Immigration and college help... please?

Question

currently live in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and I've been planning to study Economics at New York, where my father lives.

Also my father is an US permanent resident and he's waiting to naturalize and then submit a petition asking to let me live as a permanent resident. And I want to know:

1 - if after I become a permanent resident I would be able to pay in a college as a US citizen or an international student.

2 - many people had told me to do not study in a community college specially Bronx Community college, because their quality isn't good, but a friend told me about a well qualified community college in the NYC area, but I forgot it's name. So I'm wondering if you could recommend me some good community collegesor a good but not selective university in NYC .

I hope you'd help me because I've been asking those question and nobody could anwers me properly.

Answer 1

1) Once you become a permanent resident of the United States you would have to reside in the state of New York for 12 months before being eligible for in-state/resident tuition.

2) Once you are elgible for in-state tuition you would be better off studyng at a standard 4-year state university since the cost of tuition would vary very little and your friend is right, the state of the community college system in the NYC is very poor and should be avoided if ever possible.