moving to college in oahu? (Hilo: sales, employment, transfer to)

[nastagol]

hi, i'm 16 and i'm planning on maybe going at UH or any good college. btw, what other college is good over there? i want to work probably in marketing , as sales man. but anyway do you think i should go to college over there fist? or go to college somewhere on the mainland and than move to hawaii?. i personally think going straight over there gives you time to get connections with people. and make friends. but i just want what y'all think about it.

[HiloDiver]

There must be a bridge around here somewhere...the place is filling up with trolls.

[nastagol]

HiloDriver... can you get over it please at least don't post on my thread since you speak against me (if i may use a polite vocabulary) on another post . i want serious answers. and please just give me some advices and opinions on my PLAN, i don't want any mean people or bubble poppers please.

[nastagol]

now if you dont want to help me out just don't even bother replying.

[HiloDiver]

Here's the advice I have for you: go to your school's guidance office and ask for help there. Then go to the library and read college guides. Nothing you read on here will be NEARLY as valuable as that information.

[hotzcatz]

Non-resident tuition in Hawaii can be expensive, perhaps you could figure out a way to move to Hawaii and take some general classes at one of the community colleges here and then after you've lived in Hawaii a year and can get the resident tuition rate, then you can transfer to the University of Hawaii. Should the living expenses on Oahu be too expensive, there are branches of the University of Hawaii as well as several community colleges on the Big Island. At sixteen, though, you still have several years to get it all figured out but it's always good to start early.

[CyberCity]

Here's another 30 seconds of my time.

Foreign high school students need to get the advice of their academic guidance counselors and parents. US public colleges are sticky about things like expecting parents to contribute to educational costs (unless the student is paying cash).

OK, that is my free-not-to-much-time-involved response. That sets the limits on my troll-meter. < 60 seconds of my time.

[OpenD]

Here's 30 seconds of my time... get your counselor to help you research how to apply for a visa to study and/or work in the US...

A student visa will allow you limited employment while in school. Probably not enough to live on.

A work visa requires you have a craft or skill that is in short supply in the US, and that you have a bona fide employment offer from an American employer.

[hotzcatz]

Where did the foreign part come in? Far as his post goes, the OP is a presumably a U.S. citizen. Young yet, but still a citizen. Hmm, can you be a citizen if you aren't voting age yet? I'd think so, no? You don't need a visa to work in Hawaii when you are a U.S. citizen, but you do need to prove residency in the state to get kamaaina rates on the university tuition.

[whtviper1]

Originally Posted by hotzcatz

Where did the foreign part come in?

Op cross posted and said in another thread is from Canada.