How do international students to the US afford their tuition?

Question

My friend is having trouble because being in the US on a student visa he's not allowed to work more than 20 hours per week and he can't borrow money. How have others managed?

Answer 1

Scholarships can help!

Here's one your friend might be eligible for:

http://www.universitylanguage.com/schola...

Best of luck to him!

Answer 2

I was in the same situation than your friend. I was married to an US military personnel. However, I was not an American than. I only had the green card. But still could not work off campus. How I made up for my fees and study money? That was a no brainer. You can do qualify for federal student work study. I can't remember whether or not it's based up on the parents income or not. For me it was easy to get, as both of my parents were deceased. And I had no income to proof for. So I did work my 20 hours a week on campus. And that helped for food and books. Than I also had the advantage of being disabled. I got study money from the VA cause I am a spouse of an disabeled Veteran. Than when I got my US citizenship, I qualified for pellgrants, and scholarships. And worked 80 hours on the weekend to finance my studies. I graudated as a Social Worker BA in May of 2000... Good luck hope this helps.

Answer 3

maybe there's a scholarship for those kind of students...

Answer 4

probably their parents helped them out?