Muswell Hill

I am contemplating doing another degree, but the federal financial aid website says i need to be a GC holder to qualify. The INS has had my AOS papers for almost 2 years and have not begun to process them and i was wondering if anyone has successfully applied for federal financial aid while waiting for there AOS to be done?

Cheers in advance...MH

Patrick

I so want to reply

Scrounging student bastards

but first I must check, are you a scouser and is your wife captain of the crazy team?

Patrick

excpomea

What does AOS mean? My friend got federal financial aid to do his masters.
Then promptly buggered off back to the UK once he had gotten his degree.
He has a GC though, sorry that I have no useful information.

Funny Patrick, are we looking for a bite? Bored or something are you..

Muswell Hill

Patrick,
No, I am not a scouser, and never even used to watch Brookie! My wife is most certainly not crazy..

Seriously, I am not trying to scrounge anything....I am trying to find out about student loan eligability. I worked full time while i did an OU degree in the UK, but my whole degree in the UK cost me about the same as 1 class here!

Patrick, I think you are a funny guy, but give a guy a chance...i've only been a member a few days!

To the other poster: AOS is adjustment of status to GC holder. The INS told me to look at my application will take 3-4 years, *****ing hopeless......

Cheers...

Manc

I'm sure you've been called worse.

Patrick

I'm jus messin witch ya!

When I was at University I think the most polite thing said to me was scrounging student bastard!

Cant be of any help, sorry. Call the universities and ask to speak to the bursary department or the financial aid department, they will be able to answer most of your questions

Patrick

ps re:"My wife is most certainly not crazy" - she's a woman isn't she, there all f'ing crazy, especially for about 4 days a month!

Muswell Hill

4 days a month...lucky bloody you...i get 6:scared:

I have called the uni's but none of them seem to understand the 'subtleties' of immigration statuses. I have written and phoned and faxed my senators, but have not had a reply from any of them on the matter. I guess as i can't vote...yet.

As far as burseries, none available-i don't meet the criteria...i think my only option is sallie mae, with the mrs acting as a cosigner because she has a longer credit history. I was amazed though at some levels of student debt, one guy i talked with has $90,000 from doing a B.Sc!!!! Can you believe it, almost the cost of a house. Seems to me most Americans have 2 mortgage type payments per month, one on the house, the other for student debts...

lanky1980

You cant do it without a green card, i was here on an F-1 before i got my GC and couldn't get Financial Aid until i had it. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!!

Muswell Hill

What did you do then? Did you get a private student loan through sallie mae or another bank?

Duncan Roberts

One other thing, you might find yourself paying international fees without a greencard.

Muswell Hill

The uni i'm interested in has already classsified me as 'in-state' as i have been living here almost 2 years...luckliy!

Franklin

What degree were you thinking of doing? I hear computing degrees are not worth the paper they are written on (because of the current penchant for outsourcing computer related jobs). Not really my business, but consider your options very carefully. Pick a bad one and it could have zip impact on your future career. Pick a winner, and it could boost your income and future prospects "no end".