I don't think USA PR's are that easy to get, besides I don't think it is fair for me to ask them to leave all their friends and whatnot just to start over at a foreign land. Also, they would be pretty old by the time I can afford to do so, so yeah, not very feasible, thanks for the suggestion though! 

Oh so are you on H1-B or do you have a green card now?

Dammit, can you sponsor me?????          

Mind sharing how you got your permanent residency? And I'm guessing you're from the East Coast based on your post time, unless you're an early riser.. haha. Greetings from the Lone Star State!

Oh, we're in the same time zone then! I'm still trying to get adjusted to being two time zones away from my girlfriend, as I just moved from California. Texas isn't actually that bad.. the gas here is a whole dollar cheaper than in Los Angeles, the Tex-Mex food is awesome, and the Southern hospitality is hard to beat! Now, as for the Midwest.. well, it's actually not too bad. I hated Nebraska though.
You probably read the conversations above wrong, actually it is me who is "from one of the UTs". Haha. Unless spunkberry is a former Longhorn. Or Roadrunner. Or <insert mascot of other UT campuses>.

Texas is pretty cool! Ignore the stereotypes of conservativeness please! Austin is the liberal oasis in Texas. And its job market is significantly better than California, unless you're in the Bay Area or Silicon Valley.

I agree on the corn part. As I drove across the Midwest, I remember particularly hating Nebraska because of the straight-down roads that offered nothing but endless fields of corn, as far as the eye can see. It also reminded me of 'Children of the Corn', and an English Literature class I once took that was taught by a Cornhusker. He forced us to read Nebraska-related titles such as Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!". Needless to say, I have something against Nebraska.. hahah. I liked Iowa, though.

A&M was my first choice. I completed my AA degree of 2 years at a community college earlier this year (Spring '14) and applied to be an Aggie. However, they were only admitting students for the Spring '15 intake. This was a mistake on my part for not being thorough. So the law dictates that if you aren't attending school full-time for one semester or longer, you have to return to your home country. I can't do this because my whole family just moved to Houston in summer! With that in mind, I winged it and applied to UT San Antonio. I would've gone to UT Austin if the tuition costs weren't so high.. so here I am in UTSA, knocking a few more classes out of the way for half the price that I would pay in UT Austin until I could be in A&M. If that fails, I guess I'll just jump over to UT Austin - the Jackson School of Geosciences is pretty good.

Yes, I'm a future Aggie/Longhorn! I'd better make up my mind fast about it though, I've got friends on both sides who are ready to pounce on me once I defect to the other.. I'm not sure if Boilermakers and Hoosiers practice this kind of rivalry. Do they? haha

Today, I learned that Neil Armstrong was a Boilermarker haha. And as for the school rivalry - that's intense, but I've seen worse. Back in SoCal, the USC Trojans/UCLA Bruins rivalry certainly puts other schools to shame. I've seen Bruins hire private helicopters just so they could perform 'aerial attacks' by dumping yellow and blue paint over the Trojan statue. That definitely takes it to the next level. It certainly seems fun to be part of a big family and subculture associated with school teams - something I have yet to attain.

Haha school pride is the best. It's something every student who goes to the US must experience. Nothing like it in Malaysia, UK or Australia

Sorry, I'm in the midst of several assignments, projects, research and.. MIDTERMS! Bet you haven't heard of that word for some time now..

School Pride? tell me more.

Haha! Who dares to challenge the Boilers! 

hi.. what do you think of chances in  applying the green card lotery of US citizenship nowadays?is it high?

anything to include taht increases the winning chances?maybe a quality multitalented professional???

spunkberry Yeah I kinda agree if you are considering to start a new thread. I can supply some resources (I am thinking Google Docs to first gather the resources)