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Originally Posted by questionsihave
Hi, I go to UH, so I can provide some information. Yes, an undocumented student does need to have graduated from a Texas high school or got you GED from Texas to qualify for SB 1528/HB 1403 (Texas residency).
I think you have four real options.
1) Stay in Texas, and pay out-of-state tuition.
2) Go to Cali, and qualify for instate tuition there.
3) This option depends on your grades/SAT/ACT. If you get accepted to a Texas college, and get a $1000 scholarship, then you qualify to pay instate tuition. It's something special Texas does to attract talent from other states.
4) Get into a private college(Rice/Baylor/etc.) in Texas. This is similar to option 1, since you pay out-of-state tuition, but private schools are more generous with scholarships. You do need the grades though.
Those are really the only options I can think of.
Edit: About option 3, I haven't heard of a undocumented student who has gone that route. Would probably be more difficult being undocumented.
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I also go to UH, and I also don't think option 3 is as feasible as it might have been in the past (for Texas public schools). I had a UH scholarship that was revoked last year b/c their new policy is apparently only to give out scholarships to citizens or permanent residents. Not sure what the policy now is at UT, A&M etc.