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I am American, I want to go to University of Puerto Rico. Help?

• Alright, well, I'm 18, I started college last year. I finished the semester with an A- GPA. I took a year off so that I can plan to move to Puerto Rico, my home land. I am American, technically; I do NOT speak Spanish well. I speak it poorly, but I do understand some of it. I grew up in a Latino house hold. Anyhow, here are the basics: I have 14 university credits. I still live with my parents. I got a 20 on my ACT.. awful, I know, I'm awful smart, I was just naive in high school. When I went to the university last semester, I didn't recieve any financial aid because I didn't qualify. So, my father had to pay all out of pocket. .... Okay, so I am relocating to Puerto Rico in a few months. Is it best to get a job, claim residency on the island after a while, and then apply for the university, and then for financial aid (since I will be an independent)? ...oooor, does the university require that I speak fluent Spanish? Does the university also require a certain score on my ACT to be accepted? Or does the university require that I have a certain minimum number of credits before transferring? I am so completely lost. I am a really smart girl; my last semester's GPA proves that and I took 6 classes, an overload. The only reason I have 14 credits is because not all of my classes were 3 credits. I was only 17 when I graduated high school and was 17 when I started college. Will any of that matter? Do I have to take some sort of entrance exam to be considered at the University of Puerto Rico? Oh and does the University of Puerto Rico have dorms? I'd love to have all the information possible. I tried going to the website, but it can't be translated. If anyone can give me any information at all, I'd GREATLY appreciate it. Thanks so much.

• Answer:

  Like someone said earlier, most answers to your questions are on the website...They are in Spanish, but hey, if you want to live in Pto.Rico, you might as well start learning it, right? So get a dictionary or open you Google translator. You need to know Spanish. Period. Depending on what program you choose, you might need less Spanish than others. For example, some science and engineering courses are taught in English (because they're taught by foreign professors) and most of the textbooks are written in English. But I think it's impossible to do an entire degree taking classes in English...unless, of course, you want to major in English, and even then you have some required courses, like math that might not be taught in English. But hey, you can always start with English taught courses and become more comfortable with Spanish before the next semester begins. Last time I checked no schools in Pto. Rico have dorms, but that might have changed, so just check on the schools websites. More info: Tuition: http://www.upr.edu/?type=items&id=5&string=Asistencia+Econ%C3%B3mica Credit Transfers: http://www.upr.edu/?type=page&id=matricula_transferencia&ancla=transferencia&r_type=items&r_id=4 Admissions (but the short answer is that you need either SAT or College Board, which includes math, English and Spanish, scores: http://www.upr.edu/?type=items&id=4&ancla=p1 If you have any more questions (and you should), just send them a quick email and ask to speak to an English-speaking adviser: http://www.upr.edu/?type=servicios&id=4&string=H%C3%81BLANOS Good luck!