Admissions

College Admissions for Students without Permanent Legal Status

BigFuture collegeboard

This site from the College Board is trustworthy and includes various links with Q&A’s about applying to and paying for college if you are an undocumented student. They also have a link to a Spanish language site for parents. This would be from a national perspective.

My Undocumented Life

My Undocumented Life provides up-to-date information and resources to undocumented students. We post scholarship opportunities that are open to undocumented students, strategies for navigating the educational system, information on how to apply for DACA, news on immigration policies, and much more. This part of the site is directed to educators and counselors who are working with undocumented students or DACA recipients.

Informed Immigrant

Informed Immigrant is a collective of nationally recognized immigrant-serving organizations, lawyers, technologists, and allies dedicated to helping the undocumented immigrant community. This site can also be accessed in Spanish if you wish to share it with Spanish- speaking family members. The section highlighted above is resources for educators.

CFNC: Apply to College in NC

Through this link, you can look at a practice application to college in order to be ready for the real ones, track the progress of your admissions tasks, request your HS transcripts, see admissions deadlines for NC colleges, get prepared for standardized tests, and search for NC colleges that meet your preferences.