If You know anything about College for illegals, plz help me - Page 3

What's IL?

illinois

oh I thought it was some abbreviation for a legal status in immigration or something. No, sadly, Bright Futures is one of those state-funded merit scholarships given to students who graduated from a FL high school. It's actually funded by the state lottery so that's one of the reasons why there exists that giant loophole for undocumented students.

ok so question 16 is the tough one.. it asks if florida is my state of legal residence and if i'm a citizen/non citizen/eligible non-citizen.

it also says in a link that:
i'm neither of those...

I'm neither of those as well. That's what originally discouraged me from applying. Just click that you are a non citizen. The application process will go on as normal. If you cannot accept aid for Fall 2007, you can call the people at the state up and tell them to defer it until DREAM comes out and they will. Just fill out the app, there's nothing to lose. I talked to countless lawyers and counselors and the people in charge of BF. Just continue the app stating that you are a non-citizen. You're not lying because you are stating (and at the end affirming) that you are not legal yet. BF is only for students that qualify for in-state. It doesn't have anything to do with being legal or no. If it did, I wouldn't have been able to receive aid and I have.

I also wanted to do Bright Futures coming out of high school, but when I was doing the FAFSA, they asked for the status or whatever. Anyway, I didn't end up applying for it. I'm not aware of any colleges in South Florida that do not accept illegal immigrants... none that I know of anyway. My brother goes to BCC and they accepted him, but he has to pay out of state tuition. And as for me, I go to Nova which is a private institution and they pretty much accept anyone, as long as you can afford it. Regardless of your grades, even.

Yeah, I know. A lot of people who deserved it have been discouraged because they thought they had to do the FAFSA, which is a big misconception. I almost didn't apply for BF until the week before graduation (its only available till June of the year you graduated) but I'm glad I did.

HEY. I GOT INTO 2yr COLLEGE even Im not in those states.

I went directly to college and applied for classes.

Some people asked me if I have a social.

I said no.

They asked me if I have VISA.

I said no.

They asked if I lived here fore more than 3yrs and graduated,

I said yes.

Then I got into college.

Don't get afraid.

Be wise.

99% of time people at college admission won't call cops

because you are illegal.

They are nice.

However, you have to wise to choose time to meet admmistion people

because when it's too crowded, people around can hear you.

So. Don't de afraid, and be honest.

However, be wise. Don't tell about your situation to nobody

unless you know it is okay.

College people are nice. They are liberals also.

They won't cause you problems. Trust me.

Ummm it's not that easy. They search to make sure you are a high school graduate of the state. Please refrain from providing information that cannot be verified for the internet is a place where all kinds of people arise from.

Bumping this cause i'm applying for BF right now and since I'm not going to school next year i don't know what to put when it asks what institution i'm planning to attend. I'm putting down UF since that's where i plan on going when in a year, but if i don't end up going there will they give me problems for that?

EDIT: WOOHOO! I submitted my application, felt really good, lol