, for a school like UPitt or UWis (that won’t give you any aid), you would have to show funds for all costs…about $40k. And, you’d have to do this every year to get your visa.

the US will not issue an education visa to anyone who can’t show that he has the funds to be here. The US doesn’t want any students coming here and then be stranded because of lack of funds.

So, are you saying that your parents will pay $30k, plus about $2k for int’l travel, plus about $3k for personal expenses…about 35k total?

Since you only want to apply to one more school, and that school needs to be a financial safety for you, I dont’ think any of your 5 choices will work.