Why must this process be so soulcrushing?

Thanks. So, it’s changed to “citizen of a qualified country” as long as the student is a FL resident&graduated from a FL HS - and I saw that each college would determine what that encompasses.

So, each 4-year public university in Florida should have information about these.
@fzx: college advising seems to have been lacking at your HS, so do you know what the possible public universities in FL are?
(Note that in Florida, a public college= a community college, but a private college= a university, for instance Rollins or Eckerd.)

Note that if you’ve got excellent grades and an interesting for them ( * ) profile, some top colleges do not distinguish between citizens and non citizens.
(* it may not be interesting to you but it could be to them… for instance, an applicant didn’t think being bilingual was a big deal since everyone around him spoke English and Spanish… except that’s not the case in Connecticut or Maine and is thus a way to distinguish yourself in their applicant pool. Just one example.)