Devastated Illegal with 4.0 GPA Unable to Attend UC Berkeley

"Although the 17-year-old Gladys Castro carries a 4.09 grade-point average and has been accepted to the university, she cannot apply for government loans because she's an illegal immigrant and doesn't have a Social Security number. When she was 8 years old, her family fled the crime and violence of their hometown in Jalisco, Mexico."

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15100626


I don't usually post stuff, but this made it to the front page of digg:
http://digg.com/politics/Devastated_...nd_UC_Berkeley

the digg posts are nasty...she messed up by asking for money

and she pays instate. she is not the first,only, or last that will not go to certain schools and have to go somewhere else. some wanted to go to stanford and went to uc-sf.

this happened to me, i have a 4.67 gpa out of 4.00, and i was rejected for being undocumented

Aww... I know Gladys =(

sorry, one shouldn't have more than 4.0 gpa when some people have an actual ceiling of 4.0 is 4.3 more like a 3.8?

btw, her lawyer was on msnbc this afternoon and not a word about DREAM. A little hint about the idea, but mostly CIR.

How is it good news when CIR is not going anywhere this year?

Dude this is so sad. I know there are a lot more who will have this happen to them or have already had it happen, until DREAM passes, so to all you DREAMies who are/will be in the same situation, I'm sorry, but we will get this.

4.0+ Gpa and you need to ask government for money? Seriously? Apply to private scholarships, UC's should not be that much compared to other schools since they are public.

There are a lot of scholarship opportunities everywhere you look, people just dont take advantage.