Que tal Jose? I am glad that things are working well for you in Mexico. I am also from Reynosa and I live in the Rio Grande Valley. In fact, we probably crossed each other at one point in our lifes, high school maybe (UIL Competitions; math, number sense, calculator), I remember seeing your name on the rank sheets, but never met you personally. I will be getting my master's in mechanical Engineering from UTPA and will probably go back to mexico in January; I want to spend Christmas and New Year's with my family. I was very concerned with this decision, but now reading about the new change in your life, has motivated me to take this decision.
Congratulation with all your achivements.
Good luck.
im also a graduate with a BME degree...graduated last may and its depressing have a good degree..working so hard to get it ...but its of no use.....lets all just be happy that being in the situation we are in.....we are lucky just to go to college and get that experience under your belt..........
...i acutally want to go to med school ever since i was in 9th grade...but i fiugred that if immigration shit didn't work out..then a premed degree was worthless........I WAS RIGHT...
i luckily got an I20...and the school never followed up on the F1.....the I20 was valid for only 4 years and i couldn't get it extended or anything coz i didn't have a valid status.........but i stayed in school and they didn't catch me....thats why I chose BME...that way even If I cant work...i still have a degree thats worth something in other well developed countries elsewhere...UNITED STATES IS NOT the only country to be successfull....u can leave a life elsewhere as well...
...im currently looking to med schools in london and australia.....if i get in...i will go back to my native country and ask for student visas...this time the right way.....
,,,,,i have a feeeling if i go back and apply the right way....and explain my story and dreams and the situation im in.....they wont deny me a VISA to go to med school....if london says no....ill be applying to schools in australia, canada, poland.............ill will look into all these schools,,and study and prepare for the GAMSATS, ukcats, MCATS here in the states....but my goal is to go to medschool by sept 09..
LETS not our status dictate our life goals and direction......WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY....so lets stay motivated and let be ambitious in life....and make use of our degrees...if not here..(iam waiting till these elections) then elsewhere....im prepared to get detained and sent back to my native country...........but I WILL make use of my education......
